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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Revised And Improved Eclectic Third Reader: Containing Selections In Prose And Poetry, From The Best American And English Writers: With Plain Rules For Reading And Directions For Avoiding Common Errors |
| Date | 1840 |
| Record ID | 354710 |
| Collection Name | School Books |
| Reference | SB Readers M1483 1840 |
| Theme | Morality, Manners and Consequences Education and Didactic Texts Religion |
| Library of Congress Subject | Children's stories Anthologies Readers Poems Publishers' advertisements Ohio Cincinnati |
| Genre | Pedagogical Texts Life Skills Texts |
| Author | McGuffey, William Holmes (1800-1873) |
| Publisher | Truman and Smith |
| Places | Ohio |
| Document Type | Primer Anthology |
| Book Type | Relief prints Owners' verses (Provenance) Printed boards (Binding) Quarter bindings (Binding) Juvenile literature--1840 Anthologies Readers Poems--1840 Publishers' advertisements--Ohio--Cincinnati Bookplates (Provenance) |
| Size | 10, [2], 11-165, [1] p. : ill. ; 19 cm |
| Page Numbers | 168 |
| Additional Notes | By William H M'Guffey, President Of Cincinnati College- Late Professor In Miami University, Oxford. Copyright 1838 by Truman and Smith. American Antiquarian Society SB copy the gift of Ruth E. Adomeit, 1996; bears her bookplate. Inscribed: Joshua Pierson, his book, Bath, Summit County, State of Ohio, December 22, 1840 ; Orson Webster's book, Summit County, Ohio ; Betsey Bliss book, do not steal this, for fear of shame, for in it you will find the owner's name. American Antiquarian Society CL-Backlog copy the gift of Richard Parker Morgan, 2009. |
| Catalog Notes | "(M'Guffey's third reader.)"--at head of title page; parentheses substituted for square brackets in transcription. Cover title varies: The eclectic third reader. Containing selections in prose and poetry, from the best American and English writers. Caption and running title: Eclectic third reader. Paragraphs numbered. Includes questions for study. Preface, p. [7], dated at Cincinnati, February, 1837. Copyright 1838 by Truman and Smith. Last page blank. In printed boards with leather spine. "(Eclectic school series.)"--at head of upper cover. Parentheses substituted for square brackets in transcription. Publisher's advertisements, p. 1-4, 6, and lower cover. "500,000 eclectic school books ... The fact that five hundred thousand of these valuable school books have been disposed of during the short time they have been before the public, is the best assurance of their superior excellency."--series description and list of titles, p. 1. |
| Library/Archive | American Antiquarian Society |
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| Catalog Record Note | Catalog Records (c) 2020, by the American Antiquarian Society. All rights reserved. |