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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Union Spelling Book / Prepared For The American Sunday-School Union, And Revised By The Committee Of Publication |
| Date | 1854 |
| Record ID | 222034 |
| Collection Name | School Books |
| Reference | SB Spell. U58s 1854 |
| Theme | Education and Didactic Texts Religion Animals and Nature |
| Library of Congress Subject | Sunday school literature Spellers Primers (Instructional books) Readers Publishers' advertisements Pennsylvania Philadelphia |
| Genre | Pedagogical Texts |
| Publisher | American Sunday-School Union |
| Places | Pennsylvania |
| Illustrator | Dacre, Henry (c.1820-) |
| Document Type | Primer |
| Book Type | Relief prints Quarter bindings (Binding) Printed boards (Binding) Juvenile literature--1854 Spellers Primers (Instructional books)--1854 Readers Hymns Publishers' advertisements--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Presentation inscriptions (Provenance) Library copies (Provenance) Bookplates (Provenance) Ink stamps (Provenance) |
| Size | 120 p. : ill., maps, music ; 18 cm |
| Page Numbers | 120 |
| Additional Notes | Copyright 1838 by Paul Beck for the American Sunday-School Union. American Antiquarian Society copy bears bookplate of Downes [i.e., John Downes] library, ink stamp of the Worcester Society of Antiquity. Inscribed: Zoe Downes, her spelling-book, which, with a porcelain poodle, which can neither bark nor bite, was given her by her papa for a Christmas present. Lynn, Mass. Dec. 25th 1854. ; John Downes. |
| Catalog Notes | Cover imprint varies: Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, no. 316 Chestnut Street. New York: no. 147 Nassau St. Boston: no. 9 Cornhill. Louisville, Ky.: no. 103 Fourth St.--St. Louis, Mo.: no. 80 Chestnut St.--Rochester, N.Y.: no. 66 State St. Charleston, S.C.: no. 17 Chalmers St. Copyright 1838 by Paul Beck for the American Sunday-School Union. The ASSU published at the listed addresses during these dates: in Philadelphia, 1854-1857; New York, 1846-1856; in Boston, 1848-1859; in Louisville, from at least 1846 to 1858; in St. Louis, 1848-1855; in Rochester, N.Y., 1851-1856; in Charleston, 1852-1855. Copy in hand bears inscription dated Dec. 25th, 1854. Some wood-engravings signed "HD" (i.e., Henry Dacre?). "Price, six and a quarter cents."--upper cover. Includes publisher's advertisement, lower cover. |
| Library/Archive | American Antiquarian Society |
| Copyright and Source Archive | Content compilation (c) 2020, by the American Antiquarian Society. All rights reserved. |
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