Desk and debit, or, The catastrophes of a clerk / by Oliver Optic (author of "Young America abroad," "The army and navy stories," "The Woodville stories," "The boat-club stories," "The starry flag series," "The Lake-Shore series," etc.).
| Uniform Title: | Upward and onward series ;
v. 3. Women's Studies Archive: Voice and Vision. |
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| Language: | English |
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Boston : New York :
Lee and Shepard, publishers ; Lee, Shepard and Dillingham,
1873.
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| Series: | Upward and onward series ;
v. 3. Women's Studies Archive: Voice and Vision. |
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"Henry F. DePuy Fund." |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (334 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 14 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations. |
| Variant Title: |
Catastrophes of a clerk |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Note: | "'Desk and debit' is the third of the 'Upward and onward series,' in which Phil Farringford appears as a clerk. The principal events of the story are located in Chicago and on Lake Michigan" --Preface, page [5], dated at Harrison Square, Boston, June 7, 1870. Attributed to William Taylor Adams (i.e., "Oliver Optic"). Copyright 1871 by William T. Adams. "Electrotyped at the Boston Stereotype Foundry, 19 Spring Lane."--verso of title page. In green cloth. Plates engraved on wood; some engravings signed by Henry Walker Herrick and Samuel Smith Kilburn. "The upward and onward series."--series title, transposed from head of title page. Numbered list, page [4]. "Onward and upward series"--series plate. "Lee & Shepard's juvenile publications."--advertisement, [2] pages at end. Reproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society. |
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