Peter Parley's almanac, for old and young, 1837.

From bookseller's description: "The second of two annual issues, all published. Samuel G. Goodrich (1793-1860), writing under the name "Peter Parley," created a legendary body of literature for children, much of it in association with his brother Charles A. Goodrich. [...] The almanac features an ab...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Otis, Broaders & Co (Publisher)
Tuttle, Weeks & Dennett (Printer)
Other Authors: Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860
Croome, William, 1790-1860 (Illustrator)
Hartwell, Alonzo, 1805-1873 (Engraver)
Language:English
Published: Boston : Otis, Broaders & Co, 147 Washington Street, [approximately 1836]
Subjects:
Relief prints.
Almanacs > Massachusetts > 1837.
Almanacs > Massachusetts > Boston > 1837.
Printed wrappers.
Genre:
Relief prints.
Almanacs
Printed wrappers.
Ownership and Custodial History:
Pencil inscription on leaf [1]1r: "Gift Alex Brown, 10/29/14"; bookseller's description, by Robert H. Rubin Books, Brookline, Massachusetts, available in MSS 466.
Local Note:
MSU: Library copy is of the second state listed above.
MSU: Laid-in material transferred to MSS 466, Box 8, Folder 128.
Binding Information:
In publisher's brown printed and illustrated wrapper; stab-stitched; outside of rear wrapper contains an illustrated publisher's advertisement, signed, "Croome del., Hartwell sc."
Physical Description:80 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm
Format: Book

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