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The Young lady's offering, or, Gems of prose and poetry / by Mrs. L.H. Sigourney, and others ; illustrated with steel engravings.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sigourney, L. H. (Lydia Howard), 1791-1865.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gift books.
- Genre:
- Gift books -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- 19th century.
- Publishers' advertisements -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- 19th century.
- Penn Provenance:
- Burr, Charles W. (Charles Walts), 1861- (donor) (Gift Book Collection copy)
- Burr, William Hudson (autograph) (Gift Book Collection copy)
- Hiser(?), Virginia (autograph) (Gift Book Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- iv pages, 5 unnumbered pages-264 pages, 6 unnumbered pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm
- Other Title:
- Young lady's offering
- Gems of prose and poetry
- Young ladies' offering
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Phillips, Sampson & Co. ..., 1849.
- Notes:
- Printed within double ruled border.
- Advertisements for "elegant gift books, published and for sale by Phillips & Sampson, publishers, booksellers & stationers ... Boston" on p. [1]-[5] at end.
- Possibly also issued under the title Young Ladies' Offering.--Cf. F.W. Faxon, Literary Annuals and Gift Books, 860.
- Local Notes:
- Gift Book Collection copy has the autograph, in pencil, of William Hudson Burr, on the title page.
- Gift Book Collection copy has the autograph, in pencil, of Virginia Hiser(?), on p. [6] at end.
- OCLC:
- 78601999
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