The juvenile sketch-book, containing original and select stories. No. 1[-2], 1828.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Eastburn, John Henry, 1804 or 1805-1873, printer.

N.S. Simpkins & Co., publisher.

Collection of British and American Fiction, 1660-1830 (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children's stories.

Genre:

Juvenile literature -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- 19th century.

Publishers' advertisements -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- 19th century.

Penn Provenance:

Hutchinson, Abigail J. (autograph) (Singer-Mendenhall copy)

Hutchinson, Benjamin (inscription) (Singer-Mendenhall copy)

Physical Description:

2 v. (211, [1] p.) : ill. ; 15 cm (12mo)

Other Title:

Sketch book

Place of Publication:

Boston : N.S. Simpkins & Co., corner of Court and Brattle Streets, [1828] ([Boston] : John H. Eastburn, printer)

Contents:

Prejudice

The blue silk scarf : a tale

The schoolfellow's last request : a tale

The two friends

Grape Island

Lucy Milford, or, Youthful fortitude : a tale.

Notes:

Date of publication from Shoemaker.

Local Notes:

Singer-Mendenhall copy imperfect: no. 1 only.

Singer-Mendenhall copy purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2018 from Michael R. Thompson Booksellers.

Singer-Mendenhall copy has early autograph ("Abigail J Hutchinson") on front free endpaper above ms. inscription ("From her Brother Benjamin Hutchinson") in pencil.

Singer-Mendenhall copy bound in quarter roan over pictorial boards; publisher's advertisement on right board; spine tooled in gold; title ("SKETCH BOOK") stamped in gold on spine; all edges stippled brown.

Cited in:

Shoemaker 33746

OCLC:

213766611