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Idle hours employed, or, The new publication : A selection of moral tales.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - British Imprints 1828 Idle
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Conduct of life--Juvenile fiction.
- Conduct of life.
- Obedience--Juvenile fiction.
- Obedience.
- Genre:
- Children's stories.
- Printer's devices (Printing)
- Physical Description:
- 236 pages, 12 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 18 cm
- Edition:
- [1st ed.].
- Place of Publication:
- London : John Harris, corner of St. Paul's Church-Yard, [approximately 1828]. (London : S. and R. Bentley, Dorset Street)
- Notes:
- Twenty-four woodcuts on twelve plates.
- Signatures: B-K¹², L¹⁰.
- Publisher's device on back cover.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum's copy inscribed on upper pastedown: "S.E. Goldhawk."
- Cited in:
- Moon. John Harris's books for youth, #393(1)
- Osborne collection of early children's books, p. 898
- OCLC:
- 10847865
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