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How to amuse yourself and others : the American girls handy book / by Lina Beard and Adelia B. Beard ; foreword by Anne M. Boylan.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Schimmel Collection Schimmel 8167
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Beard, Lina, author, illustrator.
- Beard, Adelia B. (Adelia Belle), 1857-1920, author, illustrator.
- Series:
- Nonpareil book ; 46.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Games.
- Amusements.
- Handicraft--Juvenile literature.
- Handicraft.
- crafts (art genres).
- Genre:
- Activity books.
- Nonfiction.
- Literature
- Juvenile works
- Literature.
- Physical Description:
- xxiv, 474 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
- Other Title:
- The American girls handy book
- American girl's handybook.
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : D.R. Godine, 1987
- Summary:
- A reprint of an end-of-century publication for young ladies instructing them in such hobbies as fancy needlework, handmade dolls, chinapainting, painting in oils, heraldic painting, preservation of wild flowers, and many others"--page [iv].
- Notes:
- "Centennial edition"--cover.
- Reprint. Originally published: New York : Scribner, 1887.
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- Schimmel 8167: Presented to the Penn Libraries in 2024 by Caroline F. Schimmel.
- ISBN:
- 0879236663
- 9780879236663
- OCLC:
- 15365098
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