Accession number
PML 88981
Published
New-York : Charles S. Francis, 1861.
Credit line
Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1979.
Notes
Illustrated half title: The boy's own book. Improved edition. New York : C.S. Francis and Company.
Numerous engraved full-page illustrations and vignettes. Text printed within double-line floral frames.
Boy's own book by William Clarke. The first English edition was published in 1828. (Cf. Osborne Collection, p. 846-7)
Paul Preston is the pseudonym of Thomas Picton.
Publisher's advertisement on pages [1-4] at the end of the text.
Numerous engraved full-page illustrations and vignettes. Text printed within double-line floral frames.
Boy's own book by William Clarke. The first English edition was published in 1828. (Cf. Osborne Collection, p. 846-7)
Paul Preston is the pseudonym of Thomas Picton.
Publisher's advertisement on pages [1-4] at the end of the text.
Description
3 volumes in 1 (354; 191; 168 p.) : ill. (engravings) ; 16 x 13 cm
Provenance
From the library of Lincoln Kirstein.
Binding
Publisher's blue bead-grain cloth, blocked in gold and blind.
Classification
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