Tales about Great Britain and Ireland.

GOODRICH, Samuel Griswold (Peter Parley [pseud].):

Published by London: Printed for Thomas Tegg: First edition, 1936

About this Item

small 8vo., xvi, 544pp., frontispiece, engraved vignette title and numerous wood engravings to text, full-page map of Great Britain and Ireland, bound in contemporary half calf over marbled boards, gilt decorated spine in compartments, lightly rubbed on extremities. A VG+ clean copy. Samuel Griswold Goodrich (1793 1860) was an American author. Goodrich, using the pseudonym Peter Parley, wrote children s books with an informal and friendly style as he introduced his young readers to faraway people and places. Goodrich believed that fairy tales and fantasy were not useful and possibly dangerous to children. He entertained them instead with engaging tales from history and geography. His low regard for fiction is ironic in that his accounts of other places and cultures were often misleading and stereotypical, if not completely incorrect. Seller Inventory # 3630

Bibliographic Details

Title: Tales about Great Britain and Ireland.

Publisher: London: Printed for Thomas Tegg: First edition

Publication Date: 1936

Binding: Hardcover