Aunt Abbie (5 results)
Ed Lee and Sailor Dick- A Boys Trials and Triumphs. First Printing, 1866. 'Round Hill series' Boston
Language: English
Seller: White Mountains, NH Books and Maps, Lincoln, NH, U.S.A.White Mountains, NH Books and Maps
Contact seller3-star sellerCondition: Used - Near fine
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Add to basketNo Binding. Condition: Near Fine. A true first edition dated 1866 on the title & copyright pages. NOT a common reprint. Very worn with the last few pages missing, final remaining page (193/4) torn and chipped. 150 years old, how will you look. Matthews Robinson (illustrator).
Published by american baptist publication society, philadelphia
- Hardcover
Seller: Thylacine Books, Fort Worth, TX, U.S.A.Thylacine Books
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Condition: Used - Very good
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. dj: none. book: 12vo, above avg blue boards gilt on spine still bright, undated circa 1860, 176 pp.
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Published by American Baptist Publication Society, 1854
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Shelley and Son Books (IOBA), Hendersonville, NC, U.S.A.Shelley and Son Books (IOBA)
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Condition: Used - Very good
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Extremely rare, this little book reads as a narrated dialog between "Little Louis" and his father, mother, uncle, classmates and others, as he struggles to understand life, things of God, and his direction within the early years of his youth. The six chapters within are title: "God…s That are No Gods", "Image Worship", "Moment of Decision", "Profane Levity", "The Sabbath", and "Fruits of Decision". Bound in dark royal blue publisher's cloth, the cover is debossed in black ornamentation. Ornate spine lettered in gilt. Dark chocolate brown endpapers. Frontispiece is a black and white portrait of Louis De Sacy. Large print. 106 pp. Only one edition was found in three libraries on OCLC, # 11738925.CONDITION: External cover bears moderate soiling and light wear along the extremities. Cocked spine. Front free flyleaf has been torn away. Inner hinge cracked at the gutter between the copyright page and the table of contents page, yet binding is strong and no leaves are loose. Lightly toned throughout with only occasional mild foxing. Previous owner's names and brief annotation on the front pastedown and front flyleaf, else unmarked. A wonderfully whimsical little first edition, rare copy. Full refund if not satisfied.
Published by R A Ballou, 1866
- Hardcover
Seller: The Bookery @ Rochester, LLC, Rochester, VT, U.S.A.The Bookery @ Rochester, LLC
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. Extremely rare. Center pages not bound. Cover damaged, foxing. Pages brittle and stained. Black and white illustration. Round Hill Series, meant to be a primer.
More imagesPublished by American Baptist Publication Society, Philadelphia, 1855
- Hardcover
Seller: Kubik Fine Books Ltd., ABAA, Dayton, OH, U.S.A.Kubik Fine Books Ltd., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. 100p. A small brown cloth hardcover book in good condition. An anti-Catholic story about a poor Irish Catholic maid who is hired by a Protestant family. Although she says her priest forbids her to read the Bible, her employers encourage her to do so and she eventually converts to Protestantism and mar…ries her Protestant sweetheart. Much of the dialogue is written in mock Irish dialect.
