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More imagesPublished by S. H. Colesworthy, Portland [Maine], 1836
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.Type Punch Matrix
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Condition: Very good. First Edition. First edition of this moralizing chapbook about the merits to be earned with good behavior - a remarkably scarce title. THE HAPPY FAMILY is a rather amusing example of the economy with which many early US American chapbooks were produced. From the rather off-center front wrapper printing to a… change in the size of type midway through the text to an unfortunate typo on page 23 (poor Jizzle indeed), it is clear that the publisher cut a number of production corners - giving the modern historian an interesting peek into the process of printing a chapbook. This is quite a rare title - it does not appear in Rosenbach or Osborne, and OCLC locates only one holding. A real charmer. 4.75'' x 4''. Original pink pictorial wrapper. Black-and-white woodcut frontispiece with eight woodcut illustrations. 31 pages, first and last pages pasted to wrappers; pages 15-29 misnumbered 17-31, as usual. Early owner name to frontispiece twice, "Ellen A. Whitcomb." Some illustrations with a bit of contemporary coloring by a naive hand. Wrapper with some soil and spotting; some toning to rear. Leaves with light edgewear, trace damp staining to upper half of book. Shallow crease to center of wrapper and leaves. Sound.
