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Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Square octavo, unpaginated (about 150pp.). Very good in the original 3/4 black calf over marbled boards, with four simple gilt rules on the spine. A wonderful example of a 19th century librarian's tool. The printed introduction to this blank ledger book begins as follows: "In the plan of this book it is arranged that the Librarian may keep the accounts with the scholars, but deliver the books to the Teachers by means of the "Library Cards," and the Teachers deliver them to the scholars." There are two sample designs for these "library cards" printed in the volume, though the cards themselves, designed to be used with this register, were issued separately, and are not included herein. Many leaves were used by a Sunday School class, though it's not quite clear whether it was used for the intended purpose. The earliest pencilled date is in 1873, and the last in 1885. With no printed date, we would suppose that the book was published ca. 1872-3. An advertisement for "E. S. German's Religious Book Store" in Harrisburg, PA is pasted to the front paste-down, and it seems likely this is where the book was purchased. We could locate no holdings in OCLC for a ledger with this title, and we have not seen another in commerce.