Peter Parley's Annual: A Christmas & New Year's Present for Young People

William Martin [ed.]

Verlag: Darton and Hodge, London, 1863

A scarce copy of this annual published under the author's pseudonym, with colour plates and illustrations throughout. The first edition of this work.With eight colour plates and monochrome vignettes throughout. Collated complete.Bound in the publisher's original gilt decorated cloth binding.With leaves of illustrated publisher's advertisements to the rear.Under the pseudonym Peter Parley, Samuel Griswold Goodrich wrote books for young people, drawing upon topics like geography, history, science and other miscellaneous tales.This work includes a mixture of prose and verse and also includes letters written to his brother, Charles.His prior illustrated annual, The Token contained some of the earliest work of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Lydia Maria Child. In the original cloth binding. Externally, very smart with rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Small loss to cloth to the rear board and slight fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with a few scattered spots throughout, heavier to the first and last few leaves. Very Good. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 905Y28

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Peter Parley's Annual: A Christmas & New ...
Verlag: Darton and Hodge, London
Erscheinungsdatum: 1863
Einband: Cloth
Illustrator: Not stated
Zustand: Very Good
Auflage: First edition.
Art des Buches: book