THE FIRST BOOK OF HISTORY, For Children and Youth. By the author of Peter Parley's Tales.
Boston: Charles J. Hendee and Jencks and Palmer, 1844. Revised. Leather. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Good / No jacket as issued. Item #004895
Revised edition. A good copy. 12mo., 183 pp., Illustrated with 60 engravings and 16 plates of maps. Bound in quarter leather with printed paper over boards. The boards are well-rounded, with the tips rubbed through; light edge wear to the spine's joints. Childish doodling and names on the end papers. Scattered light foxing. 16 maps present; last blank end paper lacking. A well used, early 19th century American history and geography textbook. Good.
Price: $50.00