Original Moral Tales, Intended for the Use of Children and Young Persons Vol. V. Containing The Christmas Gift.--I'll Risk It.--The Young West Indian.--The Skaters.--Laura Somerville.--The Cabin Boy.--Little Edward. Little Agnes and Blind Mary.

ID 16155
Title Original Moral Tales, Intended for the Use of Children and Young Persons Vol. V. Containing The Christmas Gift.--I'll Risk It.--The Young West Indian.--The Skaters.--Laura Somerville.--The Cabin Boy.--Little Edward. Little Agnes and Blind Mary.
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Signed Author Anonymous.
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Self-published No
Volumes 1
Pagination [2], 238
Date of Publication 1828
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Imprint Bowles and Dearborn, 50 Washington Street.
Colophon Press of Isaac R. Butts & Co.
Copyright Statement Copyright 1827 by Bowles and Dearborn.
Location of Printing Boston US
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Length (cm) 15
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Notes AAS notes:
A collection of eight stories, each with separate title page and copyright statement.
"The Christmas gift" is by William Tosca; "The young West Indian" is by Martha Blackford; "Little Agnes and blind Mary" is by Dorothea Dix.
Copyright 1827 by Bowles and Dearborn.
Second wood-engraved plate included in pagination. Plate signed: H [i.e., Alonzo Hartwell?].
Back cover has wood engraving of the book shop of Bowles and Dearborn.
Errors in paging; p. 188, 229 misnumbered 186, 29. Pages also numbered: 20, 20, 22, 23, [1], 17, [1], 24, 55, [1], 54.
Shoemaker, R.H. Checklist of American imprints for 1820-1829,
Catalogued
American Antiquarian Society copy has bookplate of A.R. Pope, Cambridge, Mass. Inscribed: Augustus R. Pope. School prize for July 1829.
Hand-Verified No
Verified No
Attempted Verification Yes

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Tosca, William Augustus, Blackford, Martha, Dix, Dorothea Lynde. Original Moral Tales, Intended for the Use of Children and Young Persons Vol. V. Containing The Christmas Gift.--I'll Risk It.--The Young West Indian.--The Skaters.--Laura Somerville.--The Cabin Boy.--Little Edward. Little Agnes and Blind Mary.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 16155, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/16155. Accessed 2025-07-13. 

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