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ID	16236
Title	Sketches of the lives of distinguished females, written for girls, with a view to their mental and moral improvement. By an American lady.
Contributors	Unknown, [Woman] (Author) Gimber, Stephen Henry (Engraver)
Signed Author	By an American Lady.
Pseudonym
Firms	James and John Harper [Cliff Street] (Publisher) James and John Harper [Cliff Street] (Printer)
Self-published	No
Volumes	1
Pagination	xvi, 231
Date of Publication	1833
Edition Statement
Edition Number	1
Date of First Publication	1833
Imprint	Printed and Published by J. &. J. Harper, no. 82 Cliff-Street, and sold by the booksellers generally throughout the United States.
Colophon
Copyright Statement	Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1833, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.
Location of Printing	New York US

Format
Length (cm)	16
Width (cm)
Price (pound)
Price (shilling)
Price (pence)
Total Price (in pence)
Non-UK Price
Genre	Education Juvenile Literature Biography
Sources	American Antiquarian Society: 233779 NCCO: GALE\|ANINWW271381979
Shelfmarks
Notes	From AAS: "I do not claim the merit of originality, for I have followed, as closely as the plan admitted, the memoirs that have already been before the public."-Preface, p. xii. Added engraved title page with vignette captioned: Burning of a widow in India. Series title page: Boy's and girl's library. XV. Female biography. By an American lady. "Boy's and girl's library. Lives of distinguished females."--spine. Frontispiece portrait of Ann Judson signed: Gimber sc. "Boy's and girl's library. Prospectus."--p. [v-vii].
Hand-Verified	No
Verified	Yes
Attempted Verification	No

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Unknown, [Woman]. Sketches of the lives of distinguished females, written for girls, with a view to their mental and moral improvement. By an American lady.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 16236, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/16236. Accessed 2024-12-22.

Unknown, [Woman]. Sketches of the lives of distinguished females, written for girls, with a view to their mental and moral improvement. By an American lady. New York: James and John Harper [Cliff Street], 1833.

Unknown , [. (1833). Sketches of the lives of distinguished females, written for girls, with a view to their mental and moral improvement. by an american lady. New York: James and John Harper [Cliff Street]

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