(Parent's Assistant). Juvenile Classicks[sic]. One Hundred Volumes of Select Books for Children. Uniformly Bound. Munroe & Francis' Edition.

ID 17267
Title (Parent's Assistant). Juvenile Classicks[sic]. One Hundred Volumes of Select Books for Children. Uniformly Bound. Munroe & Francis' Edition.
Contributors
Signed Author Anonymous.
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Firms
Self-published No
Volumes 1
Pagination 6, 39, [1], 42, [2], 35, [1], 24, [4]
Date of Publication 1824
Edition Statement Munroe & Francis' Edition.
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Date of First Publication
Imprint Munroe & Francis. 128 Washington St. Boston. The whole neatly bound, with red morocco backs, gilt numbers, and packed in a suitable case.
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Copyright Statement
Location of Printing Boston US
Format
Length (cm) 15
Width (cm)
Price (pound)
Price (shilling)
Price (pence)
Total Price (in pence)
Non-UK Price
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Notes Publication date tentative (likely between 1824 and 1840).
AAS notes:
Selections from Parent's assistant, or, Stories for children by Maria Edgeworth. No. 78 in a series of 100.
"Munroe and Francis' edition."--frontispiece plate.
Munroe & Francis began publishing at 128 Washington St., Boston, in 1824 or 1825. The address changes to Devonshire St. in the Boston directory for 1841.
6, 39, [1], 42, [2], 35, [1], 24, [4] p., [4] leaves of plates.
In printed boards with red leather spine. Numbered on spine: 78.
Title page illustration signed by Alonzo Hartwell. Wood-engraved plates signed by Alexander Anderson.
"Catalogue of the juvenile classics."--p. [2]-6.
"Munroe and Francis, no. 4 Cornhill, Boston, have printed a uniform edition of Miss Edgworth's stories for children"--catalogue, p. [43] of Lazy Lawrence. This catalogue and "New juvenile books for sale by Munroe and Francis, no. 4 Cornhill; and by David Francis, no. 90, Newbury-Street"--[4] p. at end.
Shoemaker, R.H. Checklist of American imprints for 1820-1829,
The false key -- Lazy Lawrence -- The orphans -- The basket-woman.
American Antiquarian Society copy lacks p. 15-22 of The orphans. Bears reader's scribblings. Inscribed: Anthony Jones; Carrie L. Gray, Boston, Mass.; Louise Hasting[s], Boylston; Caroline Davis; Ada J. Hastings.
Hand-Verified No
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Edgeworth, Maria. (Parent's Assistant). Juvenile Classicks[sic]. One Hundred Volumes of Select Books for Children. Uniformly Bound. Munroe & Francis' Edition.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 17267, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/17267. Accessed 2024-12-26. 

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