Moral tales for young people. By Maria Edgeworth, author of The parent's assistant, Tales of fashionable life, &c.; In three volumes.

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Title Moral tales for young people. By Maria Edgeworth, author of The parent's assistant, Tales of fashionable life, &c.; In three volumes.
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Signed Author By Maria Edgeworth, author of The parent's assistant, Tales of fashionable life, &c.
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Volumes 3
Pagination I [4], 222; II [4], 215; III [4], 233
Date of Publication 1818
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Date of First Publication 1801
Imprint Published by W.B. Gilley, 96 Broadway.
Colophon E.B. Gould, Printer.
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Location of Printing New York US
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Length (cm) 15
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Notes AAS notes: Imprint varies. Vol. 2: New-York: Published by W.B. Gilley, 92 Broadway. Abraham Paul, printer. 1818. Vol. 3: New-York: Published by W.B. Gilley, no. 92 Broadway. 1818.
Each volume has an added illustrated title page: Moral tales; by Maria Edgeworth. In three volumes. Vol. I[-III]. New-York: Published by W.B. Gilley, no. 92 Broadway. 1818.
Error in paging: v. 3, p. 151 misnumbered 15.
Frontispiece of v. 1 signed: Anderson [i.e., Alexander Anderson].
Shaw, R.R. American bibliography,
Welch, D.A. Bibliography of American children's books printed prior to 1821,
Welch, D.A. Bibliography of American children's books printed prior to 1821,
Welch, D.A. Bibliography of American children's books printed prior to 1821,
Pomeroy, J.R. Alexander Anderson, 1775-1870,
v.1. Forester. The Prussian vase -- v.2. The good aunt. Angelina, or, L'Amie inconnue -- v.3. The good French governess. Mademoiselle Panache (second part). The knapsack.
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American Antiquarian Society copy lacks v. 1 and 2. Part of the Helen & Benjamin Tighe Collection of American Children's Books. The collection is the gift to AAS of Elisabeth Ball, 1969. Has bookplate of E.N.O. Clough of Columbia, Mo., with printed owner's verse. Inscribed: Ebenr. Nicholas Orick Clough, presented August 26th 1829, by Mr. Wm. B. Fowle.
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Edgeworth, Maria. Moral tales for young people. By Maria Edgeworth, author of The parent's assistant, Tales of fashionable life, &c.; In three volumes.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 17286, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/17286. Accessed 2024-04-23. 

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  author={Edgeworth,Maria},
  year={1818},
  title={Moral tales for young people. By Maria Edgeworth, author of The parent's assistant, Tales of fashionable life, &c.; In three volumes.},
  publisher={William B. Gilley \& },
  address={New York},    }

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