Biography for boys; or, Characteristic histories, calculated to impress the youthful mind with an admiration of virtuous principles and a detestation of vicious ones. By Mrs. Pilkington.

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Title Biography for boys; or, Characteristic histories, calculated to impress the youthful mind with an admiration of virtuous principles and a detestation of vicious ones. By Mrs. Pilkington.
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Signed Author By Mrs. Pilkington.
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Self-published No
Volumes 1
Pagination 137
Date of Publication 1809
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Date of First Publication 1799
Imprint Published by Johnson & Warner, No. 147, Market Street.
Colophon Lydia R. Bailey, Printer, No. 10, North Alley.
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Location of Printing Philadelphia US
Format Duodecimo (12mo)
Length (cm) 15
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Notes AAS Notes:
Apparently fictional biographies.
"Lydia R. Bailey, printer, no. 10, North Alley."--colophon, p. 137.
Frontispiece signed: WR. [i.e., William Ralph] sc.
Error in paging: p. 51 misnumbered 52.
Last page blank.
Table of contents, p. [139].
Shaw, R.R. American bibliography,
Welch, D.A. Bibliography of American children's books printed prior to 1821,
Rosenbach, A.S.W. Early American children's books,
Nipps, K. Lydia Bailey,
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American Antiquarian Society copy inscribed: Presented by Sarah Norton; Humphrey Marshall.
Hand-Verified No
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Pilkington, Mary. Biography for boys; or, Characteristic histories, calculated to impress the youthful mind with an admiration of virtuous principles and a detestation of vicious ones. By Mrs. Pilkington.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 19041, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/19041. Accessed 2025-11-18. 

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  author={Pilkington,Mary},
  year={1809},
  title={Biography for boys; or, Characteristic histories, calculated to impress the youthful mind with an admiration of virtuous principles and a detestation of vicious ones. By Mrs. Pilkington.},
  publisher={Johnson & Warner},
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