A Birth Day Present; or, a New Year's Gift. Being Nine Day's Conversation between a Mother and Daughter, on Interesting Subjects; for the use of young persons, from ten to fifteen years of age. Second American, from the fourth London Edition.

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Title A Birth Day Present; or, a New Year's Gift. Being Nine Day's Conversation between a Mother and Daughter, on Interesting Subjects; for the use of young persons, from ten to fifteen years of age. Second American, from the fourth London Edition.
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Signed Author By Alexander Pope. [p. 103]
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Volumes 1
Pagination 104
Date of Publication 1805
Edition Statement Second American, from the fourth London Edition.
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Imprint Printed by David Carlisle, for John West, No. 75, Cornhill.
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Location of Printing Boston US
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Length (cm) 15
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Notes AAS Notes: "The editor of the present edition of this little book wishes, that every miss and master in the United States might read it ..."--note, p. [3], 1st count, dated: Boston, January 1, 1803.
Attributed to Elizabeth Somerville in Shaw (entry 5078).
"A birth day ode. By Alexander Pope."--p. [103]-104.
Shaw, R.R. American bibliography,
Shaw, R.R. American bibliography,
Welch, D.A. Bibliography of American children's books printed prior to 1821,
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American Antiquarian Society copy inscribed: Mary Parish. A token of the love of Rebecca Hardy, lately deceased. 1808.
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Somerville, Elizabeth, Pope, Alexander. A Birth Day Present; or, a New Year's Gift. Being Nine Day's Conversation between a Mother and Daughter, on Interesting Subjects; for the use of young persons, from ten to fifteen years of age. Second American, from the fourth London Edition.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 19898, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/19898. Accessed 2025-05-29. 

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