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Clifton, Augustus M. Kelley Publishers. 1972. Original publisher's light-brown cloth hardback, black lettering spine and frontcover, 8vo: xij, 374pp., illustrations. Fine copy. Reprint 1885 with additions.
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A Bookseller of the Last Century: Being Some Account of the Life of John Newbery and of the Books He Published with a Notice of the Later Newberys Hardcover - 1972
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- Title A Bookseller of the Last Century: Being Some Account of the Life of John Newbery and of the Books He Published with a Notice of the Later Newberys
- Author Charles Welsh
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 373
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher A. M. Kelley, Clifton
- Date 1972
- ISBN 9780678008836 / 0678008833
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 79179343
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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Augustus M. Kelley, Clifton, 1972 reprint of 1885 first edition. Cloth, 8vo, 22 cm,. xi, 373 pp, ills. From the preface: "John Newbery.. is a figure of some interest in the literary history of the eighteenth century. The first bookseller who made the issue of books, specially intended for children, a business of any importance, he brought before the world a number of works which have proved of great benefit, and of which the memory and the influence have survived to the present day. But not only is he to be remembered as the publisher of "Goody Two Shoes," and kindred books; he was himself an author of considerable ingenuity and wit; he and his family were intimately associated with Johnson, Goldsmith, Christopher Smart, Smollett, and many other literary men of the time; and he busied himself with many projects of a seemingly more important character than the publication of books for the young. In this volume I have endeavoured to bring together all the scattered information that I…
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Clifton: Augustus M. Kelley, 1972. First printing of this edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. Reprints of Economic Classics series. First edition 1885. 8vo. Pp xi + 373. Oatmeal cloth boards stamped in black and gilt on the spine and black on the upper panel. A clean, unmarked copy in a tight binding without dust jacket (as issued)
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Clinton, New Jersey: Augustus M. Kelley, Publishers, 1972. Good+ EX-LIBRARY (multiple discard stamps). A solid reading/reference copy. All text pages are clean. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. 1972 reprint of the 1885 edition. Illustrated with a few engravings and document facsimiles. A bibliography of Newbery imprints from 1740 to 1802 fills almost 200 pages. Bound in the original salmon color cloth, stamped in black.. 1972 reprint of the 1885 edition.. Hardcover. Good+ EX-LIBRARY/No jacket, probably as issued. 8vo. xii, 373pp.
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Augustus M. Kelley, Clifton, 1972 reprint of 1885 first edition. Cloth, 8vo, 22 cm,. xi, 373 pp, ills. From the preface: "John Newbery.. is a figure of some interest in the literary history of the eighteenth century. The first bookseller who made the issue of books, specially intended for children, a business of any importance, he brought before the world a number of works which have proved of great benefit, and of which the memory and the influence have survived to the present day. But not only is he to be remembered as the publisher of "Goody Two Shoes," and kindred books; he was himself an author of considerable ingenuity and wit; he and his family were intimately associated with Johnson, Goldsmith, Christopher Smart, Smollett, and many other literary men of the time; and he busied himself with many projects of a seemingly more important character than the publication of books for the young. In this volume I have endeavoured to bring together all the scattered information that I…
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