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[PENNSYLVANIA IMPRINTS] [CHAPBOOKS] Pictures of Animals
by [H. L. Harvey & O. Spafford, publishers]
- Used
- fair
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
-
Rocky River, Ohio, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Erie, PA: H. L. Harvey & O. Spafford, 1836. First Edition. Sewn binding. Fair. 32mo (7cm x 11cm), 18pp., illustrated. In fair condition only in the publisher's printed wrappers, with hand-stitched string binding, possibly a later repair. Bottom half of the rear wrapper perished, and significant marginal loss to two leaves, though no contents are affected. Some tearing. Generally rubbed and soiled, but legible. Despite its rather sorry state, a vanishingly scarce western Pennsylvania imprint, published when Erie had a populaton of about 2,500. The verso of the title page contains four sets of the alphabet, in four different typefaces, along with a series of numbers (1-23), ostensibly to help children learn their letters and numbers. The woodcut vignettes of animals are quaint; examples include the kangaroo, raccoon, nyl-ghau, and fox. OCLC records just one separately listed holding, at the Free Library of Philadelphia (that copy dated 1838). Missed by the Checklist of American Imprints. We found just three other similar chapbooks imprinted by Harvey and Spafford in Erie (each also with just one holding apiece per OCLC). An ephemeral rarity of early 19th century western Pennsylvania printing.
Details
- Bookseller
- Cleveland Book Company
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11239
- Title
- [PENNSYLVANIA IMPRINTS] [CHAPBOOKS] Pictures of Animals
- Author
- [H. L. Harvey & O. Spafford, publishers]
- Format/Binding
- Sewn binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- H. L. Harvey & O. Spafford
- Place of Publication
- Erie, PA
- Date Published
- 1836
- Keywords
- Juvenile literature, Children's books, Pennsylvania imprints
Terms of Sale
Cleveland Book Company
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About the Seller
Cleveland Book Company
Biblio member since 2017
Rocky River, Ohio
About Cleveland Book Company
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As a small, independent bookseller in Cleveland, Ohio, I deal in general used, rare, and antiquarian books, autographs, manuscripts, pamphlets, and personal and family papers in all subjects. My family has been in the antiquarian book business since 1971. Are you moving, downsizing, or doing some spring cleaning? Did you inherit or otherwise come into some old books? Or, maybe you've collected modern novels from the last thirty or fifty years. No matter what kinds of books you have, we'd love to take a look at them! We travel throughout Ohio, western Pennsylvania and New York, southern Michigan, and eastern Indiana, and will travel farther in some cases to look at whole libraries or even just a few particularly interesting books. Give us a call at (216) 352-3940 and we can talk more about the kinds of books you have.
As a small, independent bookseller in Cleveland, Ohio, I deal in general used, rare, and antiquarian books, autographs, manuscripts, pamphlets, and personal and family papers in all subjects. My family has been in the antiquarian book business since 1971. Are you moving, downsizing, or doing some spring cleaning? Did you inherit or otherwise come into some old books? Or, maybe you've collected modern novels from the last thirty or fifty years. No matter what kinds of books you have, we'd love to take a look at them! We travel throughout Ohio, western Pennsylvania and New York, southern Michigan, and eastern Indiana, and will travel farther in some cases to look at whole libraries or even just a few particularly interesting books. Give us a call at (216) 352-3940 and we can talk more about the kinds of books you have.
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- Soiled
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- Verso
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- Fair
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- First Edition
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- Title Page
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