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(CHILDREN’S BOOKS - PRIMERS) [Anon.]
The New England Primer, Improved; or, An Easy and Pleasant Guide to the Art of Reading. To which is added, the Assembly’s Catechism.Boston: Printed by James Loring. Sold wholesale and retail at his Bookstore, No 2, Cornhill., [between 1815 to 1826]. 16mo, (3¾ by 2½ inches), [64] pp., first and last leaves are pasted down, as issued, to original leather backed wooden boards. Slate-gray blue paper totally absent, removed. Still, a nice copy in original unsophisticated state. Early if not contemporary ownership of Oliver K. Wright vertically written along gutter of title-page.
AAS attributes the date range of 1815 to 1826 based on publisher James Loring’s known addresses and partnerships. Rosenbach notes: “This edition contains many of the features found in the early editions, with few additions.” Illustrated with numerous crude and charming cuts.
Not in Shaw and Shoemaker. Rosenbach 531. Heartman 343.
$150
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