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185032390NY: Harper 1850. Eight volumes. 12mo pp. between 202 and 227. Red cloth. Ex library with spine labels bookplates and pockets. Illustrated with a frontis and small drawings. Covers worn interiors VG. The books are: Ellen Linn Mary Bell Malleville Caroline Rudolphus Wallace Mary Erskine and Stuyvesant. Stories for children illustrating proper behavior and proper ways of upbringing. Harper unknown books
18564624New York: Harper & Brothers 1856. Original brown pebbled cloth heavily gilt cover and spine. A nice tight copy VG. <br/><br/> Harper & Brothers hardcover books
18572205136Phillips Sampson & Co 1857. Small Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Boards heavily rubbed surface tear to title page obscuring text front and rear hinge starting pencil markings to rear paste-down endpaper. 1857 Small Hard Cover. 68 - 96 pp. CONTENTS: Causey building; Sand men; The gray garden; A contract; Instructions; Keeping tally; Rights defined; Calculation. Phillips, Sampson & Co hardcover books
1842813761842. FE. ABBOTT Jacob. COUSIN LUCY ON THE SEA-SHORE. Boston: B.B. Mussey 1842. First edition. Slightly over-opened with a little foxing and some spotting to the cloth. Overall a very good and attractive copy. unknown books
1857WRCLIT77314New York: Harper and Bros. 1857. 1213-1601013-1601213-160pp. Square octavo. Elaborately gilt decorated cloth. Frontis individual pictorial titles illustrations. 1898 bookplate and private name stamp otherwise very good and bright. A collective issue of these three tales with the volume title bearing the copyright notice for the series which began in 1854 and the individual titles bearing the 1857 date of their initial publication. 36 titles in all were published on a monthly basis from Dec. 1854 to November 1857 and were collectively bound thus three titles per volume from 1855 through 1857. WEBER p.128. Harper and Bros. hardcover books
1857813821857. FE. ABBOTT Jacob. HARPER'S STORY BOOKS. A Series of Narratives Dia-logues Biographies and Tales for the Instruction and Entertainment of the Young. Embellished with Numerous and Beautiful Engravings. Volume 10. New York: Harper and Brothers 1857. First edition. There is a bookplate on the front pastedown and a name stamped on the flyleaf as well as an ink number. This is a near fine copy in decorated boards. unknown books
1840011711Farmington ME: No publisher 1840. Book. Very good condition. No Binding. Signed by Authors. First Edition. One page letter handwritten and signed by Jacob Abbott the prolific writer of juvenile and other literature. An attached blank leaf is the cover and address sheet addressed to Mrs. Eliza Reed Care of Rev. Dr. Reed Hackney England with postmarks. The letter reads "Mrs Reed Dear Madam Your note with the very interesting pamphlet accompanying it has only recently come to my hands in this place where I now reside. I assure you that I feel highly honored by the expressions of approbation in regard to some of my writings.I contemplate visiting England within a year or two. Remember me also most respectfully to your husband.signed Jacob Abbott.". No publisher unknown books
184338419Boston: T H Carter and Company. Very Good. 1844c1843. First Printing. Hardcover. -; Very Good. No dust jacket. Nice copy of this early edition. . T H Carter and Company hardcover books
185532402NY: Harper 1855. Two vols. 12mo pp. 191 192. Illustrated with frontis and small drawings. Red cloth. Frontis missing from the Maine volume. Ex library with spine labels bookplates and pockets. Covers worn interiors VG. Two instructive books for children. Harper unknown books
1897125871New York: Thomas Y. Crowell 1897. Hardbound. VG. green patterned paper-covere boards with color illustration light red letters and boy pushing wheel-barrow green cloth spine with art deco gilt lettering. Color frontispiece few full-page bw plates one loose. A very nice copy of a book seldom found except as a tattered remnant. Thomas Y. Crowell hardcover books
18672205836Sheldon & Co 1867. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. No jacket very faint discoloration to boards front board lightly bowed bookplate to front paste-down endpaper ink name and date to front endpaper. 1867 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 220 pp. "Jacob Abbott 1803-1879 was an American writer of children's books. He was a prolific author writing juvenile fiction brief histories biographies religious books for the general reader and a few works in popular science. His Rollo Books such as Rollo at Work 1837 and Rollo at Play 1837 are the best known of his writings having as their chief characters a representative boy and his associates. His other works include: The Teacher; or Moral Influences Employed in the Instruction and Government of the Young 1833 Rollo on the Atlantic 1853 Rollo in Paris 1854 Rollo on the Rhine 1855 Georgie 1855 Rollo in Holland 1856 Rollo in Rome 1858 Rollo in Switzerland 1858 Rollo in the Woods and Peter the Great. Sheldon & Co hardcover books
1861UABBROL00LWBrown & Taggard 1861. Very Good. Abbott Jacob. Rollo in Holland. Boston: Brown & Taggard 1861. 215pp. Illustrated. 16mo. Embossed brown cloth with gilt lettered spine. Book condition: Very good with light bumping and subtly faded spine and a few small stains.Contemporary owner's inscription on front free endsheet. Page 107 has a small stain. Gutter weak at page 96. . Brown & Taggard hardcover books
187069158New York: Sheldon & Company. Very Good-. 1870. Hardcover. 226 pages brown cloth covers with black and gilt stamping.The spine is sunned and the covers slightly soiled. The contents are bright and complete. Near Very Good. . Sheldon & Company hardcover books
18682205135Sheldon & Company 1868. Small Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Ink note to front endpaper corners bumped. 1868 Small Hard Cover. 192 pp. "The main design in view in the discussions which are offered to the juvenile world under the title of The Rollo Philosophy relates rather to their effect upon the little reader's habits of thinking reasoning and observation than to the additions they may make to his stock of knowledge. CONTENTS: Lost in the snow; Flying; Valve Making; Experiments; Pressure; Ballooning; Philosophical discussion; Tasks; Burning; Gravitation; Air in motion; Air at rest. Sheldon & Company hardcover books
1885012040Boston: DeWolfe Fiske and Company 1885. Early Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good-. A solid uniform set of the DeWolfe Fiske reprint c1885-1890 of juvenile novels written by Abbott and originally published as follows: On the Atlantic 1853 In Paris 1854 In Switzerland 1854 In London 1855 On the Rhine 1855 In Scotland 1856 In Geneva 1857 In Holland 1857 In Naples 1858 and In Rome 1858. This set is dark green cloth stamped in black and gilt and is the same as Lothrop's later cover and the one on the later Baker and Taylor books. A uiniformly aged set - spines slightly cocked with some edgewear mostly at spine head. Some covers rubbed a tad more than others. Internals toned but again uniformly so. No names inscriptions or bookplates as is usually seen. Uncommon as a complete uniform run. DeWolfe, Fiske and Company hardcover books
18582203405D. Lothrop & Co 1858. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. No jacket spine edges rubbed rear hinge starting. 1858 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 15 218 pp. "Abbott is most well known for the Rollo books. These didactic little books were vehicles to teach morality to youngsters. Of the several series that Rollo either starred in or was a secondary character the most popular and well known was the ten book Rollo's Tour of Europe Series. In these tales Rollo and Mr. George toured Europe learning more about character and morality than they learned about the individual lands that were visited. D. Lothrop & Co hardcover books
185318295Boston: W. J. Reynolds 1853. First Editions. Illustrated. 5 vols. Sm 8vo. Original maroon cloth covers heavily embossed in blind spines gilt titled spines a bit spotted and sunned occasional light foxing overall near fine and attractive with contemporary ownership signatures of James Rindge Stanwood of Portsmouth NH. First Editions. Illustrated. 5 vols. Sm 8vo. Rollo in Europe--First Editions. Jacob Abbott 1803-79 an American congregational minister and educator wrote the famous Rollo series of books Rollo at Work Rollo at Play etc. to teach his young readers specific moral values and concepts. In these travel books following the picturesque and educational experiences of Rollo and his uncle in narrative form the young reader is taken along as though he were an accompanying guest a lively format which helped to account for the books' immense popularity. The character of Rollo was modelled on Abbot's son Lyman who himself became a distinguished minister and editor. Bingham and Scholt pp. 172-3 W. J. Reynolds unknown books
187127812New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1871. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine. First Edition. xii 13-313 4 catalog pages. Small 8vo. Publisher's green cloth with stamped gilt and embossed black titling/decorations. Wear at the extremities of the binding a much better copy than usually found. Cloth. Part of a series "Science for the Young; or the fundamental principles of modern philosophy explained and illustrated in conversations and experiments and in narratives of travel and adventure by young persons in pursuit of knowledge." - Volume II - Light. Harper & Brothers, Publishers unknown books
186046735New York: Sheldon & Company. Very Good. 1860. Hardcover. NY: Sheldon & Co. 1860. 252 pages hardbound. First edition. A good copy in a sound edgeworn maroon cloth binding. . Sheldon & Company hardcover books
186346736New York: Sheldon & Company. Very Good. 1863. Hardcover. NY: Sheldon & Co. 1863. 252 pages hardbound. A good copy in a sound lightly edgeworn cloth binding. . Sheldon & Company hardcover books
18632311937New York: Sheldon & Company 1863. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Small stain on front board light general wear. 1863 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 252 pp. 10 pages of publisher ads follow text. Engraved frontispiece title page and plates. "The Florence Stories is a six volume series written by Jacob Abbott. As with many of Abbott's series this is a travelogue series and the title character with companions travels to various sites. The destinations are not as important however as the simplistic lessons of morality and character that are learned by the traveling youngsters. Florence her brother John her cousin Grimkie and her mother Mrs. Morelle Mr. Morelle was away on business had adventures stretching from their home in the Hudson River area of New York to Scotland the English Channel Rome Paris etc."--Jacob Abbot .com Sheldon & Company hardcover books
186028933NY: Sheldon 1860. First Edition. 12mo pp. 252. Illustrated. Red cloth. Cover somewhat worn owner's name on flyeaf. VG. Abbott was an American clergyman and author of the 'Rollo' books histories and biographies for the young etc. Sheldon unknown books
180270450New Haven: William W. Morse. Very Good. 1802. Hardcover. - Williams John. THE REDEEMED CAPTIVE RETURNING TO ZION.or A faithful history of remarkable occurrences in the captivity and deliverance of Mr. John Williams minister of the gospel in Deerfield; : who in the desolation which befel that plantation by an incursion of French and Indians was by them carried away with his family and his neighbourhood into Canada.-- / Drawn up by himself. ; Annexed to which is a sermon preached by him upon his return. ; Also an appendix by the Rev. Mr. Williams of Springfield. ; Likewise an appendix by the Rev. Mr. Taylor of Deerfield. ; With a conclusion to the whole by the Rev. Mr. Prince of Boston. New-Haven: : Printed by William W. Morse. 1802. v 2 8-188 p. Later edition of Howes W-461. S/S 3561. . The last leaf has corner torn off losing a few words. Original leather binding worn but holding. The lower couple of inches of the spine is missing. Williams a Harvard graduate in charge of the church at Greenfield when it was attacked by Indians in 1703 was taken with others to Canada. His wife and two of his children were tomahawked on the way. "As a powerful picture of Indian cruelty ranks next to the Rowlandson captivity narrative published in 1682." - Howes. HOWES W461 later edition. Ayer 311. S/S 3561. . William W. Morse hardcover books
187216203New York: Harper & Brothers. Very Good. 1872. First Edition. Hardcover. no dust jacket solid book moderate wear at extremities minor spotting to covers slight fraying to cloth at top front corner ffep torn out but with no apparent weakening to binding; gilt lettering/decorations on front cover and spine still bright and attractive. Science for the Young Series engravings Discussion of the fundamentals of geology "prepared with special reference to the young and written to a considerable extent in a narrative form" to provide "some substantial and thorough instruction in respect to the fundamental principles of the sciences treated of in the several volumes." The six-page section of advertisements in the rear of the book includes a listing for the two previous titles in the "Science for the Young" series "Heat" and "Light" both issued in 1871; a subsequent 1873 volume dealt with "Force" and was apparently the final entry in the series. . Harper & Brothers hardcover books
187322929New York: Harper & Brothers 1873. Early printing. Green cloth with black & gilt decorations at spine & upper board. VG ex-library copy/bookplate from the Unitarian Sunday School/sticker remnant at spine/shelfwear. Square & tight. 305 6 pp adverts at rear. Illustrated. 12mo. <br/><br/> Harper & Brothers hardcover books
