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Aunt Mary's tales, for the entertainment and improvement of little boys : Addressed to her nephews.

Author/creator Hughs, Mrs. (Mary)
Other author/creatorAnderson, Alexander, 1775-1870 engraver.
Format Electronic and Book
EditionFirst American from the third London edition.
Publication InfoNew-York : Printed for D. Bliss, no. 59 Maiden Lane. Forbes & Co. Printers, 1817.
Descriptioniv, 172, that is, 174 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; 15 cm
Supplemental Content Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition
Subject(s)
Series Early American imprints. Second series no. 41093. ^A575643
Contents The rival friend -- The ghost.
General note"My wish has always been to convince you that natural history and philosophy are, in a great degree, accessible even to childish capacities, at the same time that the study is laying up stores of pleasure and amusement for the more advanced periods of life."--To my nephews, preface, p. [iii]-iv, signed: Mary [i.e., Mary Hughs].
General noteError in paging: p. 174 misnumbered 172.
General noteWood-engraved frontispiece signed: A [i.e., Alexander Anderson].
References Shaw & Shoemaker 41093
References Welch, d'A.A. Amer. children's books, 619
References Rosenbach, A.S.W. Children's books, 552
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 41093).
Genre/formJuvenile literature 1817.

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