New York: Gates and Stedman, 1847. Hard Cover. New edition, with additions. Copyright 1834 by S.G. Goodrich. 168 p.: woodcut frontispiece, title vignette, and in-text illustrations throughout; 15 cm. Publisher's green cloth with gilt-stamped spine title and decoration. Gilt-stamped cover title: A Gift for a Good Child. Blind-stamped decorative border..... More
Philadelphia, Pa. Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., 1839. Hardcover. 199, [5] p.: many in-text and full-page wood engravings; 14 cm. Red leather spine with five gilt-ruled spine compartments; gilt-tooled title "Parley's Greece" in the second compartment. Yellow paper over boards. Former owner's name largely illegible on blank leaf following front free..... More
Boston: Light & Horton: Wm. Peirce, 1835. Hardcover. Second Edition. 232 p.: title vignette and illustrations; 14 cm. Brown cloth with gilt-stamped spine title and decoration. Stereotyped by Lyman Thurston & Co., Boston. Peter Parley was the pseudonym used by American author Samuel Griswold Goodrich (1793-1860). "This little work consists..... More