Peter Parley's Method of Telling About Geography to Children
by Parley, Peter (Goodrich, Samuel Griswold)
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About This Item
New York: Huntington and Savage, 1843. Good. Early edition; 5 1/4 x 4 1/2; pp. [6], 9-120; pictorial card stock wraps and 1/4 calf, decorated and ruled in black; illustrated with 9 maps and 75 woodcuts; age-toning and wear along margins; occasional spotting; corners of leaves curling; small manuscript note to ffep; in good condition.Samuel Griswold Goodrich (1793 - 1860), writing under the pseudonym Peter Parley, would write a series of educational works for children in order "to provide an alternative to the British biases of 19th-century schoolroom texts and the questionable morals of nursery rhymes."
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- Title
- Peter Parley's Method of Telling About Geography to Children
- Author
- Parley, Peter (Goodrich, Samuel Griswold)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Huntington and Savage
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1843
- Keywords
- Geography, Children
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