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The boy's own toy-maker: : A practical illustrated guide to the useful employment of leisure hours.

Title
The boy's own toy-maker: : A practical illustrated guide to the useful employment of leisure hours. / By E. Landells, author of "Home pastime; or, The child's own toy-maker." ; With numerous engravings.
Author
Landells, Ebenezer, 1808-1860.
Publication
New York : D. Appleton & Company, 346 & 348 Broadway, 1860.

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Additional Authors
  • Jocelyn, Albert H.
  • D. Appleton and Company, publisher.
  • Children's Room Collection.
Description
viii, 153, [1], 6 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill.; 16 cm.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Juvenile literature – New York (State) – New York – 1860.
Note
  • "This is a boy's book, in which the author has tried, with his pen and pencil, to teach some useful things for the pleasant time of play-hours. It is a plain book, which he hopes will be easily understood by any boy old enough to be trusted with such common tools as a penknife or a pair of scissors, and still be equally suited for the pastime of those who, of riper age, aspire to manlier amusement."--Preface, p. [v].
  • Wood-engraved frontispiece plate signed by Albert H. Jocelyn.
  • "A list of new works in general literature, published by D. Appleton and Company"--catalogue, 6 p. at end.
Provenance (note)
  • Inscribed: in black ink, on free upper end leaf, "Georgia Knox from mother. Aug. 11, 1860".
Binding (note)
  • Bound in gilt stamped publisher's blue cloth boards.
Call Number
*KH 1860 Landells 13-419
LCCN
05029631
OCLC
166621846
Author
Landells, Ebenezer, 1808-1860.
Title
The boy's own toy-maker: : A practical illustrated guide to the useful employment of leisure hours. / By E. Landells, author of "Home pastime; or, The child's own toy-maker." ; With numerous engravings.
Imprint
New York : D. Appleton & Company, 346 & 348 Broadway, 1860.
Provenance
Inscribed: in black ink, on free upper end leaf, "Georgia Knox from mother. Aug. 11, 1860". NN
Binding
Bound in gilt stamped publisher's blue cloth boards. NN
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Added Author
Landells, Ebenezer, 1808-1860, ill.
Jocelyn, Albert H., engraver.
D. Appleton and Company, publisher.
Children's Room Collection.
Other Form:
Online version: Landells, Ebenezer, 1808-1860. Boy's own toy-maker. New York, D. Appleton & Co., 1860 (OCoLC)767844649
Research Call Number
*KH 1860 Landells 13-419
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