Emma, or, The three misfortunes of a belle.

Date:

[1855]

Author:

Abbott, Jacob, 1803-1879.

Collecting Area:

Mathes Childrens Literature

Call Number:

YH A131 E46 local

Publisher:

Harper & Brothers, Publishers

Physical Description:

viii, [5], 14-160 pages illustrations 17 cm.

Series:

Harper's story books and Abbott, Jacob, 1803-1879. Harper's story books.

Notes:

"Harper's story books: a series of narratives, dialogues, biographies, and tales, for the instruction and entertainment of the young, by Jacob Abbott, embellished with numerous and beautiful engravings"--Series title page, p. [iii].

Curator Notes:

Harper (NY), c 1855; an individual volume in the Harper's Story Books series [v6,] originally appearing in paperback in 1855 but also in hardback, as here, in 1857 and as one of three items in vol. 2 of the 1857 omnibus edition of Harper's Story Books; spine titles and design stamped in gold on red cloth, front and back cover design and series logo blind stamped

Subjects:

Conduct of life Juvenile fiction, Children's stories, Conduct of life, and Children's stories

Genres/Forms:

Engravings (prints) aat, Juvenile works, Fiction, Didactic fiction, Relief prints. gmgpc, Didactic fiction. lcgft, Publishers' cloth bindings (Binding) rbbin, Juvenile literature 1855. rbgenr, and Autographs (Provenance) rbprov NNC