How to be a lady: : a book for girls, : containing useful hints on the formation of character

Date:

1853, ©1846.

Author:

Newcomb, Harvey, 1803-1863.

Collecting Area:

Mathes Childrens Literature

Call Number:

YH N539 H69 1853 local

Publisher:

Gould and Lincoln, 59 Washington Street.

Physical Description:

224 pages, 28 unnumbered pages ; 17 cm.

Notes:

Advertisements: p. [1-28] (2nd group) local

Curator Notes:

1853 Gould and Lincoln (Boston) imprint, c 1846; 10th edition; 'covers substantially the same ground occupied by another work for boys.... Some parts of both are identical, while other parts are entirely different'; spine titles, decoration and rulings stamped in gold on brown cloth, front and back cover decoration, marginal rulings and publisher's logo blind-stamped

Subjects:

Girls Conduct of life, Play, Children Books and reading, Children Books and reading, Girls Conduct of life, and Play

Genres/Forms:

Books for girls, Juvenile literature 1853. rbgenr, Etiquette books. rbgenr, and Publishers' catalogs Massachusetts Boston. rbgenr