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Can
Teenage Girls Be Taught SELFLESSNESS? 
Bell, Catherine D. Hope Campbell; or, know thyself. London: Frederick Warne & Co., [1884?]. 8vo. [8], 331, [13 (adv.)] pp.
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Binding: Publisher's dark green cloth, front cover and spine stamped in black and gilt with the cover incorporating an elegant emblematic device featuring Apollo/Hyperion and his horses, and the spine an angel holding a small child; the number 18 can be seen in the right raking light, stamped in blind, within the bottom element of the front cover.
• Binding cocked, corners and spine extremities a touch rubbed. Page edges age-spotted; pages faintly and evenly age-toned. In fact a bright, handsome copy. (23190)
Thumb Bible Bible. English. Selections and Paraphrases. History of the Bible. Troy, N.Y.: W. & J. Disturnell, 1823. 32mo (4.5 cm; 1.9375"). 256 pp. .
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16 woodcuts of Adam and Eve, Elijah fed by ravens, David and the Lion, the Flight into Egypt, and other key biblical figures and moments.
Provenance: Inscription reading, “William Merritt's Book, Bedford(?), 1830.
• Adomeit, Three Centuries of Thumb Bibles, A51; Shoemaker 12834; Rosenbach, Children, 626; not in Welch. Contemporary black calf. TItle-leaf and following three closely trimmed into print with loss of letters but not sense; a good example of this Troy-printed little Bible. (23015)
New Testament & Psalter for a Scottish Schoolgirl Bible. N.T. English. 1849. Authorized (i.e., “King James Version”). The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ: Translated out of the original Greek, and with the former translations diligently compared and revised, by His Majesty's special command. London: G.E. Eyre & W. Spottiswoode, 1849. 16mo. [194] ff. [bound with] Bible. O.T. Psalms. English. 1848. The psalms of David in metre: According to the version approved by the Church of Scotland ... Edinburgh: George E. Eyre & Andrew Spottiswoode, 1848.16mo. [112] ff.
Binding: Contemporary black morocco, covers framed in gilt triple fillets surrounding gilt-stamped arabesque rectangular medallions, spine gilt extra. All edges gilt.
• Binding as above, very minor wear to edges and extremities. Front hinge starting; front pastedown with label as above and with small scrape; back pastedown with pencilled notations. Reverse of front free endpaper with child's inscription scrawled in pencil. (22734)
WITH
Music . . .Blackall, C.R. Gems for the little ones. Philadelphia:
B. Griffith, Copyright 1879. 8vo. 64 pp.; illus. 
• Good in printed paper wrappers, sewing all but gone and signatures separated. (521)
Maritime Derring-Do —
Romance for Boys?Brady, Cyrus Townsend. The Quiberon touch. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1901. 8vo. Frontis., viii, 410, [14 (adv.)] pp. 
• Publisher's blue cloth, front cover and spine stamped in white, green, and gilt; binding slightly cocked, with light rubbing to extremities. Front pastedown with institutional bookplate ("Fifth Form English Library"); front free endpaper with small bookseller's ticket and pencilled owner's name. A clean, handsome copy. (16721)
Little Lord FauntleroyBurnett, Frances Hodgson. Little lord Fauntleroy. London: Frederick Warne & Co., 1890. 8vo., xi, [1 (blank)], 269, [1] pp.; 14 integral plts. (incl. frontis.), illus. 
Binding: Publisher's red pictorial cloth, front cover and spine stamped in black, brown, and gilt.
• Good++: Some soiling to binding; light to moderate foxing internally. (8539)
A Lancashire Story — First Edition Burnett, Frances Hodgson. Surly Tim and other stories. New York: Scribner, Armstrong, & Co., 1877. 12mo. [4] ff., 270, [3 (adv.)] pp.
• BAL 2036, first state with p. 274 left blank. Publisher's terra-cotta cloth binding, front stamped in gold and black, back stamped with publishers' seal in blind. Small areas of gold on front darkened. Traces of wear at head and base of spine. Previous owner's penciled signature on the front free endpaper; no other markings. Pages clean, binding tight. In fact, an uncommonly nice copy. (23461)
By a Man ofWide-Ranging — Catholic — InterestsButler, Charles. Reminiscences of Charles Butler, Esq. of Lincoln’s Inn, with a letter to a lady on ancient and modern music. New York: E. Bliss & E. White, and Collins & Hannay (pr. by H.C. Sleight), 1825. 12mo (20 cm, 7.9"). Frontis., viii, 350 pp.
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education
and other topics. In addition to being a prolific author, Butler (1750–1832)
was a lawyer and religious rights activist who — following the Catholic
Relief Act of 1791 — became the “first Catholic barrister since
the revolution of 1688” (DNB).
• NSTC 2B62711; Shoemaker 19905. On Butler, see: Dictionary of National Biography. Contemporary paper-covered boards, spine with printed paper label; sides with spots of light discoloration, paper split and cracked along joints and spine, paper shelving label on spine. Front pastedown with institutional bookplate; front free endpaper with inked ownership inscription dated 1828; front free endpaper, title-page, and dedication rubber-stamped. Back free endpaper affixed to back pastedown. Sewing loosening. Pages untrimmed.
School Songs & Hints on Singing Them Butterfield, James A. The star of the west: or, progressive music reader. A new and complete music book for schools.... Indianapolis, Ind.: Parsons, Adams & Co., (copyright 1863). Oblong 16mo. 125, [1] pp.
• Publisher's quarter cloth with printed paper sides. Covers a little soiled and rubbed. A very good copy of a scarce children's book. (4191)
Children's Travel Classic Butterworth, Hezekiah. Zigzag journeys in northern lands. The Rhine to the Arctic. Boston: Dana Estes & Co., (copyright 1883), but no date. 4to. Frontis., 320 pp.; 44 plts. (incl. in pagination).
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45 engraved plates and a number of in-text engravings. A later printing.
• Sternick 255. Publisher's brown cloth, front cover and spine stamped in black and gilt; corners and spine extremities a bit rubbed, cloth with a few small scuffs, still a very attractive copy. Title-page and first text page rubber-stamped “Property of Board of Education City of New York”; pages and plates otherwise clean. (19694)
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