Eric Chaim Kline, Bookseller

Eric Chaim Kline, Bookseller

The American First Class Book

Boston: Hilliard, Gray, Little, and Wilkins, 1828. Hardcover. Lg. 12mo. 480pp. Original calf with maroon title plate with gilt lettering. Age wearing throughout binding. Scuffing, abrasions and discoloration to boards, spine and title plate. Tail of spine chipped and torn. Corners bumped and worn. Signatures of previous owners to inside of front-and rear board. Creasing to upper and lower corner of pages. Hinges starting. Sporadic foxing throughout not affecting text. "The American First Class Book; on, Exercises in Reading and Recitation: selected principally from modern authors of Great Britain and America; and designed for the use of The Highest Class in Publick and Private Schools." Includes 'Narrative Pieces', 'descriptive Pieces', 'Didactick Pieces', 'Pathetick Pieces', 'Dramatic Pieces', 'Humorous Pieces', 'Miscellaneous Pieces' and 'Pieces for Recitation, or Spaeking'. Binding in fair, interior in overall good condition. g. Item #14110

Price: $125.00

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