1830 - A Pleasing outlet Companion for Little Girls and Boys: Blending Instruction with Amusement (see below) by Jesse Torrey, Jr. - VERY RARE

outlet This book measures 4 m1/4 x 7 inches and has 142 pages + 2 of ads. It is rated as a GOOD READING COPY ONLY since the covers show wear and have a reinforced spine along with the pages having foxing (rust colored splotches). This book was printed by several printers between 1825 (the copyright date) and 1836.

The full title is "A Pleasing Companion for Little Girls and Boys: Blending Instruction with Amusement: Being a Selection of Interesting Stories, Dialogues, Fables and Poetry. Designed For The Use Of Primary Schools And Domestic Nurseries."

"Published and Sold By John Grigg, No. 9, North Fourth Street, and sold by Booksellers and Country Merchants Generally. - Philadelphia, - Stereotyped by L. Johnson, - 1830"

RARE

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Torrey

Jesse Torrey, Jr., (May 25, 1787 – ca. 1834) was a Philadelphia physician who gathered first-hand narratives by African Americans and eye-witness accounts by white observers of slavery and kidnapping. He published these, along with his personal observations, in an early anti-slavery book, A Portraiture of Slavery in the United States (Philadelphia, 1817). He also wrote juvenile guides to moral philosophy and natural history.


There are NO old copies of this book for sale on any of the 22 vintage book selling sites. (There are reproductions available that sell for up to $70 each.)

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