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Knitting-work a web of many textures wrought by Ruth Partington (B.P. Shillaber)

Catalog Data

Author:
Shillaber, B. P (Benjamin Penhallow) 1814-1890  Search this
Author:
Hoppin, Augustus 1828-1896  Search this
Twain, Mark 1835-1910 Adventures of Tom Sawyer  Search this
Andrew & Filmer  Search this
Brown, Taggard, and Chase  Search this
J.B. Lippincott & Co  Search this
New England Type and Stereotype Foundry  Search this
Sheldon & Company (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Stereotyper:
Hobart and Robbins  Search this
Printer:
Welch, Bigelow & Co.  Search this
Physical description:
viii [1] 10-408 pages, 6 plates including illustrations 12mo in 6s
Type:
Books
Date:
1859
Notes:
"Stereotyped by Hobart & Robbins, New England Type and Stereotype Foundery, Boston. Cambridge: Printed by Welch, Bigelow & Co."--Verso of title page
Illustrations by A. Hoppin and engraved by Andrew & Filmer
Ruth Partington was the prototype for Mark Twain's Aunt Polly and Ike for Tom Sawyer
Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, 80475
CHMRU copy 39088013399050 gift of Stephen Van Dyk
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_960358