Mentorial Tales for the Instruction of Young Ladies. Just Leaving School and Entering Upon the Theatre of Life.

by Mrs. Pilkington by Pilkington Mrs

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Philadelphia: Johnson and Warner, 1811. Early American edition. First English edition was printed in 1802 and first American edition in 1803. Present dedication page dated October 1, 1802. One twelvemo volume 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches; 137 x 85 mm . iv, 1, contents , 1, blank , 5-292 pp. We could find no copies of either the first American or First English at auction. We could find only one complete copy of the 1803 edition

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