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Abbott Jacob; Rollo
Rollo's Philosophy: Air; The Rollo Series
New York: Sheldon & Company 1864. Revised. Hardcover. Very Good. A new edition revised by the author"--1864. Blind-stamped cloth hardcover with gilt title on the spine 192 pp. ads. clean unmarked text Very Good copy old pencil gift inscription on the front flyleaf soiling and age-toning to some pages and to the page-edges some discoloration to the covers light rubbing or wear to the covers at the tips no dust jacket. Sheldon & Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : s00025427
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Abbott Jacob
Rollo's Philosophy Air
Phillips Sampson & Company Boston 1855. Hardcover. Acceptable. Hardcover. SCARCE 1855 PRINTING. Text unmarked. Top page corners are chipped/torn does not go into text. Covers show edge wear with rubbing/scuffing. Top corner and edge of book is heavily chipped. Binding still fairly tight. Book slightly shelf-cocked. Heavily worn but pages still quite legible/readable.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day! Phillips, Sampson & Company, Boston hardcover
Bookseller reference : 51708290016
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Abbott Jacob
Rollo's Philosophy Water The Rollo Books
Phillips Sampson & Company Boston 1855. Hardcover. Acceptable. Hardcover. No DJ. Text unmarked. Bottom corner of pages are chipping. Covers show edge wear with rubbing/scuffing and bumped corners. Binding loosening slightly but still intact. Book shelf-cocked. Heavily worn but pages still quite legible/readable.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day! Phillips, Sampson & Company, Boston hardcover
Bookseller reference : 51708290015
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Abbott Jacob
Rollo's Philosophy Air The Rollo Series
Sheldon & Company 1868. Small Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Ink note to front endpaper corners bumped. 1868 Small Hard Cover. 192 pp. "The main design in view in the discussions which are offered to the juvenile world under the title of The Rollo Philosophy relates rather to their effect upon the little reader's habits of thinking reasoning and observation than to the additions they may make to his stock of knowledge. CONTENTS: Lost in the snow; Flying; Valve Making; Experiments; Pressure; Ballooning; Philosophical discussion; Tasks; Burning; Gravitation; Air in motion; Air at rest. Sheldon & Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2205135
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Abbott Jacob
Rollo's Philosophy
Sheldon & Co 1862. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. In original stamped green cloth. Small chip to cloth at top of spine. Hinges are sound. Sheldon & Co Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 073912
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ABBOTT Jacob
Rollo's Philosophy. Water.
Boston:: Phillips Sampson and Company 1855. . New revised edition. publisher's blue cloth. Old ink ownership signature; spine chipped and frayed at extremities; light overall wear. 16mo. The Rollo Series. Phillips, Sampson, and Company, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 63004
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Abbott Jacob
Rollo's Philosophy Sky
New York: Thomas Crowell 1855. 1st edition. Hard cover. Very Good. No dust jacket. 'new edition" lightest of shelfwear front hinge just starting very attractive red book with gold and black gild. Unknown printing. Illustrated by. 192 p.; illus.; Thomas Crowell hardcover
Bookseller reference : AIM_1701616242
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Abbott Jacob
Rollo's Philosophy Fire
Boston: S. E. Cassino & Co 1884. 1st edition. Hard cover. Very Good. No dust jacket. light shelfwear near fine no subsequent editions noted 1884. Unknown printing. Illustrated by. 192 p.; illus.; S. E. Cassino & Co hardcover
Bookseller reference : AIM_1701671238
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Abbott Jacob
Rollo's Philosophy Sky Hardcover Jan 01 1855 Abbott Jacob
Sheldon & Co 1855-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. Prompt reliable service mailed next business dayPhillips Sampson and Co c1855 1868 Sheldon and company printing hardcover faint damp stain on rubbed teal cloth fraying head and rubbed gilt on spine front hinge cracked by preface tight sound text block foxing on endpapers 2 dates stamped on back pastedown pencil mark on title page damp stain bottom inside margin corner clean bright unmarked text Prompt reliable service shipped next business day. Int'l mailed via first class or priority. Sheldon & Co hardcover
Bookseller reference : lbRhcNFsmall917121
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Abbott Jacob
ROLLO'S PHILOSOPHY FIRE a new edition revised by the author.
Boston: Phillips Sampson & Co. Good/No DJ. 1855. New Edition. Hard Cover. Red embossed cover with gilt titling and design on spine. Bump to top of spine. Previous owner's neat inscription on ffep dated 1861. 192 pages clean and tight. . Phillips, Sampson & Co hardcover
Bookseller reference : 126239
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Abbott Jacob
ROLLO'S PHILOSOPHY SKY a new edition revised by the author.
Boston: Phillips Sampson & Co. Good/No DJ. 1855. New Edition. Hard Cover. Red embossed cover with gilt titling and design on spine. Loss to top of spine. Previous owner's neat inscription on ffep dated 1861. 192 pages clean and tight. . Phillips, Sampson & Co hardcover
Bookseller reference : 126237
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Abbott Jacob
Rollo's Philosophy. Water.
NY: Sheldon & Company no date. 24mo; embossed cloth covered boards with gilt lettering and decoration; hardcover; 192 pages; black and white illustrations; edgeworn and rubbed covers with lightly sunned pages else a very good tight copy. <br/><br/> NY: Sheldon & Company (no date) hardcover
Bookseller reference : 31651
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ABBOTT Jacob
Rollo's Philosophy. Sky.
Boston: Phillips Sampson and Company 1855. Hardcover. 24mo. Rebound in brown cloth with gilt spine and original front and rear cover blind-embossed brown cloth laid down. 192pp. Small steel engravings. Very good. Nonauthorial 1864 gift inscription on an inner flyleaf from John Foresman of the Scott Foresman and Company publishing family. "A new edition revised" of this volume in the 14-volume "Rollo Series" of instructional tales. Phillips, Sampson and Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 23650
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Abbott Jacob
Rollo's Philosophy Air
New York: Sheldon & Company 1865. Book. G. Hardcover. Later Printing. The book is a small brown cloth-covered boards hardback with gilt decorations and title on the spine with blind stamped decorations on front and back. The book has modest shelf edge wear with a chipped top corner the first several pages have stains on it. An 1865 printing of the 1850 copyright. Sheldon & Company Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 007473
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Abbott Jacob
Rollo's Philosophy Air
NY: Sheldon & Co. 1865. 12mo. decorative brown and gilt cover b&w illustrations dusty edges else very good/o. <br/><br/> NY: Sheldon & Co. (1865) unknown
Bookseller reference : 4035
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Abbott Jacob anonymously
Rollo's Philosophy: Air
New York: Sheldon & Company. 1864. Decoratively stamped blue cloth. Light cover soil cover extremities rubbed text foxed rear endpaper torn owner's pencil inscription and blindstamp on front free endpaper: VG-. 12mo. Occasional engravings. of the: Rollo Series. Sheldon & Company. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 24020705
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Abbott Jacob. 1803 1879
ROLLO'S PHILOSOPY. Air.
New York: Phillips Sampson & Co 1855. "A New Edition Revised by the Author." Circa mid-to-late 1850s. Vertically-ribbed brown cloth with boards stamped in blind & spine in gilt. VG foxing & browning to paper/contemporary pos to ffep & t.p. upper margin. 192 pp. Illustrated with wood cuts. 12mo in 6s. 4" x 6-1/8" <br/><br/> Phillips Sampson & Co hardcover
Bookseller reference : 20386
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Abbott Jacob
Rollo's Philosophy - Water
New York: Thomas Crowell 1855. One of 14 volumes of The Rollo Series. Cover is bumped worn and scuffed with light edgewear. Pgs. are browning soiled and foxing with bent edge on some. Signed by previous owner on FEP. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Thomas Crowell unknown
Bookseller reference : 038980
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Abbott Jacob 1803 1879
ROLLO'S TOUR In EUROPE. Rollo on the Atlantic 1853. Rollo in Paris 1854. Rollo in Switzerland 1854. Rollo in London 1855. Rollo on the Rhine 1855
W. J. Reynolds & Co. 1854-55 1854-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1853-1855; Reynolds All 5 first volumes of the Rollo series published by Reynolds with date on title pages matching copyrights sign of True First Editions. The remaining 5 volumes of the series were published by Brown Taggard. All 5 books are free of previous owner markings and in acceptable or better condition considering they are over 160 years old. Hardcover with No Dust Jacket as issued. Reddish-Brown cloth boards with gold gilt lettering to spine and elaborate blind-stamped boards. Boards with shelf wear bumped at corners and spine ends with fraying of varying degrees. Toning to page edges. Yellow end papers. Pages with varying degrees of foxing but unmarked. Binding with no separations. Hinges intact on all volumes. Numerous woodcut illustrations. . W. J. Reynolds & Co., 1854-55 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 20060116
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Abbott Jacob
Rollo's Tour in Europe - Rollo On the Atlantic
Boston: D. Lothrop & Co. 1858. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/None. 220 pages. Hardcover. Sage cloth boards with embossed decoration to cover & spine. Gilt and black printed decorations & titles. Light foxing spots towards front of volume toning throughout. Frontis illustration The State Room and 9 illustrations throughout in bw. Previous owner's signature to front flyleaf. Clean copy. Distinctive covers & spine. Record # 750404 D. Lothrop & Co. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 750404
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Abbott Jacob
ROLLO'S TOUR IN EUROPE 10 Volumes
New York: Sheldon & Company Publishers 1868. Hardcover; 12mo; 10 volumes. A set of standalone volumes. 9 volumes are in blue cloth hardcovers one Rollo In Rome is in green. Gilt lettering and decoration on spine blind borders on front and back. Mildly to moderately bumped corners on each volume and light edge and shelfwear. The head edge of Rollo in Paris is bumped. The pages are beginning to yellow but are quite bright and clean. All with clean yellow coloured endpapers. VG/-- List of titles: Rollo in Rome Rollo in Naples Rollo on the Rhine Rollo in Holland Rollo in Geneva Rollo in Switzerland Rollo in Scotland Rollo in Paris Rollo on the Atlantic and Rollo in London. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Sheldon & Company, Publishers Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 222407
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Abbott Jacob 1803 1879
Rollo's Tour in Europe: Rollo in Geneva
Boston: Brown Taggard & Chase 1857. Hardcover. Near Very Good. A very early issue. Author famous for his "Rollo Books" plus 22 volumes of biographical histories and the "Franconia Stories". An early American children's author. This volume has original brown embossed cloth worn at extremities. Still bright spine titles but rubbed. Gently bumped corners; a p.o. penciled script name and State on blank front free end-paper and a few penciled words on a second blank front free end-paper. No other markings.Tissue guard in place on frontispiece. Scattered mild foxing throughout. A tightly bound text. 220 pages. Protected in a mylar slip. <br/> <br/> Brown Taggard & Chase hardcover
Bookseller reference : 003925
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Abbott Jacob
Rollo's Tour In Europe: Rollo In Switzerland
Boston: Brown Taggard and Chase 1857. 16mo.; brown embossed cloth covered boards hardcover; 221 pages; black and white illustrations; some internal foxing else a very good tight copy in edgeworn and heavily sunned boards especially at spine with lettering faded. <br/><br/> Boston: Brown Taggard and Chase, 1857 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 41744
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Abbott Jacob 1803 1879.
ROLLO'S TOUR In EUROPE. Rollo on the Atlantic 1853. Rollo in Paris 1854. Rollo in Switzerland 1854. Rollo in London 1855. Rollo on the Rhine 1855.
W. J. Reynolds & Co. 1854-55. Hardcover. B001TKD070 1853-1855; Reynolds All 5 first volumes of the Rollo series published by Reynolds with date on title pages matching copyrights sign of True First Editions. The remaining 5 volumes of the series were published by Brown Taggard. All 5 books are free of previous owner markings and in acceptable or better condition considering they are over 160 years old. Hardcover with No Dust Jacket as issued. Reddish-Brown cloth boards with gold gilt lettering to spine and elaborate blind-stamped boards. Boards with shelf wear bumped at corners and spine ends with fraying of varying degrees. Toning to page edges. Yellow end papers. Pages with varying degrees of foxing but unmarked. Binding with no separations. Hinges intact on all volumes. Numerous woodcut illustrations. . Tracking on all US orders. Most orders shipped within 24 hours. International customers will be reimbursed a portion of unused shipping charges. . Fair. 1st. W. J. Reynolds & Co., 1854-55 hardcover
Bookseller reference : SKU1043170
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Abbott Jacob
Rollo's Tour in Europe Rollo on the Rhine
Brown Taggard and Chase Boston 1858. Hardcover. Acceptable. Fair Hardcover. No DJ. Text unmarked. Minimal foxing on pages. Covers show light edge wear with rubbing/light fading. Binding tight hinges strong. Book shelf-cocked.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day! Brown, Taggard and Chase, Boston hardcover
Bookseller reference : 51708290022
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Abbott Jacob
Rollo's Tour in Europe Rollo on the Rhine
D. Lothrop & Co 1858. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. No jacket spine edges rubbed rear hinge starting. 1858 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 15 218 pp. "Abbott is most well known for the Rollo books. These didactic little books were vehicles to teach morality to youngsters. Of the several series that Rollo either starred in or was a secondary character the most popular and well known was the ten book Rollo's Tour of Europe Series. In these tales Rollo and Mr. George toured Europe learning more about character and morality than they learned about the individual lands that were visited. D. Lothrop & Co hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2203405
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Abbott Jacob
Rollo's Tour in Europe - 3 Volumes Rollo in London Rollo on the Rhine & Rollo in Naples
Boston: De Wolfe Fiske & Co. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1858. Hardcover. Three volumes. Red cloth decorated in black and gilt. Early editions. Bookplate to each fep and PO name stamped to each ffep. Hinge just starting on the London volume. All pages intact. ; Illustrations maps; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 222218219 pages . De Wolfe Fiske & Co hardcover
Bookseller reference : 14899
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Abbott Jacob
Rollo's Tour in Europe
Boston: W.J. Reynolds & Co. 1855. Original brown gilt embossed cloth. Some minor foxing to endpapers; p/o name on free endpaper; else a better than very good clean and tight copy. Uncommonly well preserved for its age. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Illus. by Baker-Smith Engravings. 12mo. W.J. Reynolds & Co. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 1352551
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Abbott Jacob
ROLLO'S TOUR IN EUROPE : ROLLO IN SWITZERLAND
Brown Taggard & Chase. Hardcover. B003KCQ1H6 Copy right date 1858 The Mershon Company hardback copy text is clean binding is tight covers are in great shape as well. . Very Good. Brown, Taggard & Chase hardcover
Bookseller reference : SKU1016910
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Abbott Jacob
Rollo's Tour in Europe: Rollo in London
Boston Massachusetts: Brown Taggard and Chase 1858. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; hinges are weak; corners are bumped and rubbed; some shelf wear; former owner's name and address are written in ink on the ffep; former owner's library label is affixed to the inner front cover; overall a clean used copy! Decorative blue cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. 222 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and magical pages nicely enhanced by black and white illustrations! "'Which London shall we visit first' said Mr. George to Rollo. 'Why' rejoined Rollo surprised 'are there two of them' 'Yes' said Mr. George. 'We may almost say there are two of them. Or at any rate there are two heads to the monster though the immense mass forms but one body.'." ----- from Chapter 1 City and Town. Reprint. Decorative Blue Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Hardcover. Brown, Taggard and Chase Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 041873
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Abbott Jacob
Rollo's Tour in Europe
Boston MA: W. J. Reynolds & Co. 1853. 1st. Hardcover. Fair/None. 220 pages. Brown decorated cover with gilt cover to spine. Wear spotting and and sun-fading. Spine cocked. Tissue-protected frontispiece. Some pages torn. Overall a tight copy. Record # 850418 W. J. Reynolds & Co. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 850418
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Abbott Jacob
Rollo's Tour in Europe: Rollo on the Atlantic 1853; Rollo in Paris 1854; Rollo in Switzerland 1854; Rollo on the Rhine 1855; Rollo in London 1855
Boston: W. J. Reynolds 1853. First Editions. Illustrated. 5 vols. Sm 8vo. Original maroon cloth covers heavily embossed in blind spines gilt titled spines a bit spotted and sunned occasional light foxing overall near fine and attractive with contemporary ownership signatures of James Rindge Stanwood of Portsmouth NH. First Editions. Illustrated. 5 vols. Sm 8vo. Rollo in Europe--First Editions. Jacob Abbott 1803-79 an American congregational minister and educator wrote the famous Rollo series of books Rollo at Work Rollo at Play etc. to teach his young readers specific moral values and concepts. In these travel books following the picturesque and educational experiences of Rollo and his uncle in narrative form the young reader is taken along as though he were an accompanying guest a lively format which helped to account for the books' immense popularity. The character of Rollo was modelled on Abbot's son Lyman who himself became a distinguished minister and editor. Bingham and Scholt pp. 172-3 W. J. Reynolds unknown
Bookseller reference : 18295
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Abbott Jacob
ROLLO'S TOUR IN EUROPE Rollo in Scotland
Sheldon & Company. Good with no dust jacket. 1880. Hardcover. wear rubbing and soil to covers brown cloth boards with gilt decoration on front cover and spine names/dates front end page all engravings checked and present a little light soil/smudges in margins binding tight text clean; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 218 pages . Sheldon & Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 13947
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Abbott Jacob
Rollo's Tour in Europe : Rollo on the Atlantic
Boston: W. J. Reynolds & Co. c1853. Hardcover. Good condition; 3/4 leather worn. 220p. <br/><br/> W. J. Reynolds & Co. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 33810
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Abbott Jacob
Rollo's Tour in Europe - Rollo In London
Published by W. J. Reynolds Boston 1855 entered 1854 222 pages. Cloth embossed front and back covers brown edgewear slight fade. Gilt lettering all good. This is the 4th in a series of tour books. 15 engravings. History Europe Trave l in Europe London Britain. Hard Cover. Published by W. J. Reynolds, Boston, 1855, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 001683
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Abbott Jacob 1803 1879
ROLLO'S TOUR In EUROPE. Rollo in Geneva
Boston: D. Lothrop & Co 1858. Later printing. Green cloth with red & gilt decorations at spine & upper board. VG spine ends frayed/bpt/period pos at ffep/corner wear. 220 4 pp adverts at rear. Illustrated. 12mo. 18.5cm x 12.5cm. <br/><br/> D. Lothrop & Co hardcover
Bookseller reference : 22915
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Abbott Jacob 1803 1879
ROLLO'S TOUR In EUROPE. Rollo on the Atlantic 1853. Rollo in Paris 1854. Rollo in Switzerland 1854. Rollo in London 1855. Rollo on the Rhine 1855
Boston: W. J. Reynolds & Co 1854. 1st editions cf. Weber 17 - 21. Publisher's purple cloth with boards stamped in blind & gilt spine lettering. Yellow eps. An overall VG set spines sunned/volumes cocked a bit/period pos to ffeps. 5 volumes of eventual 10 published. Illustrated with a wood engravings. 8vo. 6-7/8" x 4-1/2" <br/><br/>'Rollo's Tour in Europe' Series 1 - 5. "The Rollo books! . no better books for boys were ever written ." A. Edward Newton "The Books of My Boyhood" THIS BOOK-COLLECTING GAME. W. J. Reynolds & Co hardcover
Bookseller reference : 15482.1
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Abbott Jacob 1803 1879
ROLLO'S TOUR In EUROPE. Rollo in Naples
Boston: DeWolfe Fiske & Co 1858. Later printing. Green cloth with black & gilt decorations at spine & upper board. VG some edgewear & shelfwear/po bookplate & signature at front pastedown & ffep. 219 pp. Illustrated. 12mo. 18cm x 12.5cm. <br/><br/> DeWolfe, Fiske & Co hardcover
Bookseller reference : 405.2
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Abbott Jacob
Rollo's travels 1850 Leather Bound
2019. Leather Bound. New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine. Reprinted in 2019 with the help of original edition published long back 1850. This book is printed in black & white sewing binding for longer life Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set then it is only single volume if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. Lang: - eng Pages 206. EXTRA 10 DAYS APART FROM THE NORMAL SHIPPING PERIOD WILL BE REQUIRED FOR LEATHER BOUND BOOKS. FOLIO EDITION IS ALSO AVAILABLE. hardcover
Bookseller reference : LB1111005128914
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Abbott Jacob
Rollo's travels 1855 Leather Bound
2019. Leather Bound. New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine. Reprinted in 2019 with the help of original edition published long back 1855. This book is printed in black & white sewing binding for longer life Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set then it is only single volume if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. Lang: - eng Pages 206. EXTRA 10 DAYS APART FROM THE NORMAL SHIPPING PERIOD WILL BE REQUIRED FOR LEATHER BOUND BOOKS. FOLIO EDITION IS ALSO AVAILABLE. hardcover
Bookseller reference : LB1111005132604
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Abbott Jacob
Rollo's Travels
Weeks Jordan and Company. Collectible - Good. Boston: Weeks Jordan and Company 1841. 16mo. 189pp. Illus. Good book. Spine ends chipped front joint cracked. Board corners frayed. Owner's name on flyleaf. Some soiling on endpapers. Inquire if you need further information. Weeks, Jordan, and Company unknown
Bookseller reference : Y00A-01217
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Abbott Jacob
Rollo's Travels
Philadelphia PA: Hogan & Thompson 1841. Hardcover. Very Good. Early edition. Date on title page 1841 with original issue being 1839. A Near Very Good copy in original embossed green cloth with gilt spine titles and decorations still bright. Corners are gently bumped. Bookplate from university library plus another personal bookplate a period item above it on inside cover. Name on ownership plate also on first blank page in copperplate script. Engraved frontispiece offset to title page lacks tissue guard. Scattered mild foxing throughout with one page having a bent tip.A wonderful copy of a hard to find title. Protected in a mylar slip. <br/> <br/> Hogan & Thompson hardcover
Bookseller reference : 002240
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Abbott Jacob
Rollo's Travels
Sheldon & Company. Hardcover. B006WSWRPK We ship daily good service buy with confidence . Fair. Sheldon & Company hardcover
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ABBOTT Jacob
Rollo's Travels.
Boston: William Crosby and Company 1840. First edition. Twelvemo. 189 1 pp. plus four full-page hand colored plates. Publisher's blind-stamped sand-grain mauve cloth with gilt cover lettering. Chemised and in a half morocco slipcase with gilt spine lettering. Possibly recased and with very minor and scattered foxing. Overall a lovely presentation of an excellent copy. From 1825 to 1829 Jacob Abbott was professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Amherst College; was licensed to preach by the Hampshire Association in 1826; founded the Mount Vernon School for Young Ladies in Boston in 1829 and was principal of it in 1829�1833; was pastor of Eliot Congregational Church which he founded at Roxbury Massachusetts in 1834�1835; and was with his brothers a founder and in 1843�1851 a principal of Abbott's Institute and in 1845�1848 of the Mount Vernon School for Boys in New York City. He was a prolific author writing juvenile fiction brief histories biographies religious books for the general reader and a few works in popular science. He wrote 180 books and was a coauthor or editor of 31 more. His Rollo Books such as Rollo at Work Rollo at Play Rollo in Europe etc. are the best known of his works. William Crosby and Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 73710
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Abbott Jacob
Rollo's travels 1850 Hardcover
2020. Hardcover. New. Lang: - eng Pages 206. Reprinted in 2020 with the help of original edition published long back 1850. This book is Printed in black & white Hardcover sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour Dust Cover Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set then it is only single volume if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Any type of Customisation is possible with extra charges. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1111005128914
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Abbott Jacob
Rollo's travels 1855 Hardcover
2020. Hardcover. New. Lang: - eng Pages 206. Reprinted in 2020 with the help of original edition published long back 1855. This book is Printed in black & white Hardcover sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour Dust Cover Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set then it is only single volume if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Any type of Customisation is possible with extra charges. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1111005132604
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Abbott Jacob
Rollo's travels 1850
2020. Paperback. New. Lang: - eng Pages 206. Reprinted in 2020 with the help of original edition published long back 1850. This book is Printed in black & white sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour Soft Cover HARDCOVER EDITION IS ALSO AVAILABLE Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set then it is only single volume if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Any type of Customisation is possible with extra charges. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. paperback
Bookseller reference : PB1111005128914
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Abbott Jacob
Rollo's travels 1855
2020. Paperback. New. Lang: - eng Pages 206. Reprinted in 2020 with the help of original edition published long back 1855. This book is Printed in black & white sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour Soft Cover HARDCOVER EDITION IS ALSO AVAILABLE Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set then it is only single volume if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Any type of Customisation is possible with extra charges. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. paperback
Bookseller reference : PB1111005132604
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ABBOTT Jacob
Rollo's Travels.
Philadelphia: Hogan & Thompson 1841. Second edition. Twelvemo. 189 1 pp. Publisher's quarter black rain over marbled boards gilt spine lettering. Most of marbled paper gone leaving bare buff boards. Some wear to spine ends. Still a very good copy of the second edition of one of the titles in the first American juvenile series.Together with Rollo at Work and Rollo at Play; both 5th editions and both dated 1841. Both with binding issues but bindings are original. All three books are inscribed to John Elgar Hallowell by either his mother or his father. John Elgar Hallowell was the son of Benjamin Hallowell 1799-1877 renowned Quaker educator and abolitionist. Hogan & Thompson hardcover
Bookseller reference : 73260
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Abbott Jacob
Rollo's Travels The Rollo series. A new edition revised by the author
New York: Crowell 1855. vintage repr. . Hardcover. Very Good. Small bkstore label at back. Erased bold name in child's hand on FEP.Handsome format circa 1905 b/w repros. very good no dj pict. mustard cloth. Tight solid 189 pgs <br/> <br/> Crowell hardcover
Bookseller reference : 034374
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