[Rarebooks] FS: 1850s American Juveniles in our New Catalog

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"Pictures of Plants"

Published in Philadelphia by the American Baptist Publication Society. 
No date, but probably 1850s.

A charming little religious juvenile, illustrating and describing 8 
plants, each with some practical information and religious thoughts. The 
plants are thorns, the plantain tree, coffee, balsam, camphor, indigo, 
the tea plant, and ivy. OCLC finds just one location for this title, at 
Ball State University Library. There were several other titles in the 
series, including Pictures for Girls, Pictures for Boys, Pictures for 
Me, Pictures for All, Pictures in the Country, and Pictures and Verses; 
none are particularly common.

Softcover. 4"x6", 8 pages, each page with a woodcut illustration. Minor 
soil and light wear, stain one the fore edge.  [42628]  75.00

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"Pictures for All"

Published in Philadelphia by the American Baptist Publication Society. 
No date, but probably 1850s.

A charming little religious juvenile, illustrating and describing 8 
rather miscellaneous things, each with some practical information and 
religious thoughts. The illustrations are of the wounded bird, kindness 
rewarded, the broken rose-tree, the useful boy, Eddie's Bible, mind your 
mother, the little sleeper, and the Sunday-school scholar. No holdings 
located by OCLC.

Softcover. 4"x6", 8 pages, each page with a woodcut illustration. Minor 
soil and light wear.  [42629]  $75

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