[Rarebooks] FS: Rare American children's title. Philadelphia: 1812.

[Kenneth Karmiole]

(CHILDREN'S LITERATURE) [Richardson, Elisa]. THE FORCE OF EXAMPLE, OR THE TRIUMPH OF INDUSTRY. Illustrated with Plates, and Dedicated to Every Good Boy and Girl in the United States. Philadelphia: Published and Sold Wholesale by Wm. Charles, and may be had of all the Booksellers. Mm. McCulloch, Printer. 1812. 12mo. ff.(12), consisting of 8 numbered pages and 8 numbered engravings, plus the original printed wrappers, the front wrapper being the title and the rear wrapper being publisher's ads. Some old soiling and stains, and minor chips at corners and bottom 1" of spine. Cont. ownership signature at top and verso of front wrapper.               $500.00 (trade discount allowed)
Very rare. OCLC records only 1 copy at the Smithsonian. Not in American Imprints Inventory, which only records an 1819 reprint with 1 copy.  Not in Rosenbach.

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