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Peter Parleys Universal History, on the Basis of Geography by Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Peter Parleys Universal History, on the Basis of Geography by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Peter Parleys Universal History, on the Basis of Geography by Nathaniel Hawthorne, two volumes (complete), published by the American Stationers Company, Boston, 1837. 58 First edition, second printing. Clark A3.1.b; BAL 7582; Loker, 27. Violet brown cloth stamped in gold, professionally rebound. This copy was a gift to the Cotuit Library by the children of Alice Lowell Ropes and James Hardy Ropes, Alice being the granddaughter of Samuel Griswold Goodrich, the original publisher of the Peter Parley books. Alice's father Edward Lowell was the brother of George Lowell, to whom this copy is inscribed on the FFEPs. A Very Good set, tasteful Ex-Libris of the Cotuit Library on the front pastedowns.