Scribner's Private School Primer; Containing a Most Interesting Collection of Fac-Simile Pages from Old family Primers..
Paper Boards
1903 · New York
New York: Scribner', 1903. Paper Boards. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 22p. the subtitle continues: to which is added a new and useful selection of advertising suggestions calculated to strike a lasting impression on the tender minds of school advertisers. This quaint small volume was the pubisher's intent to obtain advertising revenue from those selling to small [largely private] schools. Facsimile Pages from the important early American printers [New England, New York; Franklin Family, Southern Primers as well as a page listing boarding and day schools in the New York City area including several pages of ads for Nyac Military Academy and Lasswell Seminary for women. tiny wear on upper front cover else a very good copy. (Inventory #: 010325)