1835 Murray ENGLISH READER Leather binding, Pittsburgh

We offer: Lindley Murray, The English Reader; Or Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best

Writers, Designed to Assist Young Persons to Read with Propriety and Effect; To Improve Their Language

and Sentiments, and to Inculcate Some of the Most Important Principles of Piety and Virture, with a few

Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good Reading, Pittsburgh, PA: Published by Johnston & Stockton, 1835.

Previous owner's signature on reverse of endpaper facing the title page, signed Samuel G. Kelley, dated 1851. Signature

in the rear as well.

   Fair to Poor Condition. Boards bound in quarter leather. Wear to the corners and edges of the boards, with wear to

the front and rear of the boards as well. Leather on the spine is worn showing threads within, with some loss to the top

of the binding at the hinges. Rubbed corners, appear rounded. Rear board  wear with bumped and nudged corners

and edges, with the corners having loss, as well as the front corners. Wear and aging to the leather at

the rear board. Pages are generally clean with some expected aging and soiling to the paper. Previous owner's

inscription on the rear and front blank endpapers. Wear at the binding to the front and rear hinges. Endpapers could

possibly be removed and the signatures may just be on the blank fly leaves, it seems like there might be some tears at

the hinges, but could just be a binding discrepancy.

See pictures below for a better representation of the condition.

252 pages. 6 inches tall and 4 inches wide.

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