Name/Title
Nelly and Her Friends / Josephine FranklinEntry/Object ID
2015.7.34Description
144 pages.Engraved illustrations. Advertisements for children's books to the rear.
The first book in the Martin and Nelly Stories.
"To My Boy and Girl Readers, The Future Men and Women of America, I dedicate this series of books. May they gather from them much useful information, and many noble lessons of patience, with the inevitable trials of daily life." An early example of a series written for American children's entertainment,a s well as moral instruction notable also for being printed in larger typeface, being designed to be read easily by children.Collection
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' BindingsLexicon
Search Terms
Children's stories, Conduct of life, 1860sBook Details
Author
Josephine FranklinIllustrator
Billings and HydePublisher
Taggard and ChasePlace Published
City
BostonState/Province
MassachusettsCountry
United StatesContinent
North AmericaDate Published
1864Binding
Binding Type
Publisher's BindingBinding Notes
Bound in a uniform series binding of bright blue cloth with blind stamped design to front and rear. Highly decorated spine with a distinctive "ribbon or banner" style title. The ribbon, winding around a pole, or thin tree trunk with branches, contains the words "Love" and "Truth".Notes
First published in 1859Exhibition
Lobby Case Aug 2020 - Nov 2020
