THE RIVAL PUPILS; or, a new holiday gift for a boarding school. F Newbery, no date. Ffep inscribed Thomas Redish, His Book October 13 1775. 24mo. Pagination is erratic but complete. Pp [4] (half title & title), xi, [1], 151, 150-151, [1]; 81-91. With 6 plates including frontis (not 5 as in Roscoe). Worn and soiled Dutch floral boards, old amateurish leather re-spine. 5 copies on ESTC. This is the earliest known inscribed copy. Roscoe J319(4).
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