The Child’s World Primer
Richmond, Virginia: Johnson Publishing Company, 1917. First Edition. Cloth. [SCHOOL BOOK: READING] [WOMEN AUTHORS]. First edition. 12mo; 112pp; tan cloth over board, black lettering, decorative black frame surrounding a vignette of a child reading to animals on the front board; rear board stamped in black with “State Edition. Contract Price 40 Cents Exchange Price NONE”; ownership on ffep; vignette printed in color on title page; black and orange illustrations; light soiling and wear to boards, spotting throughout; very good. Very good. Item #1590
An early elementary learning-to-read book featuring Baby Ray. The Johnson Publishing Company was founded in Virginia in 1876 as a school book publisher for the former Confederate States. Rarely were its textbooks sold outside the Southern states.
The title page lists the authors’ credentials. Sarah Withers was a principal of elementary grades and a critic teacher at the Winthrop Normal and Industrial College in Rock Hill, S.C. Hetty S. Browne was an extension worker in rural school practice at the Winthrop Normal and Industrial College. William Knox Tate was a professor of rural education at the George Peabody College for Teachers in Nashville, Tennessee.
Price: $85.00