Diary of an Early American Boy, Noah Black 1805
New York: Wilfred Funk, Inc., 1962. Eric SLOANE. Cloth. [HISTORY]. SLOANE, illustrator.
First edition. Small 4to; 108pp; tan buckram over board, line illustration of a school bag on front, lettering on spine in brown; manila colored stock, sepia print; line illustrations throughout; clipped pictorial dust jacket, a photographic pictorial of the artist in his studio on the rear panel; fine in near fine dj. Fine / near fine. Item #1731
With the discovery of a young boy’s diary from 1805, Eric Sloane (1905-1985) set out to build on the story of the child’s everyday life in early America. Historical accuracy as well as preservation of the past and its ways were hallmarks of the author’s writing.
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