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Title: The Juvenile Biographer; Containing the lives of little Masters and Misses, including a variety of good and bad characters. By a Little Biographer Author: [Johnson, Richard, attrib.] Place: Worcester (Massachusetts) Publisher: Printed by Isaiah Thomas Date: 1787 Description: viii, [1], 10-119, [1] + [4] ad pp. + 2 blank leaves. [A]8,B-D8, [E-F]8, G-H8. With 20 half-page woodcut illustrations including the frontispiece portrait of the supposed author; tailpieces & decorations. 10x6.5 cm. (4x2½"), later floral wrappers, custom folding cloth box. First Worcester edition. Fictitious biographies of various naughty and good children written to teach morals. First published in Britain by John Newbery. The present edition was printed by famed printer Isaiah Thomas "and sold at his book store, sold also by E. Battelle, Boston." The contents include: Miss Betsey Allgood -- Master Bill Bad-enough -- Miss Nancy Careful -- Master Sammy Careful -- Miss Fanny Daudle -- Master Billy Easy -- Miss Polly Charity -- Master Simon Lovepenny -- Miss Betsey Pert -- Master Dickey Sprightly -- Miss Charlotte Thoughtful -- Master Jenny Studious -- Miss Amelia Lovebook -- Master Isaac Curious -- Miss Fiddle Faddle -- Master Billy Bashful -- Miss Fanny Squeamish -- Master Tommy Prudence -- Miss Polly Honeycomb -- Master Francis Bacon -- Some account of the little author, written by himself. See Rosenbach 119; Evans 20440; Welch 680.1. Lot Amendments Condition: Two faint old library stamps to title-page along with inked number; a few spots within and some margins trimmed close to text; very good, quite rare. Item number: 253988