Lot 243: [Reading and Recitation] -Murray, 1816, Pierpont, 1839

A) The English Reader: on, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best Writers designed to Assist Young Persons To Read With Propriety and Effect to improve their Language and Sentiments...On the Principles of Good Reading. Lindley Murray, E. Little & Co., Newburyport, 1816, Printed by C. Norris & Co. Exeter. Hardcover, original full-leather binding, 4 1/4" x 7", gilt bands and title to spine. 1816 local printing of the 1799 glassic. Good condition, except wormholes to title page right margin and the following several pages. B) The American First Class Book; or exercises in reading and recitation selected principally from modern authors of Great Britain and America and designed for the use of the highest class in public and private schools. By John Pierpont. Published by David H. Williams, Boston, 1839. Twenty-fifth edition.

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