The juvenile biographer : containing the lives of little masters and misses; including a variety of good and bad characters. / By a little biographer.

Author/creator Johnson, R.
Format Electronic
EditionThe first Worcester edition.
Publication InfoWorcester, (Massachusetts) : Printed by Isaiah Thomas, and sold at his book store. Sold also by E. Battelle, Boston, MDCCLXXXVII. [1787]
Descriptionviii, 1 unnumbered page, 10-119 pages, 9 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 11 cm (32mo)
Supplemental ContentEvans Digital Edition

SeriesEarly American imprints. First series ; no. 20440. ^A478749
Youth's library 9. ^A1128396
General noteFictitious biographies written to teach a moral.
General noteAttributed to Richard Johnson in Weedon, M.J.P. "Richard Johnson and the successors to John Newbery." The Library, 5th series, 4 (1949): 49.
General noteA copy held by the American Antiquarian Society and once owned by Isaiah Thomas has spine title: Youth's library 9.
General noteFirst and last leaves pasted to wrapper.
General notePortrait of the fictitious "little author" on verso of first leaf.
General noteBookseller's advertisements, p. [121-124].
References Evans 20440
References Welch, d'A.A. Amer. children's books, 680.1
References Rosenbach, A.S.W. Children's books, 119
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 20440).
Genre/formJuvenile literature 1787.
Genre/formBooksellers' advertisements Massachusetts Worcester.

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