Desk and debit, or, The catastrophes of a clerk / by Oliver Optic (author of "Young America abroad," "The army and navy stories," "The Woodville stories," "The Boat-Club stories," "The starry flag series," "The lake-shore series," etc.).
| Author/creator | Optic, Oliver author. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | Boston : Lee and Shepard, publishers ; New York : Lee, Shepard, and Dillingham, 1872. |
| Copyright Date | ©1871 |
| Description | 1 online resource (334 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 14 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations. |
| Supplemental Content | Gale, Women's Studies Archive: Voice and Vision |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Herrick, Henry Walker, 1824-1906, illustrator. |
| Other author/creator | Kilburn, Samuel Smith, illustrator. |
| Other author/creator | Sayer, Reimunt, illustrator. |
| Other author/creator | Russell, Stephen S. C., approximately 1836- illustrator. |
| Other author/creator | Richardson, John F., 1833-1904, illustrator. |
| Portion of title | Catastrophes of a clerk |
| Series | Upward and onward series ; 3 Women's Studies Archive: Voice and Vision Upward and onward series ; 3. ^A667709 Women's Studies Archive: Voice and Vision. UNAUTHORIZED |
| General note | In original publisher's binding: brown net-grain cloth with a border stamped in blind on boards; title, author, series title, and decoration stamped in gilt on spine. Publisher's advertisements on yellow endpapers. |
| General note | Publisher's advertisements on 2 pages at end. |
| General note | "'Desk and debit' is the third of the 'Upward and onward series,' in which Phil Farringford appears as a clerk. The principal events of the story are located in Chicago and on Lake Michigan" --Preface, p. [5], dated at Harrison Square, Boston, June 7, 1870. |
| General note | Attributed to William Taylor Adams (i.e., "Oliver Optic"). |
| General note | Copyright 1871 by William T. Adams. |
| General note | "Electrotyped at the Boston Stereotype Foundry, 19 Spring Lane."--verso of title page. |
| General note | In purple cloth. |
| General note | Plates engraved on wood; some engravings signed by Henry Walker Herrick and Samuel Smith Kilburn. |
| General note | "The upward and onward series."--series title, transposed from head of title page. Numbered list, p. [4]. "Onward and upward series"--series plate. |
| General note | "Lee and Shepard's new juvenile books"--advertisement, [2] p. at end, and yellow endpapers. Wood-engravings signed by Samuel Smith Kilburn, Reimunt Sayer, and "Russell-Richardson" (i.e., Stephen S.C. Russell and John F. Richardson). |
| General note | Reproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society. |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |