Author: PARTINGTON, Ruth (SHILLABER, Benjamin P.)
Title: Knitting-Work: A Web of Many Textures, Wrought by Ruth Partington
Description: Boston, Brown, Taggard & Chase, 1859. First Edition. Hardcover. Original brown cloth. BAL 17556: Binding A. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 7 plates. Owner inscription dated September 25, two days after the Library of Congress copy was deposited. Mrs. Partington was Mark Twain's model for Aunt Polly in TOM SAWYER. Minor wear, small loss of cloth on rear cover. Very Good copy .

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