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 blue cloth. BAL 17556: Binding A. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 7 plates. Mrs. Partington was Mark Twain's model for Aunt Polly in TOM SAWYER. Bookplate of Lt. Col. Walter Merriam Pratt on the front pastedown. Minor wear to spine tips, rear cover with bruise in a horizontal strip. Still Near Fine .

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