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Rollo's Tour in Europe [Rollo on the Rhine]

By: Abbott, Jacob

Price: $20.00

Publisher: D. Lothrop & Co.: 1858

Seller ID: 2203405

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

No jacket, spine edges rubbed, rear hinge starting. 1858 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 15, 218 pp. Abbott is most well known for the Rollo books. These didactic little books were vehicles to teach morality to youngsters. Of the several series that Rollo either starred in or was a secondary character, the most popular and well known was the ten book Rollo's Tour of Europe Series. In these tales Rollo and Mr. George toured Europe learning more about character and morality than they learned about the individual lands that were visited.
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History of King Charles the First of England (Altemus' Young People's Library)

By: Abbott, Jacob

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Altemus: 1900

Seller ID: 2162604

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Very light rubbing to boards. 1900 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. A guide to the controversial ruler of England, beheaded during the English Revolution.
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Rollo in Geneva (Rollo's Tour in Europe)

By: Abbott, Jacob

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Sheldon & Co.: 1867

Seller ID: 2205836

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

No jacket, very faint discoloration to boards, front board lightly bowed, bookplate to front paste-down endpaper, ink name and date to front endpaper. 1867 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 220 pp. Jacob Abbott (1803-1879) was an American writer of children's books. He was a prolific author, writing juvenile fiction, brief histories, biographies, religious books for the general reader, and a few works in popular science. His Rollo Books, such as Rollo at Work (1837) and Rollo at Play (1837) are the best known of his writings, having as their chief characters a represent...
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Josephine (Makers of History)

By: Abbott, Jacob

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Harper & Brothers: 1902

Seller ID: 2203418

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

No jacket. A very nice copy. 1902 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 328 pp. With engravings. A biography of Josephine, the wife of Napoleon Bonaparte.
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Causey Building (Rollo Storybooks [Story Books])

By: [Abbott, Jacob]

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Phillips, Sampson & Co.: 1857

Seller ID: 2205136

Binding: Small Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Boards heavily rubbed, surface tear to title page obscuring text, front and rear hinge starting, pencil markings to rear paste-down endpaper. 1857 Small Hard Cover. 68 - 96 pp. CONTENTS: Causey building; Sand men; The gray garden; A contract; Instructions; Keeping tally; Rights defined; Calculation.
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Rollo's Philosophy [Air] (The Rollo Series)

By: [Abbott, Jacob]

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Sheldon & Company: 1868

Seller ID: 2205135

Binding: Small Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Ink note to front endpaper, corners bumped. 1868 Small Hard Cover. 192 pp. The main design in view, in the discussions which are offered to the juvenile world, under the title of The Rollo Philosophy, relates rather to their effect upon the little reader's habits of thinking, reasoning, and observation, than to the additions they may make to his stock of knowledge. CONTENTS: Lost in the snow; Flying; Valve Making; Experiments; Pressure; Ballooning; Philosophical discussion; Tasks; Burning; Gravitation; Air in motion; Air at rest.
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Jonas on a Farm in Summer (Jonas Stories)

By: [Abbott, Jacob]

Price: $40.00

Publisher: W.D. Ticknor: 1842

Seller ID: 2288964

Binding: Small Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Minor loss to spine head and to spine base, spine lightly toned. 1842 Small Hard Cover. 178, 16 pp. Hand-colored engravings (frontispiece, page 66, page 106, page 150). By the author of the Rollo books. Jonas On A Farm In Summer, is intended as the continuation of a series, the first two volumes of which, Jonas's Stories and Jonas A Judge, have already been published. They are all designed, not merely to interest and amuse the juvenile reader, but to give him instruction, by exemplifying the principles of honest integrity, and plain practical good sense, in their application to the ordinary ci...
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Author:Abbott, Jacob

Rollo's Tour in Europe [Rollo on the Rhine]

History of King Charles the First of England (Altemus' Young People's Library)

Rollo in Geneva (Rollo's Tour in Europe)

Josephine (Makers of History)

Causey Building (Rollo Storybooks [Story Books])

Rollo's Philosophy [Air] (The Rollo Series)

Jonas on a Farm in Summer (Jonas Stories)

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