The New Idea Speaker for Children with Color Plates by Maude M. Jackson 1902 K.T. Boland

This is The New Idea Speaker for Children, or Songs and Rhymes for Jolly Times, by Maude M. Jackson, a hardcover copyrighted 1902 by K. T. Boland and embellished with color plates.

The cloth cover shows heavy wear, with fraying at the head of the spine and yellowed pages inside, but all pages are attached, as the photos show.

This book gathers original and selected recitations in verse and prose, with dialogues, drills, tableaux, and songs with music, arranged as programs for children's entertainments in school, church, and home. The title page names Maude M. Jackson as originator and director of entertainments in the public schools of Chicago.

Details

  • Item: Hardcover book
  • Title: The New Idea Speaker for Children, or Songs and Rhymes for Jolly Times
  • Author: Maude M. Jackson
  • Illustrator: Not confirmed from photos
  • Publisher: K. T. Boland (named in the copyright line on the title page)
  • Publication Year: 1902
  • Edition and Printing: Not confirmed from photos
  • Format and Binding: Hardcover, tan cloth with a pasted color picture of a girl and a green floral design
  • Dust Jacket: None
  • Pages: 316
  • Genre: Children's recitations, songs, and programs
  • Language: English
  • ISBN: None printed on the title page
  • Dimensions: 10x8x1

Condition Grade: Fair

Positives

  • Graded Fair: Heavy wear or damage, every flaw is named in this listing, and it is a reading or working copy, not a display piece.
  • All pages are attached.
  • Color plate frontispiece of a girl in a pink dress.
  • Half-tone photographs of children reciting and line drawings throughout.
  • The pasted color picture on the front cover is still in place.

Issues / Wear

  • Heavy wear on the cloth cover.
  • Frayed cloth at the head of the spine, with a split in the cloth along the joint near the top, shown in the close-up photos.
  • A previous owner's name signed in pencil on the front endpaper.
  • Yellowing of the pages.

Please view the photos. Scroll in to judge the condition. This is the actual book you will be receiving.

This 1902 copy has its color plate frontispiece and a pencil signature from a previous owner, and it suits a shelf of early school and home recitation books. If it's the right copy for you, it's ready to come home.

  • Near Fine: Close to new. Any flaw is small and named above.
  • Very Good: Light use. Every flaw is named above, and none of them get in the way of reading or display.
  • Good: Complete and usable, with clear signs of use. Every flaw is named above.
  • Fair: Heavy wear or damage, named above. A reading or working copy, not a display piece.

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