Teacher's Offering Fitchburg Mass. 1848 Reward of Merit student gift award book

(Old Books, 19th Century Books, Gift Books, Collected Short Stories, Teacher's Gift).

Teacher's Offering a Collection of Instructive Stories.
Published 1848, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, S. and C. Shepley.
63 pages. Text in English. 

Scarce mid-19th century Teacher's Reward of Merit book, given by a teacher to a young student for class room excellence.

Publisher's cloth binding, gilt title lettering, embossed cover designs wood cut bird frontis. Index at rear, contains 4 short stories.

Item is physically old and shows some signs of handling and time. Item is not new or in "new" condition.

Binding age worn, covers a bit stained and rubbed (gilt still bright), remains overall attractive as an object.

Text block paper is clean, blank end paper torn away (book opens to half-title), internally well preserved, early color litho flower card affixed to front paste down, minor scattered staining or soiling, any flaws of a minor type unworthy of specific mention.

Still attractive on the shelf. Item displays a pleasing and unique age patina and is in nice antiquarian condition, any age flaws easy to overlook or forgive. 

Please review photos for more detail and our best attempt to convey how this antique item survives.

Book Measures c. 4 3/4" H x 3" W. Charming near miniature format.

[B1684].

Rewards of Merit, Fenn & Malpa, p. 138-9 with illustration of cloth gift book in similar style binding.