The ladder to learning
Subtitle: a collection of fables, arranged progressively in words of one, two, and three syllables; with original morals
By: edited and improved by Mrs. Trimmer ... ; with seventy-nine wood engravings
Edition: 1st American, from the 13th London ed.
Publisher: Carter, Hendee, and Co.
Published: 1833
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 309
Notes: Imperfect: several pages mutilated, wanting or incorrectly bound.

"Published by Elizabeth Newbery in 1789. Possibly first edited in 1805 by Mrs. Trimmer"--Osborne Coll. of Early Children's Books, p. 7.

Three parts in one volume: "the first consisting of words of one syllable only, the second of words not exceeding two, and the third admitting but very few that exceed three syllables"--P. [vii].

Added wood engraved t.p.

Illustrated leaves included in pagination.

Checklist Amer. imprints, 19666