Lapstone, or, The sailor turned shoemaker
Contributors: Thwaites, William H., engraver; Lossing & Barritt; Harper & Brothers
Series: Harper's story books
Publisher: Harper & Brothers, publishers
Published: 1885
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
Other titles: Lapstone; Sailor turned shoemaker
Notes: Frontispiece signed: Thwaites; illustrated t.p. signed: Lossing-Barritt.

"Harper's story books: a series of narratives, dialogues, biographies, and tales for the instruction and entertainment of the young, by Jacob Abbott, embellished with numerous and beautiful engravings"--Series title page, p. [iii].

Copyright 1885 by Benjamin Vaughn Abbott, Austin Abbott, Lyman Abbott, and Edward Abbott.

In original publisher's binding: red pebble-grain cloth with the series title inside a circle decorated with water plants and animals stamped in blind on both boards.  Title in gilt on spine.

Weber, C.J.  Abbott, V29

LC copy is a copyright deposit: Apr. 30, 1885.