Beard, Lina. <br/><br/>
The American girls handy book :  how to amuse yourself and others / 
by Lina Beard and Adelia B. Beard ; foreword by Anne M. Boylan 
 - Centennial ed. 
 - Boston :  D.R. Godine,  1987, �1887 
 - xxiv, 474 pages :  illustrations ;  20 cm 
 - Nonpareil books ;  #46 .
 - Nonpareil book ;  46. .
<br/><br/> Reprint. Originally published: New York : Scribner, 1887.  Includes index. 
<br/><br/> A reprint of a gay nineties publication for young ladies instructing them in such hobbies as fancy needlework, handmade dolls, china painting, painting in oils, heraldic painting, preservation of wild flowers, and many others. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0879236663 9780879236663 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>86046262  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Handicraft--Juvenile literature.<br/>Handicraft.<br/>Handicraft.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Literature.<br/>Juvenile works.<br/>Nonfiction.<br/>Literature.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>TT 171  / .B38 1987 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>790.1