THE COTTON FIELDS and COTTON FACTORIES. A familiar view of the rise and progress of that wonderful branch of trade, the cotton manufacture. Adapted for youth by Henry Brown.
London: Darton and Clark, No date [circa 1840]. vii, [1 blank], 166 pages. Illustrated with a fine colour lithograph series title, ‘The Child’s Library;’ and 9 full-page lithographs showing all the stages of manufacturing and printing cloth. Original cloth gilt. All edges gilt. 138 x 115 mm. First edition. Ownership inscription on endpaper; binding a little worn; else a very good copy. Darton H108 calls for 8 lithographed plates, but this copy had 9!
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