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A COMPENDIUM of Simple Arithmetic; in which the first rules of that pleasing Science are made familiar to the capacities of youth.
London: J. Wallis, 1801. 64 pages. Engraved frontispiece. Original paper-covered boards with a paper label to the upper panel. 97 x 62 mm. Boards a little rubbed and worn, with a small loss of paper to the head and heel of the spine. Else a very good copy. This title was one of eleven volumes
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A CONCISE VIEW OF ANCIENT HISTORY. By the Rev. Thomas Smith.
London: J. Wallis… J. Wallis, Jun… J. Harris, 1806. Being volume III of The Scientific Library; or, Repository of Useful and Polite Literature.; comprising Astronomy Geography Mythology, Ancient History, Modern History, and Chronology. In six volumes. [8], 168 pages. Engraved frontispiece. Series titlepage and individual titlepage. Original quarter red roan gilt over plain paper-covered boards. 130 x 87 mm. Frontispiece offset onto series title; head & heel of spine worn with small loss of leather; else a very good, clean copy.
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A Continuation of the Adventures of DAME TROT and HER COMICAL CAT.
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A DAY IN A CHILD’S LIFE. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway. Music by Myles B. Foster. (Organist of the Foundling Hospital.) Engraved and printed by Edmund Evans.
London: George Routledge and Sons, No date [1881]. 32 pages. Illustrated in colour throughout. Original cloth-backed pictorial boards. Quarto. First edition. Fourth issue. A scarce binding and by far the best design. A very good copy.
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A DRIVE IN THE COACH Through the Streets of London. A Story founded on Fact. By Mrs. Sherwood… Sixth edition.
Wellington, Salop: F. Houlston and Son. And sold by Scatcherd and Letterman, Ave-Marie Lane, London, 1821. 35 pages. Wood-engraved frontispiece, vignette on title, and five wood-engravings throughout. Original printed wrappers. 140 x 90mm. Spine rubbed; small piece of surface paper missing from rear cover; else a very good copy.
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A DRIVE IN THE COACH THROUGH THE STREETS OF LONDON. A Story Founded on Fact. Fourteenth edition.
London: Houlston and Son, 1836. 35,[1 blank] pages. Illustrated with a wood-engraved frontispiece, woodcut vignette on title, and five full-page wood-engravings. Original printed buff wrappers. 14.2 x 9.2 cm. Just splitting at heel of spine; acquisition number at foot of title; else a very good copy.
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A FAMILIAR INTRODUCTION TO BOTANY. Illustrated with copper-plates.
London: J. Wallis, 1800. 63 pages. Engraved frontispiece and four other hand-coloured engraved plates. Original paper-covered boards with a paper label to the upper panel. 97 x 62 mm. First edition. The spine has been overlaid with paper to strengthen it; else a very good copy. This title was one of eleven volumes
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A GAPING-WIDE-MOUTH WADDLING FROG. Price Six pence; or mounted on linen, One Shilling.
London: George Routledge & Sons, No date [circa 1876]. [8] leaves, the first and last mounted as pastedowns to the wrappers, each with an illustration in full colour with inset verse. Original pictorial series wrappers. 23.4 x 18.cm. Spine expertly restored; trimmed at all fore-edges, where once bound in a collection; else a very good/fine copy of a scarce title.
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A GARLAND OF NEW SONGS. Allen A-Dale. Paddy Carey. Ma Chere Amie. William Tell. Oh the Moment was Sad. The Cottage of the Moor.
Newcastle upon Tyne: J. Marshall, No date [circa 1805]. 8 pages. Unstitched. Woodcut to title. Approximately 14.5 x 8.5 cm. A very good copy.
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A GARLAND OF NEW SONGS. The Battle of the Nile. Tom Starboard. The Sailor's Adieu. Tom Bowling. True Courage. The Sea Boy.
Newcastle upon Tyne: J. Marshall, No date [circa 1807]. Single sheet folded to form 8 pages. Uncut. Woodcut to title. Approximately 14.5 x 8.5 cm. Dust-soiled; else a good copy. The first song celebrates Nelson's Victory in the Battle of the Nile
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A GARLAND OF NEW SONGS. The Death of Nelson. Lochaber. The Yellow-hair'd Laddie. Whistle, and I'll come to you my Lad. The Yorkshire Concert.
Newcastle upon Tyne: J. Marshall, No date [circa 1807]. Single sheet folded to form 8 pages. Uncut. Woodcut to title. Approximately 14.5 x 8.5 cm. Dust-soiled; else a good copy. The first song mourns the death of Nelson's at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
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A GARLAND OF NEW SONGS. Tweed Side. My Nanie, O. Highland Laddie. Up in the Morning Early. Flowers of the Forest.
Newcastle upon Tyne: J. Marshall, No date [circa 1805]. Single sheet folded to form 8 pages. Uncut. Woodcut to title. Approximately 14.5 x 8.5 cm. A very good copy.
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A GARLAND OF NEW SONGS. William and Margaret. Mary's Dream. Roy's Wife of Aldivalloch. My Nannie, O. Death or Liberty.
Newcastle upon Tyne: J. Marshall, No date [circa 1805]. Single sheet folded to form 8 pages. Uncut. Woodcut to title. Approximately 14.5 x 8.5 cm. Dust-soiled; else a good copy.
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A GEOGRAPHICAL PRESENT; Being Descriptions of the Principal countries of the World. By Mary Anne Venning. With Representations of the various Inhabitants in their respective Costumes, beautifully coloured. Second edition.
London: Darton, Harvey, and Darton, 1818. 144 pages. Illustrated with 60 hand-coloured full-page engravings. Original quarter sheep gilt over marbled boards. 158 x 100 mm. The head & heel of the spine has been repaired at some time, but is now worn again and cracking; boards rubbed and worn at corners; inscribed at head of title: ‘Presented to Miss Anne Rich by Lady Rich July 1819.’ Text clean, though with the occasional mark and old crease. A good plus copy. First published in 1817. See Darton G975(2)
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A GIFT TO YOUNG FRIENDS: Or, The Guide to Good. Containing, The Good Man of the Mill; From Whom all Good Things Come; The Lost Purse; The Great Dunce; Self Will; The Careless Boy; Good Boys; And, The way to Save. A New edition, embellished with seven neat coloured engravings.
London: Thomas Dean & Co, No date [between 1843 and 1847]. 63 pages Illustrated with seven hand-coloured engravings. Original green cloth gilt. 170 x 110mm. Old crease in frontispiece; else a very good copy. Quite scarce: two copies only listed in COPAC.
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A GIFT TO YOUNG FRIENDS: Or, The Guide to Good In words of one syllable. Containing, The Good Man of the Mill; A Sad Tale; From Whom all Good Things Come; The Lost Purse; Rose and her Bird; Self-Will; The Great Dunce; Self Will; The Careless Boy; Good Boys; And, The way to Save. Third edition. Embellished with seven neat coloured engravings.
London: Thomas Dean & Co, No date [no later than 1838]. 60 pages Illustrated with seven hand-coloured engravings. Original green cloth gilt. 156 x 124mm. Gift inscription on endpaper; else a very good copy. Quite scarce: two copies only listed in COPAC.
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A GOOD BOY'S DIARY By the author of "A Bad Boy's Diary" Copyright. London.
London: George Routledge, 1884. 127 pages. Later plain, untitled cloth. Octavo. First U. K. edition. Inner joints cracked; some staining to half-title; else very good. Metta Victoria Fuller Victor (March 2, 1831 – June 26, 1885) is credited with authoring of one of the first detective novels in the United States. She wrote over 100 dime novels and was one of the most highly paid novelists of her day.
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A GRAMMAR illustrating the Principles and Practice of TRADE AND COMMERCE; for the use of Young Persons intended for business.
London: Richard Phillips, 1810. viii, 216 pages. Folding engraved frontispiece Original sheep, recently and finely re-backed. 140 x 94 mm. Lacks front fre endpaper; ownership name on blank recto of frontispiece; last page a little worn and browned; else a very good copy of a scarce title.
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A HISTORY OF ENGLAND, in a series of letters from a nobleman to his son; with additions to the present time.
Edinburgh: John Brown, 1804. Two volumes. vii, 400; [4], 348 pages. Handsomely rebound at some time in full calf gilt with black gilt labels. 179 x 112mm. A very good set of this work first published by John Newbery in 1764. .
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A KEY TO KNOWLEDGE; or, Things in Common Use. Simply and shortly explained. By a Mother, Author of “Always Happy;” “Claudine,” “True Stories from Ancient History,” &c.
London: J. Harris, 1817. Sixth edition. viii, 172 pages. Engraved frontispiece. Original quarter red road, gilt over marbled boards. 147 x 96 mm. Frontispiece lightly offsetting to title; pages 125-128 mis-bound out of order; stamp of Launceston Public Library to front and rear endpapers; else a very good copy. Moon 78(6). First published in 1814. Mrs. Budden describes her book as ‘a concise and simple elucidation of the several articles of daily use and daily consumption’. Mrs Moon adds, ‘The information is conveyed in conversations between children and an encyclopaedic mother.’
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