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A KEY TO KNOWLEDGE; or, Things in Common use. Simply and shortly explained: in a series of dialogues. Written by a mother, author of "Always Happy. - First Book for Children." &c. &c.
London: J. Harris, 1814. viii, 172 pages. Engraved frontispiece. Bound in recent quarter morocco gilt over marbled boards. 139 x 93 mm. Name on blank recto of frontispiece; bookplate; else a very good copy of a work that is quite scarce in first edition form. By 1841 it had reached its 11th edition. Moon 77. John Harris's Books for Youth.
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A KEY TO WALKINGAME'S TUTOR'S ASSISTANT. Containing the solution of the questions, with the references, as they stand in the last edition of that work. To which is added, an appendix, containing some short and useful rules for casting up the value of any sort of goods, &c. Very useful for all persons in trade. The work is designed for the ease of Schoolmasters; and, with the Tutor's Assistant, is recommended as the best Compendium hitherto published, for the Use of Schools, of the private Persons. By T. Hewitt, Teacher of Mathematics.
London: J. Scatcherd, 1801. Iv, 240 pages. Original full sheep. 12mo. First edition. Substantial loss of leather to spine; else a very clean copy.
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A LITTLE MONKEY.
London: Ernest Nister, No date [circa 1900]. A die-cut shaped book in the form of a monkey. [8] pages. With four coloured illustrations. Maximum height: 10.8 cm. A very good copy.
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A MONTH IN LONDON; or, some of its modern wonders described.
London: Harvey and Darton, 1832. 182, [4 ad’s] pages. Engraved frontispiece; vignette on additional engraved title, and four other full-page engravings. Original quarter roan over cloth. 182 x 112 mm. First edition. Book plate of Eric Quayle to endpaper; spine a little weak at head; else a very good, clean copy.
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A MOTHER’S CARE REWARDED; in the correction of those defects, most general in Young People, during their education.
London: William Darton, No date [1824]. 108 [1 engraved trade plate] pages. Illustrated with a copper-engraved frontispiece and two other full-page engraved plates. Original quarter red roan gilt. 148 x 93mm. First edition. Some leather lost from heel of spine; else a very good copy. Darton H1502(1).
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A MUSEUM FOR Young Gentlemen and Ladies; or, a Private Tutor for little masters and misses. Containing a Variety of useful Subjects; and, in particular, I. Directions for Reading with Elegance and Propriety. II. The ancient and present State of Great Britain; with a compendious History of England. III. An Account of the Solar System. IV. Historical and Geographical Descriptions of the several Countries in the World, with the Manners, Customs, and Habits of the People. V. Tables of Weights and Measures. VI. The Seven Wonders of the World. VII. Prospect and Description of the burning Mountains. VIII. Dying Words and Behaviour of great Men, when just quitting the Stage of Life, with many other useful Particulars, all in a plain familiar Way, for Youth of both Sexes. With Letters, Tales, and Fable, for Amusement and Instruction. Illustrate with cuts. The sixteenth edition, with considerable additions and alterations.
London: Darton and Harvey… Crosby and Letterman,,, J. Hariis… and B. C. Collins, No date [1803]. vi, 192 pages. 26 woodcuts (one full-page) and 2 diagrams within the text. Original quarter green vellum over marbled paper-covered boards. 142 x 90 mm. Contents clean and fresh, but the binding is very worn and rubbed, and the paper title label has been lost from the spine. This is the second Darton edition. G692(2). First published by Newbery in the mid 1750s.
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A NATURAL HISTORY OF BIRDS, BEASTS, & FISHES. Embellished with Beautiful Engravings.
London: Ja.s Imray, No date [circa 1800]. 20 Featherstone St, City Road. Price Sixpence. 52 pages. Illustrated with a copper-engraved frontispiece, engraved title with vignette of a parrot, and 14 wood-engravings in the text. Original marbled wrappers. 118 x 82 mm. Generally rather worn – particularly so the wrapper, the lower have some loss of marbled paper; lacks rear endpaper; ownership names to endpapers; also the book plate of Marjorie Moon; else a good copy of a rare title. Very little is known of Jas. Imray and all his books are scarce.
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A NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS. Thirty-Two engravings on wood.
Alnwick: W. Davison, No date [circa 1815/20]. 36 pages. Original wrappers with a small wood-engraved vignette to the upper cover, and a large wood-engraving to the lower. 138 x 88mm. A very good copy. One of seven separately issued titles forming a ‘natural history.’
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A NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH QUADRUPEDS, FOREIGN QUADRUPEDS, BRITISH BIRDS, WATER BIRDS, FOREIGN BIRDS, FISHES, REPTILES, SERPENTS & INSECTS. Embellished with 247 Engravings on Wood, by Thomas Bewick of Newcastle.
Alnwick: Printed and sold wholesale and retail by and W. Davidson, No date [circa1809]. Seven individual chapbooks bound together, but without the general title, which is sometimes present, and without their original wrappers. 136 x 90 mm. The binding is of late mid to late nineteenth century half calf over cloth, with a red gilt label to the spine. Some rubbing and wear to the binding; front hinge cracked; but a very good, clean set.
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A NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH QUADRUPEDS, FOREIGN QUADRUPEDS, BRITISH BIRDS, WATER BIRDS, FOREIGN BIRDS, FISHES, REPTILES, SERPENTS & INSECTS. Embellished with 247 Engravings on Wood, by Thomas Bewick of Newcastle.
Alnwick: Printed at the Apollo Press, by and for W. Davidson, 1809. Seven individual chapbooks bound together as one with a general title-page preceding them. All are in their original wrappers, with cuts by Bewick on the upper covers, and cuts by others on the lower. They have not been cut to a uniform size, but differ from volume to volume. The binding is of late mid to late nineteenth century half calf over cloth, with twin black labels to the spine. General title spotted; some wear to binding; bookplate; front hinge cracked; but a very good, clean set. Sets with the general title-page are very scarce.
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A NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH QUADRUPEDS.. Thirty-Two engravings on wood.
Alnwick: W. Davison, No date [circa 1815/20]. 36 pages. Original wrappers with a small wood-engraved vignette to the upper cover, and a large wood-engraving to the lower. 138 x 88mm. Small rub on upper cover; else a very good copy. One of seven separately issued titles forming a ‘natural history.’
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A NATURAL HISTORY OF FISHES. Forty engravings on wood.
Alnwick: W. Davison, No date [circa 1815/20]. 36 pages. Original wrappers with a small wood-engraved vignette to the upper cover, and a large wood-engraving to the lower. 138 x 88mm. Small collection label to upper wrapper; little worn at head of spine; else a very good copy. One of seven separately issued titles forming a ‘natural history.’
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A NATURAL HISTORY OF REPTILES, SERPENTS AND INSECTS.. Thirty-Four engravings on wood.
Alnwick: W. Davison, No date [circa 1815/20]. 36 pages. Original wrappers with a small wood-engraved vignette to the upper cover, and a large wood-engraving to the lower. 138 x 88mm. A very good copy. One of seven separately issued titles forming a ‘natural history.’
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A NATURAL HISTORY OF WATER BIRDS. Thirty-four engravings on wood.
Alnwick: W. Davison, No date [circa 1815/20]. 36 pages. Original wrappers with a small wood-engraved vignette to the upper cover, and a large wood-engraving to the lower. 138 x 88mm. Small collection label to upper wrapper; else a very good copy. One of seven titles issued by Davison, forming a ‘natural history.’
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A NEW AND EASY INTRODUCTION TO ARITHMETIC. For the Juvenile; or, Child’s Library.
London: John Marshall, No date [1800]. 68 pages. Engraved frontispiece. Original green paper-covered boards with mounted shaped labels to both panels. 98 x 80 mm. First edition. Boards a little rubbed; spine expertly repaired; else a fine copy. The Juvenile; or Child’s Library was a boxed library issued by John Marshall in 1800. It was comprised of 19 volumes plus a memorandum book, and was housed in wooden box designed to look like a bookcase. However, each of the titles could be purchased individually.
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A NEW CHILD’S-PLAY. Sixteen Drawings by E. V. B.
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1877. [20] leaves, printed on one side only, of text, and 16 fine full-page plates. Original green cloth gilt. 278 x 220 mm. All edges gilt. First edition. Corners of binding a little worn; occasional spot of foxing; else a very good copy.
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A NEW HIEROGLYPHICAL BIBLE. Being a careful selection of the most important and interesting passages in the Old and New Testament: regularly arranged from Genesis to Revelations and the Life of our Blessed Saviour. And the Holy Evangelists. Illustrated with nearly four hundred engravings.
London: Milner and Company, Limited, No date [circa 1859]. 128 pages. Original printed blue wrappers. 18.8 x 9 cm. Little worn at lower outer corner of front wrapper, and a tiny corner torn away from the front endpaper; later ownership inscription and date; else a very good copy. The first English language edition of a Curious Hieroglyphic Bible was printed in London in 1783. They were extremely popular in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. This example from 1859 is comparatively late.
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A NEW HISTORY OF BLUE BEARD, Written by Gaffer Black Beard, For the Amusement of Little Black Beard and His Pretty Sisters. Adorned with cuts.
Philadelphia: Printed by John Adams, 1804. 32 pages, including pastedown wrappers. Illustrated with a wood-engraved frontispiece and 6 small woodcuts. Original plain blue wrappers. 10.3 x 6.6 cm. First Adams edition. Splitting at spine, but firm, and a little worn at corners; else a very good copy. Some of the woodblocks would appear to recycled, as that representing Blue Beard's castle is a biblical cut of the Tower of Babel.
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A NEW HISTORY OF ENGLAND; from the Earliest Period, to the Present Time. On a plan recommended by The Earl of Chesterfield. The eleventh edition with additions.
London: Printed for E.Newberry, 1801. xii, 220pp. Engraved frontispiece. Original paper-backed marbled paper covered boards. 6mo. Vertical creases to boards which have softened through use. Small piece of title-label to spine with name of author. Corners bumped with damage. Cracking at inner hinges between pages iv and v and 24 and 25 with these pages coming loose. Name written in ink along fore-edge. Some pencil numbers in text and an annotation in ink on (V). Names in ink on front endpapers. Front free endpaper has small holes as if stabbed by a pencil making indentations on the following three leaves including the frontispiece; else a very good copy.Roscoe: J84 (9).
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A NEW HISTORY OF ENGLAND, from the invasion of Julius Cæsar to the present time. In two parts.
London: W. Darton, Jun, 1812. 64; 64, [1 Darton trade plate] pages. Illustrated with copper engravings throughout. Bound in quarter red roan over marbled boards. 16.2 x 10.6cm. Spine expertly repaired; ownership details cross through on front pastedown; else a very good copy of an unusual issue that, despite the date on the title-pages, was probably issued circa 1820. This work is usually issued in two separate parts in wrappers. See Darton H1146, who notes a copy like ours in the collection at UCLA.
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