A baker's dozen
1882, First Edition. London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Good copy only in contemporary gilt-blocked illustrated cloth boards, now dust-dulled and slightly damp-stained at the margins. Corners, endbands, and joints somewhat rubbed; joints show minor tears at the ends. Contemporary reader inscription (1885) to half-title; faint damp-stain to top edge of frontispiece and title page. Text block complete; clean on the whole, but shaken with some signatures loose or coming loose. A very serviceable copy, with a still charming presentation. Item #467944
Physical description; 252, 4 pages, 4 plates : illustrations ; 19 cm. Notes; List of publications of the S.P.C.K. on final 4 pages. Subjects; Conduct of life. Juvenile fiction. Children's stories. 19th century. Illustrated.
Price: €21.00