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Spine with eight gilt fillets and gilt title (rubbed with slight wear to head of spine). Upper board with engraved vignette of heraldic shield within black lettering (\"This is London! How Do You Like It\") -printed title \u0026amp; publisher. Back board with vignette of St. Paul's Cathedral within circular belt border lettered \"Harris \u0026amp; Sons. Original Juvenile Library\" (rubbed, corners slightly bumped).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis edition has five more plates than the first edition published in 1818 as \"A Visit to Uncle William in Town\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeveral hundred buildings and points of interest are described, from the Synagogue of the German Jews and Bullock’s Museum on Piccadilly (‘in the Egyptian style’) to the construction site of Southwark Bridge (opened 1819). Osborne, I, 193.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eScarce, Copac recording copies at six locations \u0026amp; not in the British Library.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36907327914140,"sku":"","price":250.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/products\/IMG_20201116_165824.jpg?v=1605706130"},{"product_id":"original-alphabet-and-phonetic-reading-system-horn-book-2-castle-street-city-road-london-england-wesleyan-conference-office-c-1836","title":"Original alphabet and phonetic reading system. \"HORN-BOOK\".] 2 Castle Street. City Road, London. England. Wesleyan conference office .  C.1836","description":"\u003cp\u003eNINETEENTH CENTURY HORNBOOK -surviving examples are rare, as most have been destroyed or lost.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8 x 16 cm. Original paddle shaped horn-book with printed paper on both sides. Judging by the grain, weight, colour and strength this appears to be a piece of sitka spruce, introduced into the UK in 1831 and commonly used for boxes\/crates, furniture, millwork at that time. Alphabet in alternating horizontal lines of 5 or 6 letters of lower and upper cases in a Fat Face type (Designers of such new display faces distorted the Bodoni and Dido types, making them larger and blacker. These type designs, called Fat Face, are now recognized as quintessentially Victorian and one of the most original typographic forms of the century).  On the verso are six blocks of 12, 24 or 36 words or phonetics for training young readers in a phonetic system and an italic lower case alphabet at the bottom- each section divided by double lines. The sitka spruce paddle and its paper coverings have been damaged and are worn and exhibiting handling marks from young London schoolchildren, nearly 190 years ago (please see photographs for detailed condition).  One of the phonetic words is \"POX\" (Smallpox is widely considered one of the most lethal of all human pathogens \u0026amp; appears to have become a more common cause of death over the course of the seventeenth and early eighteenth century in London - as its incidence increased, Southern English parishes responded with communal measures that prevented endemicisation; this horn-book provides a testament to the use of early-years education as a continuing and key communal measure. Fortunately, vaccination was developed by Edward Jenner at the very end of the eighteenth century, and reduced smallpox to a relatively minor cause of death in Europe by the mid-nineteenth century). Back in the sixteenth century, English monks began to make hornbooks to help their pupils learn to read. Usually a wooden paddle with an alphabet and a verse glued to the surface, hornbooks derived their name from the piece of transparent horn protecting the verse. We know  of hornbooks being in use until the mid-nineteenth century but their heyday was over. By the end of the nineteenth century the hornbook had not only gone out of fashion but surviving examples were extremely rare, as most had either been destroyed or lost. The few that did survive were mainly in the hands of collectors. “The humble hornbook was treated with the full measure of contempt lavished on a thing which has served its purpose. ‘Destroy and forget,’ said everybody, and alas! Everybody did. That a tool which was used by so many generations of children over hundreds of years could be forgotten so easily seems almost impossible, yet it was.” -Andrew W. Tuer History of the horn-book. In 1832 there  were 3,339 Methodist Sunday schools in England, with 59,277 teachers and 341,442 pupils. There were also several Wesleyan Methodist day schools in London in 1836 such as Great Queen Street Chapel, Weslyan Methodist School, Lincoln Inns Fields or Great Queen Street Methodist Infant School, 1829-1861.  It is certain that this horn-book was once in use at just such an institution. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36907390664860,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/products\/IMG_20201030_172533.jpg?v=1605706360"},{"product_id":"the-snow-queen-57-of-200-copies-andersen-hans-christian-published-by-paisley-scotland-gleniffer-press-1993-condition-good-hardcover","title":"Andersen, Hans Christian. The Snow Queen. 57 of 200 copies. 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Cream Novalite Leather Boards, Lavender stamped title on cover. As New.  Original packaging.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Gleniffer Press of Paisley and Wigtown was founded in 1967 by Helen and Ian Macdonald as a hobby private press, producing home and business stationery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy the early 1970s, the press became noted throughout the world for making miniature books and was active in this field until 2007, when it closed after 40 years. By then it had produced 57 different titles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"floatright\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"imgcap\"\u003eIn all 13,500 little books were reckoned to have been hand-bound during the life of the press.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"imgcap\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Macdonalds were among the founding members of the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"External site link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mbs.org\/\"\u003eMiniature Book Society\u003c\/a\u003e, which still thrives to this day. Helen and Ian were elected honorary members of the society on their retirement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca name=\"millennium\" id=\"millennium\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42652998041813,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/products\/P3112558.jpg?v=1647023627"},{"product_id":"thumbykin-108-of-200-copies-andersen-hans-christian-published-by-paisley-scotland-gleniffer-press-1994-condition-good-hardcover","title":"Andersen, Hans Christian. Thumbykin. 108 of 200 copies. 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By then it had produced 57 different titles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"floatright\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"imgcap\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn all 13,500 little books were reckoned to have been hand-bound during the life of the press.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"imgcap\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Macdonalds were among the founding members of the\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"External site link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mbs.org\/\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.mbs.org\/\"\u003eMiniature Book Society\u003c\/a\u003e, which still thrives to this day. Helen and Ian were elected honorary members of the society on their retirement.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42653231120597,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/products\/P3112557.jpg?v=1647023529"},{"product_id":"ugly-duckling-anderson-hans-christian-isbn-10-0906005329-isbn-13-9780906005323-published-by-gleniffer-press-wigtown-1997-used-condition-as-new-hardcover","title":"Anderson, Hans Christian. Ugly Duckling. ISBN 10: 0906005329 \/ ISBN 13: 9780906005323 Published by Gleniffer Press, Wigtown, 1997. Used Condition: As New. 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CrimsonNovalite Leather Boards, Gilt stamped title on cover. As New.  Original packaging.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Gleniffer Press of Paisley and Wigtown was founded in 1967 by Helen and Ian Macdonald as a hobby private press, producing home and business stationery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBy the early 1970s, the press became noted throughout the world for making miniature books and was active in this field until 2007, when it closed after 40 years. 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Little Book of British Quadrupeds, colour engraved title, 191 pages + 1 page adverts, 47 full-page engraved illustrations; together with Little Book of British Birds, 191 pages + 1 page adverts, 47 full-page engraved illustrations. 2. Little History of England, colour engraved title, 191 pages + 1 page adverts, 47 full-page engraved illustrations; together with Famous Men of Britain, 191 pages + 1 page adverts, 47 full-page engraved illustrations. 3. Zoological Gardens, Regent's Park, colour engraved title, 191 pages + 1 page adverts, 47 full-page engraved illustrations; together with Surrey Zoological Gardens, 191 pages + 1 page adverts, 47 full-page engraved illustrations. 4. Little Picture Bible, colour engraved title, 191 pages + 1 page adverts, 47 full-page engraved illustrations; together with Little Picture Testament, 191 pages + 1 page adverts, 47 full-page engraved illustrations. 5. 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Spielmann 151, 353A \u0026amp; 359. Welsh 62, 2053, 2215, 2772, 4453, 4699, 4889, 4890, 7172, 7173. Seller Inventory # 5172\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43249008279765,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/products\/P6242921.jpg?v=1656069769"},{"product_id":"the-ovaltine-book-of-picture-puzzles-h-g-c-marsh-lambert-published-c-1930","title":"OVALTINE BOOK OF PICTURE PUZZLES. H. G. C. MARSH LAMBERT. 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Vignette illustrations on endpapers.  10 x 13.5 cm. Original colour printed card covers. Staple bound as issued.  A slice of advertising to promote Ovaltine to families \u0026amp; particularly focusing on children aimed at five- to fourteen-year-olds. A radio program , \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe League of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ovaltineys\" title=\"Ovaltineys\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ovaltineys\"\u003eOvaltineys\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, with a similarly aged audience, was broadcast to Great Britain by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Radio_Luxembourg_(English)\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Radio Luxembourg (English)\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Radio_Luxembourg_(English)\"\u003eRadio Luxembourg\u003c\/a\u003e on Sunday evenings at 5:30 PM. Beginning in February 1935, it was broadcast until September 1939, when the outbreak of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\" title=\"World War II\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_II\"\u003eWorld War II\u003c\/a\u003e forced closure of the station, and again after the war from 1952. As with the U.S. program, listeners could obtain badges, pins, and secret codes. The Ovaltineys' advertising jingle, which featured the popular English singing trio \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Beverley_Sisters\" title=\"The Beverley Sisters\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Beverley_Sisters\"\u003eThe Beverley Sisters\u003c\/a\u003e, was regarded as one of the most successful jingles of the era.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eHelen Grace Culverwell Marsh-Lambert\u003c\/b\u003e  (1888 – 1981) was a sought-after British writer and \u003ca title=\"Illustrator\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Illustrator\"\u003eillustrator\u003c\/a\u003e of children's books and postcards. Among her publications were, My Big Bedtime book,  Louis Wain's Picture Book, Handy Pandy, The story of Teddy Bear \u0026amp; Jack and Jill's Bedtime Story Book.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43277888225493,"sku":"","price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/products\/P7013002.jpg?v=1656685082"},{"product_id":"the-chapter-of-kings-mr-collins-john-publication-date-1818-condition-poor","title":"THE CHAPTER OF KINGS. Mr. Collins [John]. Publication Date: 1818 Condition: Poor","description":"\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-title\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTHE CHAPTER OF KINGS.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-publisher\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLondon: J[ohn], Harris.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-pubdate\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1818\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-binding\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHardcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBook Condition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-bookcondition\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePoor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-edition\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1st Edition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eColoured title page and 37 hand-coloured illustrations (this was also issued without hand-colouring in a plain edition), each having text above and below. Text and illustrations engraved on one side of paper only. The lines at the bottom of each page are a rhyming summary of the kings of England and a brief account of highlights of the ruler's reign. The final two leaves missing but supplied in colour reproduction. All leaves showing cumulated patina from use, with noticeable thumbing, creasing, rubbing, browning and staining. This is an early issue, with the title-page giving the 1818 date of the first edition and the watermarks most probably reading 1822 (see page 16, although truncated by page placement). Later endpapers. 11 x 13.5 cm. New sympathetic quarter red roan over original printed boards. Spine has gold fillets in gilt \u0026amp; title \"Kings\". Engraving of the J. Harris shop, Juvenile Library, to the upper, board and note on the rear cover: \"Parents and Teachers must have remarked the difficulty Children experience in recollecting the Succession of the English Monarchs, and likewise how much the memory is assited by rhyme\" seriously rubbed, worn and torn at edges rendering it illegible. This entertaining small book contains short snippets of information about the reigns, or fateful feats, of English monarchs from Edward Ironside to George IV (here as Prince of Wales) \u0026amp; veers from savage satire to idealized adoration, offering a refreshingly irreverent overview of British rulers. Moon points out that it was re-issued many times without change of date, but on later watermarked paper. Moon, John Harris's Books for Youth, 151; Osborne Collection, p. 162; Opie D 37 (this issue not given in their sequences). WorldCat locates nine copies in the UK. Seller Inventory # 5179\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43309027295445,"sku":"","price":150.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/products\/P7083095.jpg?v=1657285877"},{"product_id":"history-of-english-costume-micro-miniature-book-publication-date-1985-condition-near-fine","title":"History of English Costume\u003e\u003eMICRO MINIATURE BOOK\u003c\u003c Publication Date: 1985 Condition: Near Fine","description":"\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-title\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHistory of English Costume\u0026gt;\u0026gt;MICRO MINIATURE ...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-publisher\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLilliput Press\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-pubdate\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1985\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-binding\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHardcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBook Condition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-bookcondition\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNear Fine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDust Jacket Condition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-dustjacketcondition\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVery Good\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-edition\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1st Edition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e(48) printed pages, silhouette frontispiece and 21 uncoloured costume plates ranging from Saxon to Edwardian. Top edges gilt. No inscriptions, a near fine as new copy. 20 x 25 mm. Bound in original publisher's blue silk, complete with original printed dust-jacket. Allan Armstrong was the printer. The Lilliput Press, founded in Bristol by Tim Sheppard in the early 1980's, specialised in miniature books in roughly 1\/12th scale -correct for displaying in a standard scale dolls house; but they are so much more than just items to embellish a child's toy; these are serious works of the book maker's art and well worth seeking out, although they are now difficult to find. Seller Inventory # 5192\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43386559299797,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/products\/P7263267.jpg?v=1658844568"},{"product_id":"bibliotheque-en-miniature-miniature-library-c-1835-publication-date-1835-condition-near-fine","title":"Bibliothèque en Miniature [MINIATURE LIBRARY c.1835]. Publication Date: 1835 Condition: Near Fine","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"biblio\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" id=\"biblio-title\"\u003eBibliothèque en Miniature [MINIATURE LIBRARY...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"biblio\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" id=\"biblio-publisher\"\u003eParis, Firmin Didot frères [for] Marcilly.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"biblio\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" id=\"biblio-pubdate\"\u003e1835\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"biblio\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" id=\"biblio-binding\"\u003eHardcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"biblio\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBook Condition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" id=\"biblio-bookcondition\"\u003eNear Fine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"biblio\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" id=\"biblio-edition\"\u003e1st Edition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"biblio\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e6 volumes, each with 24 printed pages, one engraved title and one engraved plate (two short closed marginal tears without loss, short tear at top of spine in the Fables, some light sporadic foxing \u0026amp; a few minuscule corners creased). 45 x 70 mm. Original engraved eggshell blue, light card wrappers, in original slipcase with gilt spine (wrappers very slightly toned), slipcase sides in original marbled paper \u0026amp; spine in finely gilt-tooled calf. A typographical masterclass in miniature, originally intended for children, printed in Henri Didot's celebrated microscopic type, comprising Berquin's Variétés, Démoustier's Mythologie, Florian's Mélanges, La Fontaine's Fables, and poetry by Millevoye and Voltaire. In the nineteenth-century world of print, the Didot family were predominant owing to their significant innovations and commercial nous. François Didot established a reputation for typographical perfection, his son, François-Ambroise Didot, created the point system for sizing type, and his son, Firmin Didot, mastered the engraved roundhand. However, one of the greatest Didot family contributions to print can be attributed to Henri Didot, who, aged 66, cut his microscopic type, the miniscule font used in these books \u0026amp; mearuring 2.5pt (on his uncle's scale). The most revered publications using this type are La Rochefoucauld's Maximes (1827) and Horace's Opera omnia (1828), but its invention also produced these miniature books for children. Bondy, 75 (\"six enticing volumes … by the Paris firm of Marcilly who were responsible for many of the most beautiful children s books of the period\"); Gumuchian, 4062; Welsh, 1250. A beautiful 185 year old example of the Didot family's typographical pre-eminence, in near fine condition. Seller Inventory # 5214\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43579968159957,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/products\/P9083506.jpg?v=1662651757"},{"product_id":"verbum-sempiternum-rare-miniature-edition-publication-date-1818-condition-very-good","title":"Thumb Bible. Verbum Sempiternum. Printed by F. Collins for T. Ilive at the Nag's Head, in Jewen-street Re-printed by W. Davy, [London]. 1818.","description":"\u003cp class=\"biblio\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUnpaginated. [286] printed pages. Woodcut English title, \"Holy Bible\"; typographic English title; original and reprint imprimatur; typographic reproduction of original title, \"Verbum Sempiternum. London : Printed by F. Collins for T. Ilive at the Nag's Head, in Jewen-street, 1693\". New Testament has English section title, and typographic reproduction of the 1693 \"Salvator Mundi\" title. Signatures: A-I8; K8; (K8, blank); [a]8; b-g8; h8; (h7 \u0026amp; h8, blank). Lacks front free endpaper. Slight historic marginal staining C5-C8. 40 x 50 mm. Contemporary burgundy straight-grained morocco. Spine in gilt single fillet bordered compartments with acorn corner-pieces and horizontal foliate scrolling; boards with triple gilt fillet borders and stylised fleur-de-lis corner-pieces; inner gilt dentelles (slightly marked, wonderfully patinated, and a trifle rubbed, with a little wear to the hinges- but overall a beautiful character binding). An early reprint of the pre-eminent juvenile miniature bible in verse for easy memorising, by John Taylor, the 'Water-Poet'. The Taylor version is concise, impactful \u0026amp; expressive; this edition, apart from dedication to Queen Mary and King William, is the same as the original \u0026amp; has the charmingly unrevised spelling. This 1818 version, printed by \u003cspan class=\"Yjhzub\"\u003eW. Davy\u003c\/span\u003e, is an exact reprint of the 1693 third edition originally printed by \u003cspan class=\"Yjhzub\"\u003eF. Collins\u003c\/span\u003e for \u003c\/span\u003eT. Ilive \u003cspan\u003eat the Nag’s Head. It preserves the rhyming couplets that summarize each book of the Bible.Adomeit's Three Centuries of Thumb Bibles said \"unable to see a copy to verify details\" but lists one copy in Julian Edison's collection in Missouri and the other in the British Museum. Adomeit, B53. Johnston, ix. Spielmann, 495. Welsh, 1217. Not in Houghton. Of this edition, WorldCat locates just the British Library copy, but another copy also held at Indiana University. While originally meant for adults, these tiny books became popular as educational \"toy books\" for children to teach basic biblical literacy and moral virtues in a compact, portable form.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43587764846805,"sku":"5216 5722","price":600.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P1306190.jpg?v=1769780531"},{"product_id":"australia-canada-south-africa-ireland-scotland-and-england-complete-set-of-shape-books-m-g-publication-date-1892-condition-very-good","title":"Australia, Canada, South Africa, Ireland, Scotland and England [COMPLETE SET OF SHAPE BOOKS]. M.G. 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Printed in Bavaria.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-pubdate\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1892\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-binding\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSoft cover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBook Condition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-bookcondition\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVery Good\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-edition\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1st Edition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCOMPLETE SET OF SIX SHAPE BOOKS. Each [8] printed pages. Chromolithograph card covers and illustrations. Die cut shape books in the form of the Australia, Canada, South Africa, Ireland, Scotland and England (contemporary gift inscription on blank inner cover of Australia only). 112 x 88mm. Scarce shape books with rhyming verses designed to promote travel to Australia, Canada and South Africa from England, Ireland and Scotland, attributed to M.G. The cover depicts the mainlands with vignettes of largest cities, such as Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide, and with two or more cherubic youths in what was considered appropriate dress, such as mining costumes in the gold fields with pickaxes and spades. The illustrations show native animals including kangaroo, emu, roseate cockatoo, bear, ostrich, zebras, giraffes; with Aboriginal people, sheep mustering, a bullock team crossing the bush, hunting, fishing, toboganning, football, cricket, golf, bagpiping, burning kelp, gathering cockles, outspanning while on the trek, \u0026amp; a diamond mine at Kimberley. The rear covers have lists of the counties, states, capitals, towns, rivers and mountains. Muir, Bibliography of Australian children's books, 6688. Vivid depictions from over a hundred years after the first European colonisation of the continents of Australia, Canada and South Africa, targeting new immigrants from England, Scotland and Ireland. Few sets available in such fine condition as this- most survivors, with their irregular edges, would, in children's hands, have quickly become quite worn. Seller Inventory # 5227\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43645735436501,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/products\/P9233702.jpg?v=1663951253"},{"product_id":"miniature-book-corner-stone-or-a-familiar-illustration-of-the-principles-of-christian-truth-abbott-jacob-principal-of-the-mount-vernon-school-boston-america-publication-date-1837-condition-very-good","title":"Corner-stone or, a familiar illustration of the principles of Christian truth. Abbott, Jacob [Principal of the Mount Vernon School, Boston, America]. Publication Date: 1837 CONDITION: VERY GOOD  \u003eMINIATURE BOOK\u003c","description":"\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-title\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCorner-stone or, a familiar illustration of ...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-publisher\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBell \u0026amp; Co., Allan. Warwick Square [London].\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-pubdate\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1837\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-binding\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHardcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBook Condition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-bookcondition\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVery Good\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-edition\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1st Edition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eiv, 247 printed pages + 3 pages publisher's adverts at end. Printed contemporary label on front pastedown endpaper of Laure Secretan (1811-1886) her signature on the front free endpaper. All edges gilt. Inner front hinge split, but still firm. 52 x 85 mm. Original blue-green straight-grained buckram (very slight wear at hinges \u0026amp; head\/tail of spine). Spine with gilt embossed fleurons and titling (spine slightly faded). Abbott, who had taught the young poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, at Portland Academy, pioneered making schools largely self-governing and largely abandoned more traditional disciplinary measures. He advocated education for young women and in 1833 founded the Mount Vernon School in Boston, one of the first institutions for their education in America. The Corner Stone (1834) was Abbott's second work in a series inspired from Mount Vernon School lectures (after the Young Christian); it raised considerable outcry in quarters hostile to Unitarianism, especially in England, where Abbott's emphasis upon practical Christianity was mistakenly thought to cover Arian leanings. The book even became the subject of #73 of the famous Oxford Tracts for the Times by J. H. Newman; although, after their meeting during Abbott's first trip to Europe in 1843, the two men became close friends. In later editions of The Corner Stone Abbott changed certain equivocal passages to prevent further misunderstanding of his views, which were substantially those of the more liberal Evangelicals of his period. 7 libraries with copies of this edition in WorldCat. Not in Bondy, nor Spielmann. Welsh, 24. Seller Inventory # 5270\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43969665728725,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/products\/P1274283.jpg?v=1674842331"},{"product_id":"miniature-book-hansel-and-gretel-andersen-hans-christian-publication-date-1997-condition-near-fine","title":"Hansel and Gretel. Andersen, Hans Christian. Publication Date: 1997 CONDITION: NEAR FINE\u003e\u003eMINIATURE BOOK\u003c\u003c","description":"\u003cp class=\"biblio\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-title\"\u003e\u0026gt;\u0026gt;MINIATURE BOOK\u0026lt;\u0026lt; Hansel and Gretel.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-publisher\"\u003eGleniffer Press.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-pubdate\"\u003e1997\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-binding\"\u003eHardcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-bookcondition\"\u003eNear Fine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-edition\"\u003e1st Edition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMicro-Miniature Book. 64mo. [37] printed pages. Number 80 out of a limited numbered edition of 210 copies. 17.5 x 23.6 mm. Original hand-bound brown Novalite Leather Boards. As New. Original packaging -printed card backing and clear plastic sealable bag. Grimm's Hansel and Gretel was first published in 1812 but tales of children outwitting ogres who had captured them date back to rhe middle ages and especially in the Baltic regions. The Gleniffer Press of Paisley and Wigtown was founded in 1967 by Helen and Ian Macdonald as a hobby private press, producing home and business stationery. By the early 1970s, the press became recognised throughout the world for making miniature books, continuing until 2007, when it closed after 40 years. In total, Gleniffer Press produced 57 different titles, in 13,500 little books, all hand-bound. The Macdonalds were among the founding members of the Miniature Book Society, which still thrives to this day. Helen and Ian were elected honorary members of the society on their retirement. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSeller Inventory # 5273\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43979568709845,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/products\/P2014322.jpg?v=1675334259"},{"product_id":"bijou-des-enfans-contes-et-fables-miniature-napoleonic-childrens-book-publication-date-1810-condition-very-good","title":"Bijou des enfans. Contes et fables. \u003e\u003eMINIATURE NAPOLEONIC CHILDRENS BOOK\u003c\u003c Publication Date: 1810 CONDITION: VERY GOOD","description":"\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-title\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBijou des enfans. Contes et fables.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-publisher\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBlanchard et Cie., P. Libraires Rue Mazarine, No.30, et Palais Royal, Galerie de Bois.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-pubdate\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1810\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-binding\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHardcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-bookcondition\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVery Good\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-edition\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1st Edition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLikely First edition. Engraved title page, frontispiece \u0026amp; 3 contemporary, original, hand coloured, full-page plates by Monnet (?). 236 printed pages, in gatherings of 8, + 14 pages publisher's adverts at end (slight foxing and age-toning; leaf A2 old repair and crease). Marbled endpapers. Age-toned speckled edges. 45 x 62 mm. Original brown calf (corners slightly rubbed, small hole near foot of spine, hinges slightly cracked). Spine in four compartments with hand tooled gilt 8-sided stars within twin gilt fillet borders and claret morrocco titling-piece with gilt lettering \"Bijou\". Covers with scrolling and single fillet gilt borders (rubbed, corners slightly bumped, boards slightly splayed). Seventeen early morality or educational fables in French. Companion volume, entitled L'Ami des Petits Enfans is listed at back at 2 fr. 50c. or, with carefully coloured plates, 3 fr. Not in Bondy, Spielmann nor Welsh. Later copy in Welsh dated 1812 \u0026amp; published by Blachard \u0026amp; Eymery. No copies located in WorldCat. DeLuxe hand-coloured copy of rare, unrecorded early children's miniature book that went into several later editions. Seller Inventory # 5281\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44031037046997,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/products\/P2274413.jpg?v=1677518381"},{"product_id":"childrens-bread-or-daily-texts-for-the-young-scarce-childrens-miniature-book-in-wallet-style-binding-publication-date-1858-condition-very-good","title":"Children's Bread. Or Daily Texts for the Young. \u003e\u003eSCARCE CHILDRENS MINIATURE BOOK IN WALLET STYLE BINDING\u003c\u003c Publication Date: 1858 CONDITION: VERY GOOD","description":"\u003cp class=\"biblio\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-title\"\u003eChildren's Bread. Or Daily Texts for theYoung\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-publisher\"\u003eReligious Tract Society.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-pubdate\"\u003e1858\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-binding\"\u003eHardcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-bookcondition\"\u003eVery Good\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 6\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-edition\"\u003eth Edition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSixth edition. 128 unnumbered pages (very slight age-toning). With contemporary ink ownership inscription on front paste-down endpaper, dated 1858. All edges gilt. Front inner hinge split but remaining firm. Lacks front free endpaper. 35 x 50mm. Original Islamic style or wallet style binding in maroon roan, with words Children's Bread in gilt just above the flap (very slightly rubbed). Published for children. Bondy, 127. Welsh, 1779. The Welsh copy is undated. Bondy had only seen a tenth edition in cloth from circa 1850 (?). Ruth Adomeit owned a 20th edition in her collection. The British Museum has an undated copy circa 1839. Not in Spielmann. No other copy of this quite early sixth edition has been traced. Seller Inventory # 5285\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44050159206613,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/products\/P3064453.jpg?v=1678119580"},{"product_id":"little-robinson-crusoe-defoe-daniel-miniature-classic-from-1844-publication-date-1844-condition-very-good","title":"Little Robinson Crusoe. Defoe, Daniel. \u003e\u003eMINIATURE CLASSIC FROM 1844\u003c\u003c Publication Date: 1844 CONDITION: VERY GOOD","description":"\u003cp class=\"biblio\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-title\"\u003eLittle Robinson Crusoe.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-publisher\"\u003eSmith and Peck ; Durrie and Peck, Philadelphia, New Haven.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-pubdate\"\u003e1844\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-binding\"\u003eHardcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-bookcondition\"\u003eVery Good\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e191 printed pages (some mild foxing). Frontispiece and woodcut vignette on title-page. 46 full-page black \u0026amp;white woodcut illustrations. Stereotyped by J. Fagan, printed by C. Sherman. All edges gilt. 68 x 83mm. Original sage-green vertically ribbed cloth (slightly rubbed) with gold-embossed vignette of Robinson Crusoe on front cover. Spine with scrolling floreate gilt decoration and titling. Not in Welsh. Welsh only lists later imprints. WorldCat locates 13 copies that are all in USA. Seller Inventory # 5291\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44065980940501,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/products\/P3144518.jpg?v=1678792622"},{"product_id":"une-heure-de-recreation-le-quart-une-aventure-de-zambeccari-le-pauvre-medore-francesco-zambeccari-dr-e-a-boisseuil-publication-date-1844","title":"Zambeccari,  Francesco. Une heure de récreation. Le Quart. Une aventure de Zambeccari. Le pauvre Médore. Dr E.-A. Boisseuil. Publication Date: 1844","description":"\u003cp class=\"biblio\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-title\"\u003eUne heure de récreation. Le Quart. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-publisher\"\u003eMaulde et Renou, rue Bailleul, 9-11. [Paris].\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-pubdate\"\u003e1844\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-binding\"\u003eHardcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-bookcondition\"\u003eVery Good\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-edition\"\u003e1st Edition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNo date but 1844. 24 printed pages, all text in French (some foxing). 2 hand-coloured lithogaphic plates. First of a set of four volumes only: Le Quart, La Demie, Les Trois-quarts, L'Heure. Histoires diverses : 1 : Une Aventure de Zambeccari : le Pauvre Medor ; 2 : Le Fils d'un criminel, la Jacinthe d'Elisa ; 3 : ce Bon monsieur Harley, Dinden le fortune; ; 4 : le Capitaine Flawberg, Almer le derviche. 54 x 80mm. Romantique rose cartonnage binding featuring a lithograph cameo oval illustration as a centerpiece of the dog Medor and his owner, surrounded by blind embossed scrolling Rococo border decoration (front cover very slightly faded and patinated). The first story is in ballooning pioneer, Francesco Zambeccari's own words on October 7th, 1803 as he set off from Bologna with companions Dr. (of physics) Grassetti and Giovanni Andreoli on a death defying 120 mile flight. After a terrifying ordeal, the three aeronauts were finally rescued \u0026amp; taken to the nearby port of Pola. Grassetti's hands were badly mutilated and Zambeccari's fingers were amputated to save his life. The second story is the heart warming rescue of a pet dog after he was set for drowning due to economic privation. WorldCat locates only 4 sets worldwide. Not in Bondy, Spielmann nor Welsh. One boxed set currently on sale online for £2,313. Seller Inventory # 5298\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44088694309077,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/products\/IMG_20230327_164611.jpg?v=1679932172"},{"product_id":"life-of-christ-charming-petters-diamond-miniature-book-publication-date-1845-condition-very-good","title":"Life of Christ.   S.D Ewins \u0026 Son. 9 , Ave Maria Lane. [London]. Circa 1845 \u003e\u003eVARIANT PETTER'S DIAMOND MINIATURE BOOK\u003c\u003c","description":"\u003cp class=\"biblio\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e125 printed pages (uniformly age-toned). 2 pages publisher's adverts. Original primrose endpapers. All edges gilt. Contemporary ink owner's inscription on front free endpaper, dated 1870. Provenance: Jane Blackhall (no further information).  36 x 54mm. Original gilt embossed blue cloth (slightly rubbed at edges and corners). Gilt titling and decoration on spine and front cover; back cover decorated in blind. Uniform with other volumes in series. A volume of Petter's Diamond series in an unrecorded variant edition. Bondy, 130. Spielmann, 295. Welsh, 4391. All references list editions published by Petter and none mention Ewin as publisher. No copies with this imprint found on WorldCat. Rare variant of Petter's Diamond title. Seller Inventory\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44102634897621,"sku":"5304 f25.215","price":245.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/products\/P4044712.jpg?v=1680607923"},{"product_id":"life-of-abraham-wilson-george-miniature-book-publication-date-1845-condition-very-good","title":"Life of Abraham. Wilson, George. Petter, G.E. London. Circa  1845.","description":"\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e120 printed pages + 8 pages of publisher's adverts at the end. Engraved frontispiece and title. All edges gilt. Original pale green endpapers. 30 x 50mm. Original red cloth (very slightly rubbed). Front cover and spine stamped in gilt and both lettered \"Life of Abraham\". Uniformly bound with other titles in the series. This is a Diamond textbook (a series of miniature books that also covered the lives of Christ, Samuel, Joseph, Alfred the Great and the Reverend C.H. Spurgeon). Welsh only notes Spielmann's copy. Bondy remarks \"Much loved by collectors\". Bondy, 130. Spielmann, 512. Welsh, 7179. WorldCat locates five copies including the Adomeit copy, only one copy is in the UK and it is not held by the British Library. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44210011832533,"sku":"5315 f25.216","price":225.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P6104951.jpg?v=1686388314"},{"product_id":"famous-men-of-britain-miniature-book-publication-date-1845-condition-very-good","title":"Famous Men of Britain. Loomis \u0026 Peck, Philadelphia. Durrie \u0026 Peck, New Haven. 1845.","description":"\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e191 printed pages (some light age toning). Last page publisher's advert: \"Miniature juveniles. Each containing 48 plates, and uniform with this volume.\". 48 Illustrations, wood cuts; last page 1\/5 missing at bottom (replaced with archival tissue). B.M. Dusenbery, stereotyper. Kay \u0026amp; Brothers, printers. Marbled endpapers. Inner gilt dentelles. All edges gilt (somewhat worn). Rounded corners. 66 x 82mm. Full new calf (a trifle rubbed). Spine with two blind stamped, raised bands; covers with gilt decoration and lettering on front. The same title was published in England by Tilt and Bogue circa 1841. It includes biographies of the Venerable Bede, Bacon, Robert Boyle, James Watt, Captain Cook, \u0026amp;c. Bondy, 67. Not in Spielmann. Welsh, 2773. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44225923121365,"sku":"f26.247","price":100.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P6144989.jpg?v=1686736465"},{"product_id":"solomons-prayer-at-the-dedication-of-the-temple-very-rare-provincial-miniature-juvenile-book-publication-date-1839-condition-very-good","title":"Solomon's Prayer at the Dedication of the Temple. Wright \u0026 Albright, Avon-Street, Bristol. 1839.","description":"\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCirca 1839. Title page and 29 printed pages. \"I.L.Linney bookseller of Low Ousegate, York\"- booksellers label on front pastedown endpaper. Pale yellow endpapers. 25 x 32mm. Original blue-grey embossed card (very slight rubbing to hinges and corners). The prayer Solomon offered to dedicate the temple is found in 1 Kings 8:22 54. Solomon prayed that the temple would be a blessing to the people in uniting them in joining with God and sharing in the goals of the Chrisitan faith, many of which aspirations still apply today. John Lewis Linney was a Quaker printer\/bookseller from Ripon, the first of a succession of Quaker owners of what would eventually become Sessions of York. In 1839 Linney moved the printing business to 15 Low Ousegate, York, and continued to print there until 1851. Not in Bondy, nor Spielmann nor Welsh. WorldCat finds 10 other titles published by Wright \u0026amp; Albright, all juvenile chapbooks between 10-12cm. \u0026amp; in all but one case only surviving in one or two copies at Florida and sometimes Indiana universitiy libraries (the exception being a solitary survivor of one title at Oxford University). No other books found published by Wright and Albright in this much smaller size (a third the size of the next smallest titles). No copies of this Solomon's Prayer found anywhere. A scarce, nearly 200 year-old miniature book, by a small Bristol printer and with a provincial printer\/bookseller's original label, in remarkably good condition. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44246502211797,"sku":"f26.250","price":200.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P6215020.jpg?v=1687339967"},{"product_id":"little-keepsake-miniature-1840-juvenile-book-publication-date-1840-condition-very-good","title":"Little Keepsake. \u003e\u003eMINIATURE 1840 JUVENILE BOOK\u003c\u003c Publication Date: 1840 CONDITION: VERY GOOD","description":"\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-title\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLittle Keepsake. \u0026gt;\u0026gt;MINIATURE 1840 JUVENILE ...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-publisher\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDarton \u0026amp; Clark, Holborn Hill [London].\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-pubdate\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1840\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-binding\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHardcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-bookcondition\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVery Good\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-edition\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1st Edition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCirca 1840. [2], iv, 64 printed pages (mild foxing throughout). Engraved frontispiece with tissue guard. All edges gilt. Original pale yellow endpapers. Modern printed ex-libris label on front paste-down endpaper. 58 x 74mm. Original publisher's dark navy morocco (very slightly rubbed; inner hinge cracked but still firm), with gilt titling to the upper cover. Stories, poems, essays for children and young people - a poem 'On a Pen', and prose on the 'Art of printing' and 'Manufactureof Paper'. Date of publication from L.W. Bondy; D.V. Welsh (Miniature books, no. 4468-4469) has two entries for this work, both supposedly with 124 pages (?), dating one '[ca. 1830]' and the other '[ca. 1855].' Leo S. Olschki (Firm) (Catalogue 133, no. 104) gives: '(c. 1855).' Darton \u0026amp; Clark were supposedly in business between 1838 and 1845. Provenance: Steven St. Clair Smallwood- a well-known fore-edge painter. Welsh, 4469. WorldCat locates only two copies (Indiana and Virginia Univesity Libraries). A very scarce children's miniature book in very collectable condition. Seller Inventory # 5327\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44275042058453,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/OI000113.jpg?v=1688121127"},{"product_id":"voyages-et-aventures-de-bob-lecureuil-texte-traduit-de-langlais-miniature-french-book-of-a-squirrel-publication-date-1834-condition-very-good","title":"Voyages et aventures de Bob l'écureuil. Texte traduit de l'anglais. \u003e\u003eMINIATURE FRENCH BOOK OF A SQUIRREL\u003c\u003c Publication Date: 1834 CONDITION: VERY GOOD","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"biblio\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" id=\"biblio-title\"\u003eVoyages et aventures de Bob l'écureuil. ...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"biblio\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" id=\"biblio-publisher\"\u003eScholz, Joseph. Mayence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"biblio\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" id=\"biblio-pubdate\"\u003e1834\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"biblio\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" id=\"biblio-binding\"\u003eHardcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"biblio\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" id=\"biblio-bookcondition\"\u003eVery Good\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"biblio\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" id=\"biblio-edition\"\u003e1st Edition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"biblio\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCirca 1834. 24 printed pages. 12 charming hand-colored lithographic plates. 72 x 88mm. Original, printed, cream boards (very slight age-toning). Concerning a disobedient young squirrel's trials and tribulations. English original first published by George W. Burgess circa 1832\/1833 in New York. Not in Bondy, nor Spielmann, nor Welsh. WorldCat locates two sole copies worldwide (Pierpont Morgan \u0026amp; Princeton Libraries). This copy is somewhat rare and undoubtedly charming. Seller Inventory # 5330\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44283470151893,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P7035226.jpg?v=1688373005"},{"product_id":"london-sights-for-little-folks-curious-miniature-london-juvenilia-publication-date-1838-condition-good","title":"London Sights for Little Folks. \u003e\u003eCURIOUS MINIATURE LONDON JUVENILIA\u003c\u003c Publication Date: 1838 CONDITION: GOOD","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"product\" class=\"book-details clear-all\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"cf detail-section\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-title\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLondon Sights for Little Folks. \u0026gt;\u0026gt;CURIOUS ...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-publisher\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTilt, Charles. London.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-pubdate\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1838\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-binding\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHardcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-bookcondition\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGood\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-edition\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1st Edition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"cf detail-section\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"heading\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e191 printed pages + page of publisher's adverts at end (slightly thumbed with browning in parts). Woodcut frontispiece and title vignette. 43 woodcut scenes of London included in pagination. Original primrose endpapers (partly erased inscription on front paste-down). \u003c!-- x-tinymce\/html --\u003eContemporary inscription on back of frontispiece dated 1840 for Ms Helen Woodforde. All edges gilt. 2.5 x 3.1\". Original tan cloth (slightly faded and foxed); spine with elaborate gilt column entwined with climbing foliage and gilt titling above \"Town Sights\" (small holes worn at head and tail of spine); upper cover with\"Town Sights for Little Folks\" in gilt within scrolling framework and blind matching borders (corners slightly worn). One in a series of \"Tilt's Hand-Books for Children\" and sometimes found in miniature bookcase reading \"My own library\" with other titles. Date of publication from Bondy -Tilt went into business with Bogue in 1840. Bondy describes this book as \"of particular London interest, which illustrates amongst other subjects school-girls of the Blue-Coat School, a children's Guy Fawkes procession, an advertising caravan, and placard bearers\". This edition republished nearly 20 years later by George W. Cottrell and by H.C.Peck \u0026amp; Theo. Bliss in Boston and Philadelphia, respectively. Bondy, 67. Spielmann, 353A (that copy lacking endpaper). Welsh, 4699. Seller Inventory # 5333\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44294905757909,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P7065259.jpg?v=1688640367"},{"product_id":"the-sovereigns-of-england-from-william-the-conqueror-to-victoria-publisher-read-co-london-approximately-1850","title":"The Sovereigns of England : from William the Conqueror to Victoria.  Publisher:Read \u0026 Co., [London], [approximately 1850?]","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eFolded leaf of hand-coloured portraits plates depicting the Kings and Queens of England in chronological order. Cover title (torn and missing in parts, red cloth wornat spine and along hinges with some historic staining).\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eColoured portrait illustrations and text on continuous strip, 12.4 x 254 cm., folded to form 18 leaves; printed on one side only (strip detached after front paste-down, stains and browning sporadically throughout)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eText and first two portraits on front paste-down.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eDate from Gumuchian; date range inferred from publisher's address (10 Johnson's Court, Fleet Street)-is 1847 to 1867, cf. Brown, P.A.H. London publishers and printers c. 1800-1870, p. 155. Gumuchian, 5412. WorldCat locates a solitary example and it is held at Indiana University.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44345099550933,"sku":"","price":200.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/IMG_20230718_110720.jpg?v=1689675219"},{"product_id":"golden-keys-the-characters-of-the-lord-jesus-miniature-provincial-chromolithography-scott-rev-g-b-publication-date-1853-condition-good","title":"Golden Keys. The Characters of the Lord Jesus. \u003e\u003eMINIATURE PROVINCIAL CHROMOLITHOGRAPHY\u003c\u003c Scott, Rev.G.B . Publication Date: 1853 CONDITION: GOOD","description":"\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-title\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGolden Keys. The Characters of the Lord ...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-publisher\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHamilton,Adams \u0026amp; Co. William E. Bownas. Pontefract.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-pubdate\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1853\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-binding\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHardcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-bookcondition\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGood\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-edition\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1st Edition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e127 printed pages + 1 page publisher's adverts. Chromolithographed frontispiece and additional title page. Some considerable age-toning and browning throughout. All edges gilt. Charming contemporary ink inscription on back of frontispiece, \"Rebecca Alice Nixon. A prize for good conduct at school\". 39 x 62mm. Original blue cloth. Spine with gilt scrolling foliate decoration and gilt lettering \"Golden Keys\"; covers with embossed foliate decoration, circular and triple fillet borders and foliate corner pieces -the front cover in gilt with gilt lettering, \"The Golden Library. Golden Keys\". Rubbing to hinges, edges and corners. Some of the gilt work has worn thin.   Later republished by The Yorkshire Joint Stock Publishing and Stationery Co., Limited, late Webb, Mullington and Co., Otley [England], between 1850 and 1870. William E. Bownas is only known to have printed one other book, \"A money order instruction book: to which is appended all the information necessary to be known for obtaining money orders\" and can be considered a very obscure provincial printer. Not in Bondy, nor Spielmann. Welsh, 6190 (mentions just one copy). OCLC, 1112359810. WorldCat locates 1 copy worldwide (at Washington University Library). Seller Inventory # 5405\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44382052253909,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P7265385.jpg?v=1690366847"},{"product_id":"dove-the-charming-miniature-chapbook-publication-date-1870-condition-very-good","title":"Dove, The. \u003e\u003eCHARMING MINIATURE CHAPBOOK\u003c\u003c Publication Date: 1870 CONDITION: VERY GOOD","description":"\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-title\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDove, The. \u0026gt;\u0026gt;CHARMING CHAPBOOK\u0026lt;\u0026lt;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-publisher\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eReligious Tract Society, 56 Paternoster Row, 164 Piccadilly. London.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-pubdate\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1870\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-binding\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSoft cover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-bookcondition\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVery Good\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-edition\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1st Edition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCirca 1830. 8 printed pages. Wood engraved vignette on first page. From around the late 1790s, publishers like the R.T.S \u0026amp; the Cheap Repository of Moral and Religious Tracts issued its first chapbooks (so called because of the Chap or cheap men or peddlers who distributed them). Actively engaged evangelicals and gentry distributed them to the rural poor, booksellers, and hawkers and among Sunday schools and charity children. Rounded corners. Contemporary inscription on front cover, \"Dear little Esther\". 60 x 90mm. Salmon pink printed wrappers with charming woodcut engraved front cover\/title page with the title and publisher within a bucolic scene with an older girl reading to a younger boy, both seated, with a cottage and garden gate in the distance. On the back cover with printed border and floral cornerpieces, the 18 line poem \"There was a lonely ark That sail'd o'er waters dark\" by the American author Lydia Huntley Sigourney (1791-1865) that first was published in her Poetry for Children (1836). Cover slightly dulled, with a few tiny holes near the upper hinge. No OCLC number. WorldCat locates 0 copies worldwide. Unrecorded. Seller Inventory # 5408\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44396070142165,"sku":"","price":55.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P7295417.jpg?v=1690618250"},{"product_id":"sea-pearls-and-other-poems-published-by-london-ernest-nister-new-york-e-p-dutton-condition-very-good","title":"Sea Pearls and other poems Published by London: Ernest Nister\/ New York: E. P. Dutton CONDITION: very good","description":"\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-title\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSea Pearls and other poems\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-publisher\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLondon: Ernest Nister\/ New York: E. P. Dutton\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-binding\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHardcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-bookcondition\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVery good\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-edition\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1st Edition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e16 unnumbered pages. Includes Sea poems by Wordsworth, Brete Hart, Charles Dibdin, R. C. Trench, etc).  London: Ernest Nister\/ New York: E. P. Dutton, circa 1890. Illustrated in colour. Printed in Nurnburg. A very rare and attractive shaped book from Nister in well-preserved Shell shaped textured boards, which is single stapled and tied with a pink ribbon. Very good condition apart from occasional slight foxing. No copy found in Worldcat. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44491997348053,"sku":"","price":75.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/IMG_20230820_181053.jpg?v=1692551615"},{"product_id":"esmeralda-miniature-fairy-tale-publication-date-1910-condition-very-good","title":"Esmeralda. \u003e\u003eMINIATURE FAIRY TALE\u003c\u003c Publication Date: 1910 CONDITION: VERY GOOD","description":"\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-title\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEsmeralda. \u0026gt;\u0026gt;MINIATURE FAIRY TALE\u0026lt;\u0026lt;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-publisher\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFrowde, Henry and Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton. London.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-pubdate\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1910\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-binding\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHardcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-bookcondition\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVery Good\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"biblio-edition\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1st Edition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCirca 1910. 31, [1] pages. Colour frontispiece. Printed in green throughout. Rhyming prose fairy-tale. Slightly age-faded. Original purple and green floral endpapers. 69 x 79mm. Original purple paper covered boards with colour printed plate tipped onto front cover, as issued. Hinges cracked, text adhering to cover but with some weakness at the back. An original and charming fairy tale about the wicked Panjandrum, the Golden Thread, Mother Moly (a wicked witch), and her slave-girl, Esmeralda in the land of Ding-a-Dong. Not in Bondy, nor Spielmann, nor Welsh. This is the only edition. OCLC number, 79892402. WorldCat locates 6 copies worldwide (Cambridge University, Bryn Mawr College, Virginia \u0026amp; Indiana Universities, Huntington and National Library of New Zealand). Seller Inventory # 5413\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44651790172373,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P9155501.jpg?v=1694787179"},{"product_id":"perlen-kleine-erzahlungen-fur-kinder-achtundzwanzigste-serie-111-george-brumder-publisher","title":"Perlen : kleine Erzählungen für Kinder. Achtundzwanzigste Serie, 111. George Brumder (Publisher)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDie Erste Stahlfedr. Adam und Eva. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePerlen : kleine Erzählungen für Kinder. Achtundzwanzigste Serie, 111.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVerlag von Geo. Brumder\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMilwaukee, Wis.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, [\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1871].\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e32 pages. In German. 98 X 132  mm. Original chromolithographed wrappers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA periodical, published in Wisconsin, Milwaukee in German. This particular title, The First Steel Spring, is about an inventor called Mason who had for fifteen years been the watchmaker's assistant to the famous Birmingham watchmaker, Rheden in the UK. The second story is called Adam and Eve, a moralistic tale.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003clabel class=\"tss-i4ryib-labelTable\" id=\"oclcnumber-11652038\"\u003eOCLC Number \/ Unique Identifier:\u003c\/label\u003e\u003cspan aria-labelledby=\"oclcnumber-11652038\"\u003e11652038. WorldCat locates copies held in just  seven libraries worldwide and they are all in the USA. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"MuiBox-root mui-0\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.worldcat.org\/search?q=su%3AAllegories\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways tss-1cxpzkn-root mui-1tc5ikx\"\u003eAllegories\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"MuiBox-root mui-0\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.worldcat.org\/search?q=su%3AChildren%27s%20stories,%20German\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways tss-1cxpzkn-root mui-1tc5ikx\"\u003eChildren's stories, German\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"MuiBox-root mui-0\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.worldcat.org\/search?q=su%3AConduct%20of%20life\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways tss-1cxpzkn-root mui-1tc5ikx\"\u003eConduct of life\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"MuiBox-root mui-0\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.worldcat.org\/search?q=su%3AShort%20stories,%20German\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways tss-1cxpzkn-root mui-1tc5ikx\"\u003eShort stories, German\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44784042115285,"sku":"","price":50.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/PA095570.jpg?v=1696861881"},{"product_id":"timpson-thomas-biblical-gem-designed-for-the-young-ward-thomas-co-london-1834","title":"Timpson, Thomas. Biblical Gem designed for the Young. Ward, Thomas \u0026 Co. London. 1834.","description":"\u003cp\u003eTimpson, Thomas.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBiblical Gem designed for the Young.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eWard, Thomas \u0026amp; Co. 37, Paternoster-Row.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eLondon.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e1834.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e142 printed pages + 2 page publisher's advert at end.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eOriginal primrose endpapers. All edges gilt. Printed by W. Tyler, Ivy Lane, St. Paul's. \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e55 x 68 mm.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eRuby morocco  and olive-green reverse wallet-style binding, with Biblical Gem in gilt. \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eHeavily patinated with slight wear and one hinge partially split but still holding firm.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThomas Timpson (1790-1860) was a successful writer who was a supporter of Hannah Fry, prison reformer, welfare and anti slave trade campaigner. Timpson published Hannah Fry's Memoir in 1847.  This book has a dedication to abolitionists and \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003efounders of Spring Hill College, Birmingham- Mrs Sarah Glover, and Miss Elizabeth Mansfield. Spring College was founded in 1830 to train Congregationalist ministers and in 1886 became Mansfield College, Oxford University. This miniature title for children is extremely uncommon\/rare.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNot in Bondy, nor Spielmann. Welsh, 6743. Welsh refers to a single copy recorded in 1957. No OCLC reference . WorldCat locates zero copies worldwide. \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eOABA9 5459\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45866742546645,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P2146110.jpg?v=1707909535"},{"product_id":"gracieuse-la-pairault-p-et-cie-paris-1896-complete-with-ten-french-miniature-books-in-louis-xv-style-bookcase-cabinet","title":"Gracieuse, La . Pairault, P. et Cie. Paris. 1896. Complete with ten French miniature books in Louis XV style bookcase\/cabinet.","description":"\u003cp\u003eGracieuse, La .\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ePairault, P. et Cie.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eParis.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e1896.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e8- point. Aladdin ou la Lampe Merveilleuse (57 pp.); Ali Baba ou les Quarante Voleurs (58pp.); L'Enfant Prodigue. Le Juif Errant (60pp.); Fenelon: Fables et Allegories (61pp.); La Fontaine: Quelques Fables (59pp.); Florian: Quelques Fables (61pp.); Hegesippe Moreau: Le Neveu de la Fruitiere (64pp.); Perrault: Le Petit Chaperon Rouge. Les Fees (60pp.); Chanoine Schmid: Quelques Contes (60pp.); Morel de Vinde: La Morale de l'Enfance (62pp.). The small wooden Louis XV style bookcase\/cabinet (13 x 8 x 4.5 cm) with bombe-shaped sides and hinged front door with beveled glass panel, glass shelf, and brass handle, is covered with brocade tapestry and gilt braid, and contains inside ten miniature books dated 1896. The cabinet has \"La Gracieuse avec ses dix volumes, Modèle déposé\"  printed in gilt on bottom of bookcase.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn example of a miniature book publisher greatly enhancing the presentation of their juvenile books - seeking a more refined and wealthy audience. Very good condition, the set complete with original 10 miniature books. A similar, but incomplete, set was sold for £450 in Michael Garbett's Catalogue 16, item 22, January 1998, 25 years ago (as photographed in his original catalogue).\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBondy, 78-80. Bromer \u0026amp; Edison. Miniature books, 142-145. Houghton, 72, 73, 78, 79, 85, 86, 92, 101. Welsh, 78, 79, 2647, 2796, 2846, 4238, 5143, 5145, 5524, 6175. \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eOCLC,  1045068376. WorldCat locates 3 copies worldwide. #OABA7\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45908174602453,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P2196226.jpg?v=1708353188"},{"product_id":"gracieuse-la-pairault-p-et-cie-paris-1896-complete-with-ten-french-miniature-books-in-louis-xv-style-bookcase-cabinet-1","title":"Gracieuse, La . Pairault, P. et Cie. Paris. 1896. Complete with ten French miniature books in Louis XV style bookcase\/cabinet.","description":"\u003cp\u003eGracieuse, La .\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ePairault, P. et Cie.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eParis.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e1896.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e8- point. Aladdin ou la Lampe Merveilleuse (57 pp.); Ali Baba ou les Quarante Voleurs (58pp.); L'Enfant Prodigue. Le Juif Errant (60pp.); Fenelon: Fables et Allegories (61pp.); La Fontaine: Quelques Fables (59pp.); Florian: Quelques Fables (61pp.); Hegesippe Moreau: Le Neveu de la Fruitiere (64pp.); Perrault: Le Petit Chaperon Rouge. Les Fees (60pp.); Chanoine Schmid: Quelques Contes (60pp.); Morel de Vinde: La Morale de l'Enfance (62pp.). The small wooden Louis XV style bookcase\/cabinet (13 x 8 x 4.5 cm) with bombe-shaped sides and hinged front door with beveled glass panel, glass shelf, and brass handle, is covered with brocade tapestry and gilt braid, and contains inside ten miniature books dated 1896. The cabinet has \"La Gracieuse avec ses dix volumes, Modèle déposé\"  on the original printed label attached to bottom of bookcase. \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eAn example of a miniature book publisher greatly enhancing the presentation of their juvenile books - seeking a more refined and wealthy audience with the addition of this beautiful miniature bookcase. Excellent condition, the set complete with original 10 miniature books. A similar, but incomplete, set was sold for £450 in Michael Garbett's Catalogue 16, item 22, January 1998, 25 years ago (as photographed in his original catalogue). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eBondy, 78-80. Bromer \u0026amp; Edison. Miniature books, 142-145. Houghton, 72, 73, 78, 79, 85, 86, 92, 101. Welsh, 78, 79, 2647, 2796, 2846, 4238, 5143, 5145, 5524, 6175. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eOCLC,  1045068376. WorldCat locates 3 copies worldwide. 4 firsts2024\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45995573248213,"sku":"","price":2350.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P2276398.jpg?v=1709049908"},{"product_id":"petite-bibliotheque-de-la-jeunesse-marcilly-paris-1836","title":"Petite Bibliotheque de la Jeunesse. Marcilly. Paris. 1835.","description":"\u003cp\u003ePetite Bibliotheque de la Jeunesse. Marcilly. Paris. 1835. 6 volumes in French in original cartonnage and strong card bookcase with glass window in outer casing that manually lifts up to reveal the books in their inner casing. Pale St. Petersburg blue paper interior. Original retailer's round printed ticket on the back for [Alphonse] Giroux et C[ompagn]ie, Rue du Coq, St. honore, Paris (partly torn away but enough still visible). Harlequin bindings. Printed by A.Pinard. 1\/Contes a mes Jeunes Amis, [viii], 118. 2\/ Les Feeries Morales, [iv], 127. 3\/ L'Historien du Jeune Age, [iv], 125. 4\/ Le Petit Conteur, [iv], 126. 5\/ Le Petit Fabuliste, [iv], 126. 6\/ Souvenirs d'un Petit Voyageur, [iv], 122 printed pages. 55 x 83mm. Original harlequin half morocco bindings with gilt rules, gilt titling and flower motif gilt stamped spines. Alphonse Giroux begun in 1799 under art restorer, cabinet maker and one of the official restorers for the Notre Dame Cathedral, Francois-Simon-Alphonse Giroux, at 7, Rue du Coq-Saint-Honoré in Paris, the business retailed artist’s supplies, and their own cabinetmaking work. The business increased manufacturing and sold other luxury goods and fine art, under the patronage of french kings and members of royal families. Sons, André and Alphonse-Gustave joined the business in 1834 and took over when Francois-Simon-Alphonse retired in 1838. Under his son's direction, the business won a silver medal at the 1839 Exposition des Produits de L’industrie Française. In 1839, the company signed one (of two) exclusive contracts with Louis-Jacques-Mande Daguerre, to manufacture and retail the Daguerrotype and its associated camera through his premises. Gumuchian, 4082-4, 4124. Houghton, 274, 280, 423. Nauroy, 43, 52, 56, 74, 96. Pistner, 231. Spielmann, 468. Welsh, 2012, 2788, 3313, 5558, 5569, 6481. OCLC, \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e177757052\u003c\/span\u003e. WorldCat locates 2 copies worldwide (Princeton University Library and the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris). 16 firsts2024\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46071747543253,"sku":"","price":1950.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P3046617.jpg?v=1709564357"},{"product_id":"ada-author-miniatuurbibliotheek-voor-jonge-meisjes-german-young-girls-library-no-publisher-no-place-1896","title":"Ada [author, pseudonym of H.G.G. van Steensel van der Aa]. Miniatuurbibliotheek voor jonge meisjes [Young Girl's Library]. No publisher. No place. [1896].","description":"\u003cp\u003eAda [author]. Miniatuurbibliotheek voor jonge meisjes. No publisher. No place. 1896. Eight (out of ten) Dutch books in their original walnut miniature bookcase, with hinged, bevelled glass door, metal handle and glass central shelf. 1\/ Onze Kamertuin [Room Garden], by Ada, 76 printed pages. OCLC 65793033. 2\/ De Goede Toon [Good Show], by Ada, 46 pages. OCLC 65793023. 3\/ De Bloementuin [Flower garden], by Ada, 60 pages. OCLC 65793034. 4\/ Uitgeleleende Boeken [Borrowed books], unpaginated. OCLC 65793007. 5\/ De Kleine Zwijnehhedr (Little Swineherd), by Ada, 64 pages. OCLC 65793017. 6\/ De Vier Jaargetijden [Four Seasons. Lectures for four girls], by Ada, 62 pages. OCLC 65793012. 7\/ Kas Boekje [Cashbook], unpaginated. OCLC 65793002. 8\/ Practische Huishoulelijke [Household Counsellor], by Ada, 61 pages. OCLC 65793027. Missing from this collection are Albumversjes en Gedachten voor poeziealbum,OCLC 65793019, and Kookboek, OCLC 69166501. According to Pistner the German version was published in 1896 and by G. Weise in Stuttgart. Pistner also has only eight of the ten German volumes.The German version was known as Miniatur-Bibliothek fur junge Madchen. The publishing house was founded by Gustav Weise, the former co-owner of Julius Weise's court bookstore, in Stuttgart in 1863. John Marshall had published German and French translations of his 'Infant's Library' in London in 1800, and similarly, Gustav Weise probably published his original 1896 Miniatur-Bibliothek fur junge Madchen in Dutch in the same year. In 1921, A. Tuneewa referred to a copy of the German version held in the Odessa State Library, that she attributed to the writer Klara Reichner, a nom de plume for German author Klara Jochner (1843-1913). The number of pages differs in the German version.  Doris Welsh subsequently refers to the Odessa copy in her reference book (reference numbers \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e3835, 5959, 5960, 5961, 5962, 5963, 6498, \u003c\/span\u003e . 34 x 45 mm.  Bookcase 78 x 155 x 62 mm. Original harlequin card covers with titles in various differing typefaces within printer's decorative borders on the front covers; small decorative devices on the back covers. Some very mild fading. Not in Bondy, nor Spielmann nor Welsh. Pistner, 235 for German version. OCLC, 65793033. WorldCat locates one sole copy worldwide (Amsterdam University). Very rare miniature library. 21 firsts2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46115071951061,"sku":"","price":3150.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P3157031.jpg?v=1713287814"},{"product_id":"defoe-daniel-little-robinson-crusoe-tilt-bogue-charles-tilt-david-bogue-london-circa-1840","title":"Defoe, Daniel. Little Robinson Crusoe. Tilt \u0026 Bogue. Charles Tilt \u0026 David Bogue. [London]. Circa 1840.","description":"\u003cp\u003eDefoe, Daniel. Little Robinson Crusoe. Tilt \u0026amp; Bogue. Charles Tilt \u0026amp; David Bogue. [London].  Circa 1840. Frontispiece, vignette title \u0026amp; 46 full page illustrations, printed 1 side only, all hand coloured. 191, (1) printed pages. Publisher's advert listing 9 titles in series, this being last. All edges gilt. \"Much sought after by collectors\". 66 x 78mm. Original orange cloth; spine with gilt titling and elaborate gilt blocked decoration (slightly faded); covers elaborately mitre panelled with highly decorative cornerpieces and central floral motifs - the front cover in gilt (corners very slightly worn). \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"This instructive and entertaining history [of Robinson Crusoe] was written about one hundred and fifty years ago, by ... Daniel De Foe ... Let us hope that this tale of wonderful adventures, bitter sufferings, and perilous escapes, will teach our young friends the advantages of a safe and quiet home, and cure them of that sad disorder of the mind, a discontented and restless disposition.\"-Preface. Unusual to find a coloured copy. \u003c\/span\u003e Bondy, 67. Pistner, B232:5. Welsh, 2215. OCLC, \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1229135554\u003c\/span\u003e. WorldCat locates 18 copies worldwide.  60 firsts2024\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46396429304021,"sku":"","price":250.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P3257421.jpg?v=1711454019"},{"product_id":"boreman-thomas-westminster-abbey-volume-2-of-3-boreman-thomas-the-bookseller-near-the-two-giants-in-guildhall-london-1742","title":"Boreman, Thomas. Westminster Abbey. Volume 2 [of 3]. Boreman, Tho[mas], the Bookseller near the two giants in Guildhall. London. 1742.","description":"\u003cp\u003eBoreman, Thomas. Westminster Abbey. Volume 2 [of 3 - projected 4th volume never published]. Boreman, Tho[mas], the Bookseller near the two giants in Guildhall. London. 1742. xxiv, 25-123, printed pages plus 5 pages of advertisements at the back. Frontispiece, 3 wood engraved full-page illustrations. Numerous woodcut head and tail-pieces. Including list of Boreman's 649 mostly juvenile subscribers (the first series of children's books to feature subscribers) e.g. Master John Gisborne of Coleman St. (about 100 yards from Thomas Boreman's bookstall in the Guildhall); e.g. Miss Penelope Brindley, 6 sets, niece of publisher and bookseller James Brindley of New Bond St. and delaers Caldwell and Chappelle take 50 and 22 copies respectively; e.g. Master Jacky Stewart Campbell of Jamaica or Miss Henny Hitchcock of Oporto; e.g. Master Natty Rogers [of Boston, New England] a nephew of Thomas Hutchinson of Boston,  and Governor of Massachusetts Bay, who had visited London in 1740; e.g. Master Dicky Bosanquet (1735-1801) known as 'Richard the Rake' who spent up his inheritance of £7,000.00, was bankrupted, and died alone in poverty. The eigth in the series of ten Gigantick Histories, the first time an English children's book focused less on instruction and more on entertainment. Gumuchian said in 1930 \"The importance of these tiny volumes for the history of children's books is evident as they are the forerunners of the 'Lilliputian Magazine' published by Newbery in 1752. There is no doubt that few of these children's treasureas have survived, as they were thumbed to pieces in the long years that have elapsed since their publication\". Spielmann described his odd volume as \"One of the very rare volumes of the 'Gigantick Histories' printed for subscribers only, which are among the earliest English children's books dealing with non-religious matters\". \"The most remarkable tiny books of the century were perhaps the children's books published by Thomas Boreman in London in the early 1740's... with their lists of child subscribers and attractive woodcut illustrations, simple texts and interesting London subjects, they must have made ideal presents for young people, fashioned as they were more for pleasure and entertainment than moral improvement  and instruction. It is generally assumed that Boreman was not only the publisher but also the author of these charming volumes which have of late not nly become excessively rare but also very expensive\" (Bondy, 21). Boreman derived much of the content from Strype's edition of John Stow's 1720 'Survey' and William Maitland's 1739 ' History and Survey of london'. The only complete set of Westminster Abbey that seems to have been recorded in ABPC was in 2007. Two contemporary vertical ink lines on page vi of the subscribers' list. Inner gilt dentelles. Marbled endpapers (lacking rear free endpaper). All edges gilt. Contemporary ink handwritten letters of a young child on recto of frontispiece. 46 x 62 mm. Contemporary full ruby morocco (the series was issued by Boreman in Dutch flowery-paper boards). Spine in gilt geometrically decorated compartments with raised gilt decorated bands, and the number 'two'. Covers mitre panelled with rich scrolling hand-tooled gilt floral decoration. Spine slightly worn at foot, and corners slightly worn. Bondy, 21-2. Gumuchian, 4088. Welsh, 1413. OCLC, 35552062. WorldCat locates copies 12 worldwide.  157 firsts2024\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46563472441557,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P4028037.jpg?v=1712140635"},{"product_id":"botanical-illustrations-of-the-twenty-four-classes-in-the-linnaean-system-of-vegetables-by-select-specimens-of-english-plants-darton-harvey-and-darton-london-1813","title":"[Forster, Benjamin Meggott]. Botanical Illustrations of the Twenty-Four Classes in the Linnaean System of Vegetables, by Select Specimens of English Plants. Darton, Harvey, and Darton London. 1813.","description":"\u003cp\u003eBotanical Illustrations of the Twenty-Four Classes in the Linnaean System of Vegetables, by Select Specimens of English Plants. Darton, Harvey, and Darton. Gracechurch Street.  London. 1813. [iv] (last blank), 96 pages plus 48 uncoloured wood-engraved plates (page 79 with very small marginal closed tear). 'A very rare [miniature] children's book on botany with very attractive and delicately coloured flower plates, including a few mosses and mushrooms' (Spielmann: 'Catalogue of the Library of Miniature Books collected by Percy Edwin Spielmann', page 23). Darton attributes authorship to Benjamin Meggott Forster, based on an advertisement in another Darton publication (Darton: 'The Dartons. An Annotated Check-list of Children's Books issued by Two Publishing Houses, 1787-1876', page 102). 69 x 81 mm. Original red morocco a little rubbed at the extremities; sides bordered with a double fillet in blind; spine lettered and ruled in gilt; covers slightly patinated and a little marked; Spielmann, 65. Welsh, 1418. OCLC, 22607015. WorldCat locates 15 copies worldwide. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46787029467349,"sku":"165 firsts2024","price":400.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P4138850.jpg?v=1713020149"},{"product_id":"book-of-common-prayer-and-administration-of-the-holy-communion-oxford-university-press-warehouse-henry-frowde-london-circa-1870-with-hymns-ancient-and-modern-william-clowes-sons-ltd","title":"Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Holy Communion. Oxford University Press Warehouse. Henry Frowde. London. Circa 1870 [with] Hymns Ancient and Modern. William Clowes \u0026 Sons Ltd.","description":"\u003cp\u003eBook of Common Prayer and Administration of the Holy Communion According to the Use of the Church of England. Oxford University Press Warehouse, Amen Corner. Henry Frowde. London. Circa 1870. Diamond 128mo. All edges gilt. 688 printed pages, [with] Hymns Ancient and Modern. William Clowes \u0026amp; Sons Ltd., 13 Charing Cross, SW. 861 printed pages. Horace Hart printer to Oxford University. 50 x 62 mm. Later circa 1920 full calf with 3 raised bands; unusual front inner doublure in gilt \"He shall lead them unto living fountains of waters\" with four line fillets; back doublure with gilt stylised stork in circle, to denote holiness and the Annunciation to Mary (corners bumped and edges slightly rubbed; a few marks on the covers).  Welsh, 1869. 189 firsts2024\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46803318603989,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P4138901.jpg?v=1713087644"},{"product_id":"petit-paroissien-de-la-jeunesse-marcilly-rue-st-jacques-10-paris-circa-1840-original-slipcase-magnifying-glass-and-case","title":"Petit Paroissien de la Jeunesse. Marcilly. Rue St. Jacques, 10. Paris. Circa 1840. Original slipcase, magnifying glass and case.","description":"\u003cp\u003ePetit Paroissien de la Jeunesse. Marcilly. Rue St. Jacques, 10. Paris. Circa 1840. Original slipcase, magnifying glass and case. 94 printed pages in French. Five fine copper engraved plates. Printed by Eberhart, rue du Foin, n.12. All edges gilt. Complete with original matching slipcase (a trifle worn at corners), red leather bound magnifier, and satin lined hinged box in faux turtle leather with single gilt rule and brass clasp and hinges (slightly rubbed). 32 x 45 mm. Original red cartonnage binding; spine with scrolling gilt floral roll; covers with gilt vine leaves within gilt miterd panels. Bondy, 77. Spielmann, 404. Welsh, 5605. 196 firsts2024\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46811135410389,"sku":"","price":600.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P4149021.jpg?v=1713127171"},{"product_id":"marshall-john-infants-library-book-1-a-alphabet-marshall-john-no-4-aldermary-churchyard-in-watling-street-london-circa-1800","title":"Marshall, John. Infant's Library Book 1 (a). (Alphabet). Marshall, John. No. 4 Aldermary Churchyard in Watling Street. London. Circa 1800","description":"\u003cp\u003eMarshall, John. Infant's Library Book 1 (a). (Alphabet). Marshall, John. No. 4 Aldermary Churchyard in Watling Street. London. Circa 1800. 32 leaves in 8s. Two additional alphabets at the end in upper and in lower cases. Marshall's imprint\/colophon on the verso of the last leaf is engraved - other text is letter-press. Bird and Jay illustrations transposed. Mild page toning.  47 x 60 mm. Contemporary orange paper covered boards. Original green printed oval label with ornately decorated edges on front cover but of different twist border design on the back  cover. Inner hinges split. Spine split with basic and old stitched repair. The first of \u003cspan\u003e16 volumes originally sold in  a sycamore bookcase box divided into four compartments with red paper lining, with a label reading \"Sold by John Harris, successor to E.Newberry, at the corner of St. Paul's Churchyard\".\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWelsh (History, page 74) attributed Jean Jacques Rousseau and the didactic school of philosophy's influence on this publication - one of the earliest books published for children, and designed to train their intellect and morals.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBondy, 59-60. Bromer\/Edison, 126. Spielmann, 210. Welsh, 4823. OCLC,  8837332. 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Paris. Ledentu, Librairie, Quai des Augustins, No. 31. 1822.  251  printed pages in French. Five copper plate engravings with two images on each plate, and frontispiece. All edges speckled. Original marbled endpapers. Elegant ink presentation inscription on blank preliminary page, dated 1827. FLater pencil inscription on separate preliminary blank page. Provenance: Nicholas Power. 86 x 134 mm. Contemporary diced calf; spine beautifully hand-tooled in gilt with floreate designs and with leather label with gilt titling; covers with scrolling foliate border. Corners bumped and head of spine worn. \u003cspan\u003eThe narrative centers around a young girl named Mimi, who enjoys imaginative conversations with her doll, Zozo, often mimicking her mother's teachings and lessons about obedience, morality, and the consequences of misbehavior. The opening of the book introduces us to Mimi, a sweet and obedient five-year-old girl who spends time talking with her doll, Zozo, in a playful manner reminiscent of a mother-daughter relationship. As Mimi questions Zozo about her daily activities and responsibilities, it becomes evident that these interactions are not only playful but serve as a method for Mimi to internalize her mother's lessons.\u003c\/span\u003e The first edition was in 1817, but OCLC WorlCat locates no copies of a second or, as is this example, a third edition. I believe that Nicholas Power's daughter Mary owned Gifford's Hall in Suffolk but that his 'deeply lamented daughter' was daughter Mary E. 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Issued in wooden box, 82 x 76 mm., with each volume in separate compartment, arranged in two rows divided into 6 compartments; centre compartment in top row contains title page for set with picture of Robert Burns covered by a magnifying glass, 'Mite Series in Tartan. Glasgow; David Bryce \u0026amp; Son.' Glasgow: Printed at the University Press. Five books: Smallest English Dictionary; Burns' Poems Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect; Golden Thoughts from Great Authors; Old English, Scotch and Irish Songs with Music; Witty Humorous and Merry Thoughts, Selected by T.M. Original printed label on bottom. Provenance: from the Librairies of Doris Varner Welsh and Kathryn I. Rickard (compiler and editor of the 'Bibliography of Miniature Books 1470-1965'). Original publisher's red roan. With gilt titling on spines and front covers.  Gentle handling. Bondy, 113. Garbett, 30. Welsh, 2408; 1535; 2086; 5113; 4860. OCLC, \u003cspan\u003e297117336\u003c\/span\u003e. 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Complete. 144; 71 printed pages + 1 page of publisher's adverts at end (there were two versions and the issue point in this case: \"In Boxes\" and \"In Packs\" in larger upper-case type). 24 \u0026amp; 8 full-page copper plate engravings within square or rectangular frames, often depicting secondary aspects of biblical stories that are not found in any other Thumb Bibles. Separate title-page for New testament. Printed by W. Lewis, 21 Finch-lane, Cornhill. Date inferred from Bysh's adress (occupied from 1818 until 1821) and Lewis' address (1819 until 1838). Bondy described the 32 engraved plates as being \"of considerable quality\".  A very good complete copy of a rare miniature juvenile bible. Illustrations: The Creation -- Serpent tempting Eve -- Tower of Babel -- Joseph sold by his brothers -- Jacob and family's journey to Egypt -- Pharoah \u0026amp;c. drowned in the Red Sea -- Moses receiving the tables -- A cloud guides the Israeites -- The Sabbath breaker stoned -- Moses striking the rock ---- Balaam reproved by his ass -- Death of Moses -- Joshua commanding the Sun to stand still -- Samson's marriage feast -- Ruth gleaning -- David stayeth Abishai from killing Saul -- Uriah slain -- Sauls sons hanged -- David composing the Psalms -- Judgement of Solomon -- Building Solomon's Temple -- Elijah taken up to heaven -- God appearing to Solomon --Job's Misery --The Wise Men's Offering --Healing the Blind -- Going to Jerusalem -- Walking on the Sea -- Judas betraying Christ -- Peter denying Christ -- Crucifiction -- Resurrection. Frontispiece plate misbound opposite page 13. Some very light spotting sporadically and unobtrusive. Inner gilt dentelles. All edges gilt. Original yellow endpapers. 43 x 60 mm. Contemporary full maroon morocco; spine in compartments with four single blind ruled raised bands and gilt titling; covers with double blind ruled embossed borders. Minuscule rubbing to corners and head \/tail of spine.  John Bysh specialised in publishing children's books, but not particularly on religion. The text is largely comparable to the 1806 Bible in Miniature published by  John Harris (Adomeit, B69); although a number of passages have here been creatively revised and expanded. For example, at the end of the New Testament, this publication adds the full text of the Apostolic Creed at the end, unlike any other Thumb Bible. Adomeit, B83 (locates 7 copies, of which 5 are defective). Gottfried Adam, 336. Bondy, 34-5. Not in Houghton, nor Spielmann. Welsh, 1021. OCLC, 63091760. 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Circa 1800 ( before the move to 140 Fleet Street in 1808). 63 printed pages on 32 leaves. [A]-[D8]. 2 free endpapers. 34 woodcut portraits of monarchs, each opposing pages of text prior to William And Mary. Marshall's imprint\/colophon on the verso of the last leaf. Inner hinges split. Old orange spine split with basic and old stitched repair. Slight offsetting and mild page toning. 47 x 60 mm. Contemporary grey paper covered boards. 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