The New Children's Friend: or, Pleasing Incitements to Wisdom and Virtue; Conveyed Through the Medium of Anecdote, Tale, and Adventure, Calculated to Entertain, Fortify and Improve the Juvenile Mind. Translated chiefly from the German [Second Edition Half Leather Binding]

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Published by London: Printed for Vernor and Hood; and Darton and Harvey, 1798

About this Item

London: Printed for Vernor and Hood; and Darton and Harvey, Second Edition, 1798. Bound in contemporary half leather, worn, rubbed and damaged with some loss, spine with paper label, bare boards, hinges split but holding by the tapes, lacking page 159/160 provided in facsimile. viii, 171,[1]pp. Frontispiece. Provenance: inscription for Phoebe Hunt to the front end paper. Approximately 5 ½ inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine poor condition twisted, rubbed and worn, paper label, loss to the top of the spine. Joints good condition rubbed and worn. Corners good condition bumped and worn. Boards good condition marked, warped and worn. Page edges good condition all tanned and darkened. See above and photos. Internally Hinges poor condition cracked, leather sound, text block hanging on by the tapes. Paste downs good condition tanned and foxed, signatures. End papers good condition tanned and foxed, ownership signature to front. Title good condition tanned. Pages good condition tanned with minor foxing. Binding poor condition rubbed worn and a little twisted. See photos. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1798 Binding: Hardback. Seller Inventory # ABE-1698181485079

Bibliographic Details

Title: The New Children's Friend: or, Pleasing ...

Publisher: London: Printed for Vernor and Hood; and Darton and Harvey

Publication Date: 1798

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good