Poetry for children, consisting of short pieces to be committed to memory
AIKIN, Lucy
From Antiquates Ltd - ABA, ILAB, Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 15 July 2015
From Antiquates Ltd - ABA, ILAB, Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 15 July 2015
About this Item
xii, 180pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Original publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed and dulled. Contemporary ownership inscription of Master Dale to recto of FFEP, title page a trifle marked, scattered spotting. Lucy Aikin (1781-1864), writer of children's books and popular history and biography. Poetry for Children is a revised edition of an anthology of verse (first published in 1801) designed to improve the memories of a juvenile readership, with selections from the works of Shakespeare, Dryden, Wordsworth, and several extracts by Aikin's aunt, Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743-1825). Size: 12mo. Seller Inventory # AQ29693
Bibliographic Details
Title: Poetry for children, consisting of short ...
Publisher: Printed for Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, [s.d., c. 1845], London
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: New edition, considerably improved.
Store Description
Email address: sales@antiquates.co.uk
Telephone number: 07921 151496
Managing Director: Thomas Lintern-Mole
Payment with order from new customers, returning customers and institutions may be invoiced.
Alternative currencies can be accommodated.
Full refunds for misdescribed books - but
please ring (07921 151496) or e-mail first.
Antiquates Ltd is a Limited Company, registered in England and Wales, No. 6290905.
Registered office: The Conifers, Valley Road, Corfe Castle, Dorset, BH20 5HU, U.K.
VAT...
Shipping costs are based on books weighing 2.2 LB, or 1 KG. If your book order is heavy or oversized, we may contact you to let you know extra shipping is required.
Payment Methods
accepted by seller