Theodore or The Crusaders A Tale For Youth.
Hofland, Mrs Barbara.
From Colophon Books (UK), Leek, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 02 January 2015
From Colophon Books (UK), Leek, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 02 January 2015
About this Item
184 pages + 11 plates including frontis-piece, each with two scenes. (22 in total). Original illustrated paper boards and quarter leather spine, the boards worn and grubby, woodcut vignetter title page with the original owners presentation message on top of title, "James Yonge from his grandmamma at Otterbourne" then his name in full and also on the inside of the front board "John Burgess Yonge 1835". Closed tear at edge of frontispiece and a little loose, pages have some overall foxing and aging. boards worn at corners and edges. A fair or better copy and all collated. 1823. Note*John Harris published children's books almost as successor to John Newberry in 1802, he died in 1846. This work exclusively for boys pre-dates the first work considered a "boys adventure" by R. M. Ballantyne, considered the father of the purely boys fiction by a considerable distance and as stated by Eric Quayle. Illustrated paper boards was also a new way of binding at this period. Seller Inventory # 8562
Bibliographic Details
Title: Theodore or The Crusaders A Tale For Youth.
Publisher: John Harris & Son., St Paul's Churchyard, London.
Publication Date: 1823
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fair
Edition: 2nd Edition
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