Boot W H J Illus (3 results)

First Edition. Poor small format copy in the original gilt-blocked blue cloth boards, now dust-toned and damp-stained. Rear hinge broken, with the front starting. Panel edges worn; joints and endbands rubbed. Text shows scattered light foxing and dust-dulling throughout, with some ink marks on the earlier leaves. Colour plates collated and strong overall, though the frontispiece shows the aforementioned ink marks marginally, with the image unaffected. Despite faults, a complete and very serviceable example. Physical description; 238 pages : colour illustrations ; 14 cm. Notes; Originally published in 1786 under the title Fabulous Histories, designed for the Instruction of Children, respecting the treatment of Animals. Later known as The History of the Robins. Date of publication based on preface date as well as publishers' names and locations. Some illustrations signed "WHJB. Publisher's advertisements precede and follow text; some bound in. Subjects; Trimmer, Sarah, children's literature. Animal welfare, juvenile fiction. Victorian children's books, illustrated. Conduct of life, juvenile fiction. 1 Kg.…

Imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine & front board, black leaf decoration to front board, aeg, frontispiece, xvi + 527pp, illus, VG (light soiling & rubbing/fading to spine, 1cm scuff to base of spine, light rubbing to extrems, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, contemporary eps, moderate tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals, heavy crack to central gutter, occasional minor foxing & cracking to gutters throughout). …

Condition: Very Good. Reprint. VG : in very good condition. Covers rubbed. Spines faded. 250mm x 160mm (10" x 6"). viii, 160pp; viii, 152pp; viii, 172pp + plates. 222 plates (108 in colour). Heavy set extra shipping needed for overseas. Green hardback half-leather cover.