Ashford Rectory : a tale.
Published by Hailes, Juvenile Library, London Museum, Piccadilly 1817.
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Adam Mills Rare Books, Cambridge, United KingdomAdam Mills Rare Books
AbeBooks seller since January 19, 2000
Condition: Used - Very good
£ 200.00
Quantity: 1 available
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First Edition, later[?] half calf gilt. C.pp192, prelims and a few other leaves bit foxed at foot, text otherwise generally clean & crisp, else an excellent attractive copy. ** Blank prelim neatly inscribed in a child's large hand 'Sophia Frances Cust the gift of her dear Grandpapa 8 Jan 1818' : and endpaper with 19thC armorial bookplate of Christopher & Lady Sophia Tower : also with the modern woodcut bookplate of Christopher Tower. *** Printed by Whittingham : and illustrated with an engraved frontispiece + 1 plate. *** Scarce moralising novel, set in Ashford, Yorkshire, and subtitled in a later edition The Spoiled Child Reformed. *** Contains much educational description of episodes in French & Russian history : of architecture, especially Italian and the Pantheon : of Greek & Roman sports : of heraldry : of hurricanes & earthquakes. *** Among the characters is a negro slave boy. *** See 19thcSTC noting 1 copy only of this First Edition : and later editions of 1818 [1 copy] & 1820 [2 copies]. No copy of any edition in NUC or CUL. **** To confirm availability before ordering, please click the link Ask Bookseller A Question.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Ashford Rectory : a tale.
- Author
- THURTLE, Frances [later Mrs Jamieson].
- Publisher
- Hailes, Juvenile Library, London Museum, Piccadilly 1817.
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- 1st Edition
Adam Mills Rare Books
Cambridge, United Kingdom
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ADAM MILLS RARE BOOKS : selling books internationally from Cambridge since 1980 §§ Adam Mills Rare Books began in 1980 and for 35 years has consistently offered high quality books covering English Literature [mainly 19th Century] : Private Press and Illustrated Books : and Typography and Books About Books. §§ After St Andrew's University, and post-graduate at the Warburg Institute under E. H. Gombrich, Adam Mills worked for five years with the historic 18thC Cambridge booksellers Deighton, Bell & Co. §§ Adam Mills Rare Books is situated just outside the magnificent University city of Cambridge, with its stunning array of ancient and modern architecture, and its superb copyright Library.…
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