[d'ARNAUD (François Thomas Marie de Baculard)]:

Sidnei et Silli. Ou la Bienfaisance et la Reconnaissance Histoire Anglaise, Suivie d'Odes Anacreontiques. Par l'Auteur de Fanni

Francofort. Chez Jean Georg AEslinter. MDCCLXVII. 1767. Small 8vo, 153 x 87 mms., pp. [ii], 122, attractively bound in recent spotted calf, raised bands between gilt rules on spine, red morocco label. A fine copy. François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d'Arnaud (1718 – 1805) was a French writer, playwright, poet and novelist. The first edition appeared in 1766 with an engraved title-page but a false London imprint and was advertised as being sold in Paris by Dessain Junior.

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BARBAULD (Mrs. Anna Laetitia):

Lessons for Children. A New Edition.

London: Printed for Baldwn and Cradock; Longman and Co.; J. Bookere; Hamilton and Co.; Darton and Harvey;Dulac and Co.; and Simpkin and Marshall. 1834 12mo (in 6s), 136 x 82 mms., pp. iv, 176, engraved vignette on title-page, and 4 other engraved vignettes at the beginning of eadh part, contemporary quarter green roan, marbled boards, gilt spine; top and bse of spine chipped, spine and boards rubbed, corners slightly worn. "In Lessons for Children Barbauld creates the authorial persona of the parent-author. This figure came to dominate middle-class British children's literature during the turn of the century. Barbauld explains in her preface that she wrote her book 'for a particular child […] but the public is welcome to the use of it' (LessonsI, p. iii). Thisauthorial emphasis on the unique, real-life origins of amass-produced book signalled the birth of the parent-author, figure who addresses his or her implied users with permissive language, positioning purchasers and readers as outsiders granted access to a personalised item." Jessica Wen Hui Lim, "Barbauld's Lessons: The Conversational Primer in Late Eighteenth Century British Children's Literature" Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies (2020). Library Hub and OCLC locate a number of microforms and electronic copies, but the real book seems to be found only in Columbia, Wisconsin - Madison, and Toronto

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Book number: 10412

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CONNELL (Sarah G.):

Eleanor's Lessons.

Philadelphia: J. P. Skelly & Co..., 1868. ?FIRST EDITION. 8vo, 166 x 113 mms., pp. 232, steel-engraved frontispiece, one other illustration at page 202, original cloth; in very poor condition. Miss Connell appears to be an American author, and she is described on the title-page as the author of Carl's Home. WorldCat also describes her as the author of The Little Ladies of Ellenwood and their Hidden Treasure, Bessie at Stony Lonesome, or, Charlie's Mission, and Margarethe and Waldemar, the little Swedes, locating only one copy of each of these. I found no copy of Carl's Home. The only copy of Eleanor's Lesson that I have located is in the BL.

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Book number: 8740

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DODD (William):

The Beauties of History; or, Pictures of Virtue and Vice; drawn from Examples of Men eminent for their Virtues, Or infamous for their Vices. Selected for the Instruction and Entertainment of Youth. By the Late W. Dodd. The Third Edition . Ornamented with upwares of Thirty Engravings Beautifully cut on Wood.

London: Printed by T. Malden...For Vernorn and Hood, E. Newbery, J. Cuthell; Darton and Harvey, J. Scatchard, Lacking, Allen & Co. and J. Walker. 1800. 12mo, 171 x 103 mms., pp. xxiv, 288, engraved frontispiece (by Stothard after Thomson), woodcut vignette on title-page, 48 woodcut head- and tail-pieces by Bewick and others, contemporary mottled calf, with binding skilfully restored, with old gilt binding and black leather label laid down; frontispiece and title-page foxed, some other light foxing, but a very good copy with the ownership inscription on the verso of the second front-free end-paper, "Martha and Mary Caster [?Caxton]/ Oxford Sept. 7th 1803." This edition was prepared by Stephen Jones. Dodd (1729 - 1777), aka "The Macaroni Parson," began his literary career with at Cambridge with Diggon Davy's Resolution on the Death of his Last Cow (1747), a poem on foot-and-mouth disease, which at least shows commendable prescience. Anticipating Mr. Micawber, he spent more than he earned, and eventually forged a bill of exchange for £4200 allegedly drawn on Lord Chesterfield. The forgery was discovered, he went to prison, and was hanged on 27 June 1777. The first edition of The Beauties of History was published in 1795, well after Dodd's death,but according to Stephen Jones in the preface, he had accumulated materials for an edition during his lifetime; this version has been extended and amplified, Roscoe, J94 (3).

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Book number: 9128

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DUTY.

Filial Duty, Recommended and Enforced, by a variety of instructive and entertaining stories of children who have been remarkable for affection to their parents. Also some striking instances of children who have behaved in an undutiful and unnatural manner to their parents.

London: Printed for E. Newbery..., no date, 1798, 12mo (in 6s), 141 x 80 mms., pp. vi, 174, engraved frontispiece (by J. Scott after Eckstein), dated 1798, contemporary quarter red sheepskin, gilt spine, marbled boards (slightly soiled); some foxing of title-page and frontispiece, a few minor stains in text. Most of the examples of filial duty or affection are from history and a wide variety of sources. Sir Thomas More's behaviour towards his father is cited, but most of the examples are taken from continental history. Roscoe, J134 (5), also citing earlier editions in the 1770s. ESTC N6814 locates 5 copies: BL, Liverpool; Bowdoin College, UCLA; Melbourne - Baillieu Library.

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Book number: 7603

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JUVENILE SPORT.

The Book of Games; or, A History of Juvenile Sports, Practised at a Considerable Academy near Londonj. Illustrated by Twenty-Four Copper Plaes.

London: Printed for Tabart & Co. at the Juvenile and School Library...By B. M'Millan..., 1810. 12mo, 133 x 87 mms., pp. [iv], 168, 24 engraved plates, first 3 hand-coloured, lacking advertisements at end, light foxing and spotting, tissue repair to inner margins of first and last couple of leaves, repaired tears to "Hockey" and "Leaping" plates, some leaves with small loss to foot, crudely bound in green roan spine, boards (soiled), expert repairs to joints and spine extremities. Not a salubrious copy but a lucky survival. An earlier edition was published in 1805 and another in 1812. The games are presented in a narrative, starring a boy named Thomas White. I am old enough to have played some of the games and to have known about others; but I wonder how many ten-year-olds these days have flown a kite or spun a top? Gumuchian,; 804; Moon, M. Tabart,; 14(2) Osborne lists an 1812 edition lacking three plaes.

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Book number: 10466

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[?MARKS (Richard)]:

The Flight of the Old Woman Who WasTossed up in a Basket. Sketched £ Etched by Aliquis.

London, Published by D. Bogue, 86 Fleet Street..., no date 1844. FIRST EDITION. One folded sheet (12 leaves) : colour illustrations ; 213 x 11 cms., folds to 21 x 11 cms.; hand coloured continuous strip-etching illustrating the nursery rhyme; folded vertically inside and affixed to an oblong printed pictorial folder with the verse printed on the front cover and a list of plates on the inside front cover./ "Also by the same author: The pictorial Humpty Dumpty: six feet long, and The six-penny song"; front cover a bit worn, but a good copy Opie, I and P. Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes (1997),; p. 523 (plate 24); Harer, P.K. Merry company,; 27

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METASTASIO (Pietro);

Opere Scelte dell' Abate Metastasio. Rivedute da Leonardon Nardini, ad uso deglie Studiosi della Lingua Italiana.

Londra: Presso A. Dulau & Co. Soho-Square..., [no date] [1806] 2 volumes. 12mo, 155 x 92 mms., pp. [iv], 284; [iv], 282 [283 index, 284 adverts], including half-title in each volume, contemporary mottled calf, spines richly gilt, black leather labels; extremities worm, one panel spine of volume 2 wormed, spines a bit rubbed, but a good to very good set with the armorial bookplate of Lady Frances Bentinck on the front paste-d0wn end-paper of each volume, with a note in pencil on the verso of the first blank end-paper in volume 1. This school text was first published in 1796 in two different issues, one with a portrait. I can't tell if a portrait is called for in this 1806 reprint, but OCLC doesn't mention one. The Critical Review gave a one-sentence notice: "This edition of the works of Metastasio has considerable merit for the care and attention which have been bestowed on it." This 1806 edition by Nardi is a redaction of the 1796 text, and his text appears here for the first time. The work was reprinted in 1808, with The Monthlyk Review taking notice of it: "With the first edition of this selection, the readers of Italian poetry have been for some years familiarly acquainted; and a second is now presented to them, in which we believe no material difference occuers: The pieces, which are culled with judgment, and printed with correctness, form and excellent and agreeable introduction to the study of Italian poetry."

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Book number: 9606

Catalogue: Juvenile

Keywords: juvenile drama literature

QUEEN OF HEARTS.

Grandmamma Easy's New Story of the Queen of Hearts.

London: Dean and Co. [1847]. Large 8v0, 240 x 170 mms., 8 leaves, including printed covers, with engravings to front cover, and 8 coloured engraved illustrations; soiled, worn, and almost falling to bits but not quite. The date comes from a contemporary owner's inscription on the top margin of the front cover, "March 14th 1847" and the name "John [?Marshall]". A number of microform copies can be found on WorldCat, and a few printed copies. The only printed copy located in the UK is at Cambridge (Copac).

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Book number: 8335

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RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY.

The Youth's Manual; or, Profitable Companion.

London: The Religious Tract Society..., [no date], [1820]. 12mo, 174 x 100 mms., pp. [iv], 8, 8, 4, 12 [3 leaves affected by plant stain], 8, 8, 4, 8, 4, 8,8,4, 4, 12, 44 [lacks one leaf], 12, 4,12, steel-engraved vignette on title-page with the imprint of John Hill on recto, other engraved vignettes for various tracts, recently bound in half maroon linen, marbled boards. A very good copy. A nonce collection of 14 Religious Tract Society imprints, the longest of 44 pages, "The Young Cottager," by Legh Richmond being imperfect, having the first leaf removed. The contents are identical to the copy in the library at the University of Florida.

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Book number: 9214

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REYNARD THE FOX

The Crafty Courtier: Or the fable of Reinard the Fox: Newly done into English Verse, from the Antient Latin Iambics of Hartm. Schopperus, And by him Dedicated to Maximilian then Emperor of Germany.

London: Printed for John Nutt, near Stationrs-Hall, 1706 8vo, 188 x 117 mms., pp. [viii], 311 [312 adverts], including half-title, contemporary calf, panelled in blind; joints slightly cracked, no label, but a good to very good copy with a clean text, and the armorial bookplate of "Sr. Robert Eden, Bart" on the front paste-down end-paper. The army officer and colonial governor Sir Robert Eden (1741 - 1784) was Governor of Maryland, and ODNB records that he did not have an easy time, "when the crisis in relations between colonists and crown came to a head during his governorship. Although he retained the good will of his Maryland subjects, he was unable to reconcile the colonists to continued parliamentary rule despite his best efforts to act as a buffer between the two sides. Eden succeeded in remaining in Maryland as nominal governor until June 1776, but his effective authority had ended two years earlier when the first extra-legal Maryland convention assembled in June 1774. 'He [had] survived without being able to prevail' (Land, 309). Finally, in May 1776, Maryland's sixth convention resolved 'that the Publick quiet and safety … require that [Eden] leave the Province and that he is at full liberty to depart peaceably with all his effects' (Beirne, 173). On 26 June he sailed for England on HMS Fowey, his wife and children having departed earlier." The earliest version of this famous story seems to have been written in the middle of the 13th century. The versifier here is unknown, but he or she used the Latin of Harman Schopper, first published in 1567. The opening lines unmistakely derive from Virgil: Nor Arms I sing, nor of Adventurous Deeds, Nor Shepherds playing on their Oaten Reeds, But civil Fury, and invidious Strife, With the false Pleasures of a Courtiers Life. To whom ye Muses, will my Theme belong....

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SANDYS (Lucy):

Child Life in Bible Times. (Illustrated).

London: Arthur H. Sotckwell..., Ludgate Hill..., [c. 1908]. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. 8vo, 180 x 120 mms., pp. [5] 6 - 194, 12 lithographed plates, original green cloth, with title in and author's name in gilt in gilt on front cover, inscription on front paste-down end-paper, "Eleanor Miller / from Mrs Mee"; upper front hinge slightly cracked, spine snagged in two places, paper browned. Lucy Sandys (c.1857-1943) was the daughter of the Venerable Archdeacon Francis William Sandys (1815-1894). Rev. Sandys had been born in Ballymahon, Ireland, and married Elizabeth Moeran, who had been born in County Cork, Ireland . Rev. Sandys emigrated from Ireland to Canada with his family in the mid nineteenth century. Shortly thereafter, Lucy was born. Several of Lucy's siblings were writers or journalists, including her older sister Grace Elizabeth Sandys, later Grace E. Denison (1853-1914), the pioneering woman journalist who wrote also under the name "Lady Gay" in Saturday Night, a popular magazine of the time. Lucy and her family have been said to be direct descendants of Edwin Sandys (1519-1588), Archbishop of York under Elizabeth I. The book was reviewed favourably in more than one magazine upon publication, with, for instance, the Aberdeen Free Press and Publisher's Circular recommending it to readers, according to an advertisement for the book printed in the 18 June 1908 issue of The Primitive Methodist Leader (p. 395). The illustrations are rather good, e. g., the one of David slaying Goliath, which is signed and which appeared in an 1860s Bible; and one of John the Baptist after Andrea del Sarto. Copies located in BL, Bodleian, Cambridge, NLS, and Waterloo. Not in O'Donoghue, The Poets of Ireland (1912), nor in Davis and Joyce, Poetry by Women to 1900: A Bibliography of American and British Writers (1991).

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Book number: 9100

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[SERLE (Edis)]:

Little Joe and His Strawberry Plant. By the author of "Little Charlotte's Home," "Bunch of Grapes," "Donald's Hamper."

Philadelphia: J. P. Skelly & Co..., 1872. 12mo, 150 x 90 mms.,, pp. 85 [86 - 90 blank], one steel-engraved plate at page 72, publisher's original blue embossed cloth, with the initials of the firm within a lozenge on the front cover, gilt spine; lower portion of spine snagged and slightly defective but a very good copy, with inscriptions and ownership markings: "Arthur J. Fellows" in stamp and "From Mr. Chase" on recto of front free end-paper, and "Master Arthur Fellows" in pencil on the upper margin of the recto of the following leaf. Little Joe and his friend Tim, both of whom work in the mill, find a new home with a Mrs. Brett, thanks to their fragarian skills. The work was first published in London in 1867 by Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday (copy in V&A), followed by another edition or reprint in 1868 (BL). No copy of this 1872 Philadelphia imprint located, though there is a copy dated 1873 in Millersville University Library. The 1867 imprint lists other children's works mentioned on the title-page and identifies the author as Edis Serle.

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Book number: 8410

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SHERWOOD (Mary Martha), Mrs.

The History of Theophilus & Sophia. Ninth Edition.

Wellington, Salop: Printed by and for FA. Houlston and Son, And Sold at their Warehouse..., London, 1827. 12mo (in 6s), 150 x 93 mms., pp. 127 [128 blank, 129 - 132 adverts], engraved frontispiece, original printed boards, paper spine; joints stiff and probably repaired with glue at some time, but a good copy. Theophilus and Sophia were the twin children of a wealthy and worldly baron. They died when they were nineteen, but because they had chanced to meet a godly shepherd, they both died repentant in the Christian faith. OCLC locates no copy of this edition, listing from the same publishers issued in 1836 (2 copies: Morgan Library and Trinity College Dublin); and 1824 (one copy only in Toronto)

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Book number: 10291

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Keywords: juvenile women