Author: (The Author of "The M'Ellen Family"). Title: The M'Ellen Family: A History. In Four Letters from a Missionary. Fourth Edition. [Together with]: Memory's Tribute or Things Profitable for Reflection. First Series. The Baptism. [Also with]: Memory's Tribute or Things Profitable for Reflection. First Series. A Family in Eternity. [and]: The Meeting of the Travellers. By the Author of "the M'Ellen Family". (4 Books Bound in One Volume).
Description: New York: General Protestant Episcopal Sunday School Union, 1830 / New York: New-York Protestant Episcopal Press, 1831. 1830 &am, 1830 & 1831. New York: General Protestant Episcopal Sunday School Union, 1830 / New York: New-York Protestant Episcopal Press, 1831. 1830 & 1831. 1830 & 1831. Good. - 32mo, 5-3/4 inches high by 3-5/8 inches wide. Burgundy calf backed marbled boards with calf corners, titled and ruled in gilt on the spine. The covers are scuffed and stained with wear to the joints and head and tail of the spine. [224] pages in all, illustrated with a pictorial vignette title page and 3 full-page frontispiece engravings preceding the subsequent title pages. There is evidence of early worming along the front hinge. An early owner's inscription, dated 1833, is penned on the front endpaper. There is some minor foxing and soiling throughout with a tiny piece out from the bottom corner of one of the title pages. Good.
The four books consist of:
1. "The M'Ellen Family: A History. In Four Letters From a Missionary. Fourth Edition. Stereotyped by Jas. Conner, New York". New York: General Protestant Episcopal Sunday School Union, 1830. 36 pages with a title vignette.
2. "Memory's Tribute or Things Profitable For Reflection. First Series. The Baptism. By the author of 'The M'Ellen Family'." New York: General Protestant Episcopal Sunday School Union, 1830. Pages [1]-36, illustrated with a full-page frontispiece included in the pagination.
3. "Memory's Tribute or Things Profitable For Reflection. First Series. A Family in Eternity. By the author of 'The M'Ellen Family'." New York: General Protestant Episcopal Sunday School Union, 1830. Pages [37]-84, illustrated with a full-page frontispiece included in the pagination.
4. "The Meeting of the Travellers. By the author of 'The M'Ellen Family'." New York: New-York Protestant Episcopal Press, 1831. Pages [1]-104, illustrated with a full-page frontispiece included in the pagination.
RARE. Good .
Keywords: CHILDREN'S BOOK; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATIONS; THE M'ELLEN FAMILY: A HISTORY; IN FOUR LETTERS FROM A MISSIONARY; MEMORY'S TRIBUTE OR THINGS PROFITABLE FOR REFLECTION. FIRST SERIES. THE BAPTISM; A FAMILY IN ETERNITY; THE MEETING OF THE TRAVELLERS
Price: US$ 150.00 Seller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
- Book number: 97163
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