Author: Uncle John
Title: The Book of the United Kingdom
Description: London, Darton and Clark, 1840. Leather. A very scarce children's work on the history of Britain, illustrated throughout by Samuel Williams, in a decorative leather binding. A very scarce work. A work on British history for children, being a compendium of the history of England, with a description of the public buildings in London. Illustrated with eight plates. Written by a Samuel Clarke under the pseudonym 'Uncle John&apos. Illustrated by Samuel Williams, a British wood-engraver. He was known for his miniatures and landscapes. Undated, dated from Jisc from a copy held at the Victoria and Albert Museum Libraries. Collated, incomplete, bound without the hand-colour frontispiece map. Collated from Jisc from a copy held at the Victoria and Albert Museum Libraries. In a decorative morocco binding. Externally, smart. A little rubbing to the spine. Minor bumping to the extremities. Front hinge is strained. Bound without front endpaper. Bookseller label to the front pastedown. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with the odd spot to the first and last few pages. Good . Ill.: Samuel Williams. Good .

Keywords: book of the united kingdom childrens history england childrens samuel williams travel Samuel Williams


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