Author: Anonymous
Title: The Romance of Adventure; or, True Tales of Enterprise for the Instruction and Amusement of the Young
Description: London, George Routledge and Sons, 1852 . First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition thus of this charming and illustrated collection of adventure stories for children. With an illustrated frontispiece and title page, and with five further illustrated plates, engraved by O.R. Campbell and the Dalziel Brothers. Collated, complete.A charming and very scarce first edition thus of this volume of twenty-six thrilling adventures for children, with each story set in a remote and exotic location, from Japan to Egypt.In a full calf binding, with the prize bookplate of the Glasgow Academy to the front pastedown, dated 1867-68.Undated; dated 1852 via Jisc and WorldCat. In a full calf prize binding, with gilt detailing to front board. Discolouration and handling marks to boards, with a touch of fading to back strip. Bookplate to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Handling marks to illustrated title page, with pages otherwise generally clean and bright. Residue to fore edge of one plate. Very Good . Ill.: O.R. Campbell; Dalziel Brothers. Very Good .

Keywords: juvenile literature short stories adventure glasgow academy short stories O.R. Campbell; Dalziel Brothers


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