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Dr. Aiken; Mrs. Barbauld; Arthur Aiken; Miss Aiken - Evenings at Home; or, the Juvenile Budget Opened

Title: Evenings at Home; or, the Juvenile Budget Opened
Description: London, Longman and Co; Hamilton and Co et al, 1846. Cloth. The sixteenth edition of this charming collection of miscellaneous pieces for 'the Instruction and Amusement of Young Persons', by Aikin and Barbauld. The sixteenth edition of this work.Illustrated throughout with vignette engravings after Harvey.A lovely anthology collecting the short stories for children of John Aikin and his sister, Anna Laetitia Barbauld. First published 1796, this is charming work of juvenile literature.With thirty-two pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip tail, with loss of paper to back strip head. Joints starting towards heads, with boards firmly held. Small losses of cloth at joints. Internally, binding lightly strained. Pages a touch age toned, with light handling marks. Significant offsetting to pages 384-385. Good . Ill.: Harvey. Good .

Keywords: miscellany children's work aiken barbauld children's work Harvey

Price: GBP 44.00 = appr. US$ 62.83 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 932F28

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