Author: Maria Joseph Crabb
Title: Tales for Children, in a Familiar Style
Description: London, Darton and Harvey, for W. Darton and J. and J. Harvey, 1805 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of Maria Joseph Crabb's vanishingly scarce work of juvenile tales. A vanishingly scarce first edition.Lacking the engraved frontispiece that is called for. A facsimile photocopy of the frontispiece is supplied.A charming volume of thirty juvenile tales, with titles including 'The Fearful Child', 'The Canary Bird', and 'The Walk in the Wood&apos.With the bookplate of the Kent Education Committee Library to the front pastedown, and the stamp of the library to the title page verso.Contemporary owner's inscription to a front blank.A delightful early nineteenth century children's work. In a half calf binding, with cloth covered boards. Small losses of leather to back strip head and tails, with significant rubbing to calf. Joints starting, with boards firmly held. Bookplate to front pastedown. Inscription to a front blank. Internally, firmly bound. Lacking frontispiece. Pages lightly age toned, with spotting throughout. Stamp to verso of front free endpaper. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

Keywords: A New Series Of Short Tales For Children Maria Joseph Crabb kent education committee juvenile literature Maria Joseph Crabb None


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