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The Governess; or, Little Female Academy
by Fielding, S
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- bookplate on front pastedown endpaper, otherwise Very Good in price-clipped dustwrapper
- ISBN 10
- 0192780069
- ISBN 13
- 9780192780065
- Seller
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LONDON, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Oxford University Press, London, 1968 facsimile of the 1749 first edition. Cloth, 8vo, 20 cm,. vii, 375 pp. A facsimile reproduction of the first edition of 1749; with an introduction and bibliography by Jill E. Grey. "The Governess" was a popular eighteenth-century tale about the adventures and misadventures of Mrs. Teachum and her nine pupils. "Sarah Fielding's The Governess well deserves a place in the annals of children's literature. It is the earliest known full-length novel written for children, and as such, the first moral tale, the first school story, and the first educational novel. First published in 1749 and still to be found in print in 1903, it can also justly claim to be one of the longest-lived stories for children. The facsimile reproduction included in this volume is of the first edition in the possession of Mrs. Jill B. Grey who has written an Introduction and prepared the bibliographical account of The Governess as a children's book." - from the blurb. bookplate on front pastedown endpaper, otherwise Very Good in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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- Bookseller
- Wykeham Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BIBLIO-20823
- Title
- The Governess; or, Little Female Academy
- Author
- Fielding, S
- Format/Binding
- Cloth, 8vo, 20 cm,
- Book Condition
- Used - bookplate on front pastedown endpaper, otherwise Very Good in price-clipped dustwrapper
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0192780069
- ISBN 13
- 9780192780065
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, London, 1968 facsimile of the 1749 first edition
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1968 facsimile of the 1749 firs
- Pages
- vii, 375 pp
- Keywords
- 18th century Schools schollgirls teachers children's Fiction Fielding, Sarah 0192780069
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Literature;
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About the Seller
Wykeham Books
Biblio member since 2005
LONDON, Aberdeen
About Wykeham Books
We specialize chiefly in "books about books", the emphasis being on historical aspects of book collecting, production and distribution. A particular speciality is in bibliographies, of all subjects of interest to collectors, dealers and scholars, with several thousand bibliography titles in stock. Other strengths include extensive holdings of auction catalogues for book sales and a good selction of reference material on and facsimiles of illuminated manuscripts. We also have a special interest in rare material by or about Rudyard Kipling.
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