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Limed Twigs, to Catch Young Birds, in Two Parts
by [Taylor, Jane]; [Taylor, Ann]
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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nr Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London (No. 55, Gracechurch-Street): Printed for Darton, Harvey, and Darton, 1818. 4th Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Fourth edition. 94pp [ii], with engraved frontispiece. In a later binding of green cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering on spine. 16mo. Boards a clean and crisp, with hints of rubs at corners and spine ends. A little toning internally, with a few minor bumps on page edges. Shadow of pencilled previous owner's name, which appears to be dated 1821, on first page. One of the Taylor sisters' rarest collaborations, a graded reader with twenty-six storylets in words of one to five letters, and then one to four syllables. The Taylor's biographer, Lawrence Darton, thought 'Limed Twigs' a dreary little book, and the Taylor's are often criticised for the mundanity of their stories but these storylets suggest they deserve more credit for lively dialogue and self-depreciating humour in their children's books. The engraved frontispiece, showing a women nursing a babe in arms alongside a young child and dolls, differs from that in the first edition which was originally attributed to the Taylors' brother, Isaac Taylor. Publsiher's advertisements on two pages at end of text. LHD (COPAC) reveals no holdings of this edition.
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- BookAddiction
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022695
- Title
- Limed Twigs, to Catch Young Birds, in Two Parts
- Author
- [Taylor, Jane]; [Taylor, Ann]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Publisher
- Printed for Darton, Harvey, and Darton
- Place of Publication
- London (No. 55, Gracechurch-Street)
- Date Published
- 1818
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Children's Books, Taylor Sisters, Early Readers, Lawrence Darton, Taylors of Ongar, Juvenile Literature, History of Reading
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- Bumps
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