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The Corner of St. Pauls Churchyard, 1814. Volume 1-2. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Re-bound by library. Bumped corners. Fore-edge decoration. Internally clean. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,400grams, ISBN:

London: Printed for J. Harris and Son, Corner of St. Paul's Church-Yard, E. Hemsted, Printer, Great New Street, Gough Square.), 1819. Second Edition. Hardcover. Good (Boards are lightly edgeworn/scuffed/smudged/toned; textblock edges are toned/scuffed/smudged; first few pages are loose at the bottom; signature on title page; pages have toning and occasional foxing.). Red leather and marbled paper boards, with gilt lettering on the spine; [4], 207, [5], [1] leaf of plates; illustrations. This is a pocket-sized book -- a charming children's book from the early 19th century!

1840. A New Edition. London, John Harris, c.1840. Duodecimo. Frontispiece, 185 pages plus two unnumbered pages of a catalogue of books published by Barbara Hofland ["The following Works, written by the same AUthor, may be had of the Publisher"]. Hardcover / Original half-leather of the time with gilt lettering on spine. Binding rubbed and corners bumped strongly. Binding very firm and fully intact. Some browning and pencil - marks inside. Very Rare publication by one of the most successful female authors of children's books, educational and moral stories in the early 19th century. Barbara Hofland (1770 – 4 November 1844) was an English writer of some 66 didactic, moral stories for children, and of schoolbooks and poetry. She was asked by John Soane to write a description of his still extant museum in London's Lincoln's Inn Fields. Born Barbara Wreaks or Wreakes, her father Robert Wreakes was a Sheffield manufacturer, but he died when she was three and she was raised by a maiden aunt. She began… Read More