A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND.
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1852. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Very good condition. Item #020164
Three volume set in original publisher's cloth, each complete with half-titles, and engraved frontispieces by F. W. Topham; original tissue plate-guards remain intact. Dated 1852, 1853 and 1854, each volume is the First edition, first issue. Vol. I has "Christmas 1851" printed on the dedication page, and no page number printed on page xi. Vol. I: xii, 210 pages of text; Vol. II: viii, 214 pages; viii, 321 pages. Each volume has an additional page of publisher's advertisements following the final page of text. The ads in the first two volumes do not include "A Child's History of England" in the list of works available. Bound in reddish-brown blind stamped publisher's cloth, titled and decorated in gilt with pictorial gilt front board center decoration. The spines are slightly to moderately browned with sun-fading, and the boards have minor bumping to the corners, and minor soiling and small spots of staining. Minor foxing, mainly affecting the first and final several pages of text, and a few preliminary or final pages with tiny spots of staining/discoloration to the edges. One signature slightly loosened in volume III. An attractive copy of the First edition, first state in original unrestored condition.
Price: $2,000.00