Industry and idleness, a pleasing and instructive tale for good little girls, in words not exceeding two syllables
Published by Printed by William Darton, Jun., London, 1816
- Softcover
- Used




Seller: Antiquates Ltd - ABA, ILAB, Wareham, Dorset, United KingdomAntiquates Ltd - ABA, ILAB
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Condition: Used
US$ 512.59
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60pp, [4]. With an engraved folding frontispiece and two final leaves of publisher's advertisements. Later restitched into original publisher's printed buff wrappers. Extremities worn an soiled, loss to spine, small hole to upper panel. Near contemporary inked ownership inscription of W. Marshall Parkins to head of title, scattered spotting. A revised edition of prolific Darton author Mary Belson's (later Elliot) (c.1794-1870) disyllabic moral instructor for young girls warning of the dangers of idleness, first printed in 1811. Darton would go on to print eight editions in total, the last in 1864. Darton H455 (4), Moon/E 129. Size: 12mo.
Seller Inventory # AQ27104
Bibliographic details
- Title
- Industry and idleness, a pleasing and instructive tale for good little girls, in words not exceeding two syllables
- Author
- BELSON, Mary
- Publisher
- Printed by William Darton, Jun., London
- Publication year
- 1816
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Edition
- New edition, corrected.
Antiquates Ltd - ABA, ILAB
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Established 2007, Antiquates Ltd is an Antiquarian bookseller with a large, custom built shop in the heart of the Dorset countryside. We sell fine and rare books from our Wareham shop, in catalogues, and via our website (www.antiquates.co.uk). Specialising in early printed books both English and Continental, fine English Literature, and books by, for, and about Women and Children, we nevertheless stock a wide range of works on paper from 1500-present - including modern first editions. Our bias is towards the unusual, the interesting and the important - and always have a good stock of rare books by local authors such as T.E. Lawrence and Thomas Hardy; we are just the place if you're looking for an extra-special gift for a wedding, birthday, anniversary or graduation. (Open Wednesday - Saturday, 10am-4pm)…
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