Think before You Speak; or, The Three Wishes. A Tale

[Dorset, Catherine Ann Turner] | [Charles, William (engravings)]

Published by Johnson & Warner | printed by J. Bouvier, Philadelphia, 1810

About this Item

16mo 32 pp., frontis, plates. Early reprint. As issued, stitched into stiff paper covers with frontispiece and 5 additional inserted plates. Cover is light rubbed; some separation where the cover hinges at the stitching, but the cover remains fairly stable; light foxing throughout. This is one of two 1810 imprints of this title, the other (Shaw & Shoemaker 19993) is self styled the "First American from the Second London Edition" and is sold by Wm. Charles and printed by W. McCullouch in 1810. While both Welch and Shaw & Shoemaker list this present edition by Johnson & Warner first, it would stand to reason that the Charles edition is in fact first as this present edition has a title page dating publication at 1810, but the cover title is dated 1811. Nevertheless, an early edition of this scarce title by Dorset who was "the younger daughter of Nicholas Turner, and the sister of Charlotte Smith, also a famous author. She wrote several books for children which were all published anonymously" Rosenbach 438. Shaw & Shoemaker 19992 & 22717. Welch 297.1; Cotsen 1813. Seller Inventory # 8165

Bibliographic Details

Title: Think before You Speak; or, The Three Wishes...

Publisher: Johnson & Warner | printed by J. Bouvier, Philadelphia

Publication Date: 1810

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: near Very Good binding