Author David Simple (3 results)

Full-Leather. Condition: Fair. 2nd Edition. Soiled and worn leather boards and spine. The front board and front free end paper detached. Internally light soiling to title page and 25% of contents marked in like manner. Tight binding. Pp vii, (1), 267.

Half-Leather. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Two volumes with twentieth century binding with marbled boards, leather spines with five raised bands, red labels lettered in gilt. Text block edges stained red. Internally new end papers. Pp. {xxii (last page paged erroneously xlvii)} + 49-352; {ii} + 392. Contents clean, crisp and tight.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. 7th. Written by Sarah Fielding, the sister of the author Henry Fielding, The Governess is a collection of stories all taking place in a school run by Miss Teachum. The British Library describes it as "perhaps the first school story" and it is important in being one of the earliest fictional works for children, with other 18th century works for the young tending towards the instructional rather than the entertaining. The British Library describes it as "perhaps the first school story" and it is important in being one of the earliest fictional works for children, with other 18th century works for the young tending towards the instructional rather than the entertaining. This copy is ex-library, with typical library labels and ink stamps on the front pastedown, a small ink stamp at the bottom of the title page and another ink stamp on the reverse of the title page. But no other marks or damage to the text at all. It is bound in 20th C. brown cloth, not original. The front hinge is cracked but the binding is still tight and solid. . FM.