Honours Table Rules Behaviour During, First Edition (2 results)

John Bewick (illustrator). TITLE CONTINUED: to which is added A Number of Hints or concise Lessons for the Improvement of Youth, on all occasions in Life. By the Author of Principles of Politeness, &c. For the use of young people. FIRST EDITION 1788. COOKERY FOR CHILDREN. 12mo approximately 160 x 100 mm, 6¼ x 4 inches, 26 woodcuts by John Bewick, pages: [3], 4-120 plus 10 pages of adverts added later dated 1790 (A LIST of BOOKS PUBLISHED by the Rev. Dr. Trusler). Plain leather spine, old marbled boards with curiously a faint family tree of Royalty with crowns printed on them. Boards rubbed and stained, corners worn with board just showing at tips, 2 short closed tears neatly repaired, no loss, the last 3 pages of text have a tiny nick to fore-edge, all 8 catalogue pages have 2 tiny nicks to fore-edges, not affecting text, first free endpaper has neat repair to lower margin, a few tiny pale marks to margins, very occasional pale foxing, old ink names to first free endpaper, inner paper hinges cracked, binding sound, no loose pages, floral bookplate on first pastedown of Irene Gosse, author of "A Florilege: Chosen From the Old Herbals". A very good copy. See: Thomas Hugo, The Bewick Collector, page 15, No. 31; William Cagle, A Matter of Taste, pages 736-737, No. 1025; Katherine Bitting, Gastronomic Bibliography, page 466, listing a second edition; Virginia Maclean, Catalogue of Household and Cookery Books1701-1800, page 142; Arnold W. Oxford, English Cookery Books to the Year 1850, page 116; Osborne Catalogue of Early Children's Books 1476-1910, Volume 2, page 743, listing the second edition only; ESTC T71755. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST AND ALL PARCELS SENT FULLY TRACKED AND FULLY INSURED.

Quarter Calf. Condition: Very Good Plus. Fifth Edition. No printed date, circa 1805. Book measures 18.5x11.cm. Collation, 84pp, 26 wood-cuts, with 8pp Trusler's catalogue, dated 1825. Bound in half calf, marble boards, gilt head and tail bands, gilt lettering. Binding in near fine condition. Internally, pages clean throughout. a very nice copy. Size: Small 8 Vo.