Instructor Juvenile, First Edition (34 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good - Cash. First Edition. Gray covers with white borders, colorful illustration on face. Chipping to edges. Pages unmarked. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. First Edition. 380pp. A reading copy only. internal taped repair at both hinges, some looseness within block, Colour lithograph frontispiece + 1 other both good. several pages have bottom corners torn off (margin only). Gilt titling to spine. owner's name on verso of fep. gilt edges.

Half Leather & Marbled Boards. Condition: Fair. First Edition. 380pp. Still well bound with wear to extremeties including top of spine. Interior in nice clean condition with only very occasional age staining, mainly to end-pages. Illustrated. No names or inscriptions. Coloured frontispiece. One page of text has a small corner torn off with loss of one word either side. See my other listings for more years similarly bound.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. First Edition. 380pp. A reading copy. well used with some looseness of content but all still holding together. Coloured frontispiece of Prince Albert. Cover worn. See my other listings for more years similarly bound.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. 380pp. Block almost detached from cover but content still well bound together. Interior good and clean Colour lithograph frontispiece + 1 other. Gilt titling to spine. Gift inscription on fep. See my other listings for more years similarly bound.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. colour frontispiece leather spine 16mo. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Charles Whymper, E.S. Hardy et al (illustrator). First Edition Thus. iv / 188 pp + 8 page publisher's ads bw illustrations throughout, blue cloth with colour illustrations to front, black title to spine. Spine ends and corners scuffed, rear cover wrinkled and marked, spine rubbed, front bright, front hinge open and weak, title page loose with wear and tear, some marks to other pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. 380pp. Still well bound. Interior good and clean Colour lithograph frontispiece. Gilt titling to spine. Gift inscription 1859 on fep. See my other listings for more years similarly bound.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. 380pp. slight looseness at front internal hinge but content still well bound together. Interior good and clean Colour lithograph frontispiece + 1 other. Gilt titling to spine. owner's name on fep. See my other listings for more years similarly bound.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. 380pp. Still well bound. Interior good and clean Colour lithograph frontispiece + 1 other. Gilt titling to spine. Gift plate 1863 on 2nd blank See my other listings for more years similarly bound.

Half Leather & Marbled Boards. Condition: Fair. First Edition. 380pp. Still well bound with wear to extremeties, Interior in nice clean condition with only very occasional age staining, mainly to end-pages. Illustrated. Owner's name inside cover. Red speckled edges. Coloured frontispiece of Prince Albert. See my other listings for more years similarly bound.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. 380pp. Still well bound. Interior good and clean Colour lithograph frontispiece. Gilt titling to spine. Gift plate 1861 on fep. See my other listings for more years similarly bound.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. 380pp. Still well bound. Interior good and clean Colour lithograph frontispiece. Gilt titling to spine. Gift inscription 1860 on fep. See my other listings for more years similarly bound.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. 380pp. Still well bound. Interior good and clean Colour lithograph frontispiece. Gilt titling to spine. Gift plate 1862 on fep. See my other listings for more years similarly bound.

Half Leather & Marbled Boards. Condition: Good. First Edition. 380pp. Still well bound but front hinge cracking, wear to extremeties. Interior in nice clean condition with only very occasional age staining, mainly to end-pages. Illustrated. No names or inscriptions. Red speckled edges. Coloured frontispiece stained. See my other listings for more years similarly bound.

Half Leather & Marbled Boards. Condition: Good. First Edition. 380pp. Still well bound, wear to extremeties. Interior in nice clean condition with only very occasional age staining, mainly to end-pages. Illustrated. No names or inscriptions. Red speckled edges. Coloured frontispiece stained. See my other listings for more years similarly bound.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 380pp. Still well bound. Interior good and clean Colour lithograph frontispiece + 1 other. Gilt titling to spine. owner's name on fep. See my other listings for other years.

Half Leather & Marbled Boards. Condition: Good. First Edition. 380pp. Still well bound, Interior in nice clean condition with only very occasional age staining, mainly to end-pages. Illustrated. No names or inscriptions. Coloured frontispiece of Prince Albert. See my other listings for more years similarly bound.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. 388pp. still well bound. Interior has occasional minor age staining but otherwise good and clean - no deliberate marks. Gift inscription inside cover. Colour frontispiece. Gilt titling to spine. See my other listings for more years similarly bound.

Cloth Covered Hardback. Condition: Good. First Edition. 380pp Interior nice clean condition. Still well bound but very slight looseness at internal hinges, No foxing. Prize bookplate inside.

Three-Quarter Leather. Condition: Good. First Edition. 380pp Still tightly bound, marbled end pages & boards, speckled edges. No foxing. Owner's name/address/date (1871) on 1st blank.

Hardcover. Condition: Good - Cash. No Jacket. First Edition. Black pebbled hardboards, gold lettering face and spine; pressed linear borders. Rubbing along the spine ribs, ends and corners. Each month has the original covers and ads. Pages unmarked. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.

Cloth Covered Hardback. Condition: Good. First Edition. 380pp Still tightly bound, speckled edges. 380pp. Only very occasional light foxing/discolouration otherwise interior nice clean condition. Specled edges. Owner's name on 1st blank. Colour lithograph frontispiece. Gilt titling to spine.

Cloth Covered Hardback. Condition: Good. First Edition. Owner's name on 1st blank. Colour lithograph frontispiece. Gilt titling to spine. 380pp. Only very occasional light foxing/discolouration otherwise interior nice clean condition. Specled edges.

Hardcover. First edition. 392pp. Quarto [30 cm] 3/4 black leather with black cloth covered boards and a gilt stamped title and gilt ruled lines on the spine. Good only. The extremities are rubbed, and there are several light moisture stains on the front cover. There are several cracks along the joints. The longest crack is along the front joint, and measures 5" long. The hinges have been reinforced. "Hyrum Sabbath School" is written in contemporary pen on the front pastedown. The text block is cracked multiple times at the beginning. Pp. 15-30 are nearly completely detached. Subjects covered include The Evil Effects of Practical Joking, A Chinese School, Independence and the Headrickites, Guiseppe Garibaldi and more.

Hardcover. First edition. 367pp. Quarto [32 cm] Bound in plain cloth covered boards. Good. The covers are stained. The edges of the cloth covers are frayed. There is a contemporary owner's name and notation on the illustration that has been mounted to the front pastedown. Another contemporary illustration has been mounted to the rear pastedown. The majority of the pages are very clean. Illustrated. Missing numbers 21 and 24 of this volume. Subjects covered include the Edmunds Law, Obedience, Prejudice, History of the Church (continued), Travels in India, Philadelphia, Japanese Soldiers, and many more.

Cloth Covered Hardback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 380 + 380pp, Both vols have a coloured frontispiece & one other colour plate plus numerous engravings. Interior nice clean condition. Still well bound. No foxing. No names or inscriptions. See my other listings for more volumes of this publication.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of the very scarce January 1852 issue of the children's periodical 'The Child's Companion and Juvenile Instructor'. A very scarce single issue, in the publisher's original wraps.Illustrated with a chromolithograph frontispiece depicting the Palm House of Kew Gardens, alongside further vignette illustrations.A delightful combination of short stories, poems, and essays, including 'The White Cat', 'A Pleasant Visit to Kew Gardens', and 'Christian Missions'.With advertisements to the rear wrap. In the publisher's original paper wraps. Wraps bright, with light spotting to front wrap. A touch of edgewear to fore edge of front wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Light spotting to frontispiece. Very Good Indeed. book.

Leather. Condition: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of the 1852 publication of this annual work work aimed at engaging England's youth with the work of the Church Missionary Society. Scarce in all contemporary editions.This work combines storytelling, missionary news, illustrations, and educational content tailored for a juvenile audiences, all aiming to reflect the imperial and evangelical ideologies of the Church Missionary Society, an evangelical Anglican organisation which promoted missionary work in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.With an illustrated title page, and numerous vignette and full page illustrations throughout.Two former owner's twentieth century inscriptions to the verso of the front free endpaper.A fascinating volume aiming to inspire interest in foreign missions, cultivate religious fervour, and encourage moral and financial support for missionary activities. In a half calf binding, with marbled paper covered boards. Small loss of leather to back strip head, with rubbing to back strip head, front joint, and board perimeters. Hinges strained, but firmly held. Inscriptions to verso of front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages a touch age toned, with the odd spot. Very Good. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good - Cash. No Jacket. First Edition. Oversize: Brown linen hardboards; floral patterned borders, gold lettering face and spine. Binding tilted and spine has some creasing and chipping to the ends. Heavy rubbing and chipping to ends and corners, boards exposed. Some soiling. In between the ffep and the title page and pages 790/791, the binding is cracked and you can see the board and webbing beneath. Pages unmarked. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.