Poor Bridget (3 results)

Hardcover. First edition (unstated). Brown duodecimo, smaller than octavo, marbled boards and edges, 4 blank front endpapers, 3-32 p, b&w illus; 15 cm. Christianity, Children's Books, Sunday School. No matches found in WorldCat for 1852 edition. Mild wear and fraying to spine head and foot, five small wear-marks to spine, moderately bumped and frayed corners, gentle edge-wear, few torn marks to boards, few+ small wear-marks to rear spine edge, faint water stain and ink ownership signature/date to front pastedown, small wear mark to title page, light soiling to few front endpapers, else Acceptable.

Publisher's original white paper booklet 7'' x 4½''. Contains 12 printed pages of text. Disbound from a collection but complete as issued, the stitching is missing so the pages are loose. We currently hold in stock 15 other similar titles. Member of the P.B.F.A. RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. No date (c.1830) 12 pages. Drop title and vignette illustration on first page. 180x105mm. Tract no. 291. Written in contemporary pen at the top of the first page is: "Poor Bridget Maxwell - Trench (French?) Street - Navan". Above the title has been added the word POOR in pen imitating and amplifying the title font to read 'POOR POOR BRIDGET.' Dusting to covers as to be expected from a copy that has been in general circulation for almost two hundred years as opposed to having come from a recently disbound institutional collection. An attractive piece of nineteenth century juvenile reader's textual interaction. An attractive piece of nineteenth century reader's interaction. Images available on request. *** Lower than average weight - shipping charge will be reduced at processing stage of order. ***.