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1842 edition. 3 volume set, complete. A Very Good + set. 8vo., [Vol.1] xii, 346, (2), 5-108; [Vol.2] vi, (7)-295, iv, (5)-268; [Vol.3] 296, 180 pp. Bound in the publisher's brown cloth, decorated in blind, with the title on the spines in gilt. Endcaps expertly repaired. Previous owner's name and 1844 date on the title page and end paper of volume 1. Later ownership stamp on the first end paper of each volume. Paste downs and end paper facing them, beginning to brown. An attractive set, Very Good or better. *** Previous ownership stamp of Eleanor Holmes Hinkley, author, playwright, and cousin of T.S. Eliot. M. Hinkley's most remembered work, Plays of the 47 Workshop.*** The date for this undated work is often guesswork. Saxton & Miles is listed at 205 Broadway in New York directories for 1842/3 through 1846/7. Saxton and Peirce is listed in Boston directories for 1841 through 1842. Making 1842 likely. "Essays in Rhyme, on morals and manners" (vol. 1) and "Display, a Tale" (vol. 3) have separate title pages. Volume 2 largely reprinted in part from the Youth's magazine, from 1816-1822. Vol. 2, "The Contributions of Q.Q.: To a Periodic Work, in two volumes (with two title pages). "Original poems for infant minds" (vol. 3) by Ann Taylor, Jane Taylor, Rev. Isaac Taylor, Isaac Taylor, Jr., Adelaide O'Keeffe, and Bernard Barton. Jane Taylor, prolific English novelist, and author of children's poetry, perhaps best remembered for "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star". Seller Inventory # 23632
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