flock sheep familiar explanations simple (6 Ergebnisse)

16 pp. Illustrated from engravings. 4-1/4 x 2-5/8 inches, publisher's blue illustrated wrappers. Light and inoffensive foxing; minor use.

Soft cover. 1st Edition. Presumed First Edition, with 1840 on title page. 32mo, softcover chapbook in green wrappers, black lettering and illustration, stitched binding, black and white illustrations throughout. A mother explains to her child things such as sheep, goats, pigs, and silk. Very Good, some foxing to pages, wrappers split at spine with stitch repairs.

Softcover. Zustand: Very fine. 32mo. 16pp. A moral chapbook with many engraved illustrations throughout. The titular explanations are told from a mother to her daughter. They primarily deal with the origins and uses of various textiles, but by the end of the story they encompass all living things designed for human use. As with many chapbooks, this volume presents a rationale for the ways of God, encouraging its young reader to appreciate all the gifts God has granted to humankind. In green wrappers, with some foxing to text block, and remarkably scant wear to extremities for a book not designed for durability, very fine.

Leatherbound. Zustand: NEW. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1843 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set and contains approximately 20 pages. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English.

Zustand: VG. New Haven 1840 Babcock. The Tale of Little Helen and Why Her Parents Lock Her Dinner-less in a Closet is quite interesting. Each 4-1/2 x 3 inches, numerous small woodcut illustrations, in original stringbound color wraps (2 green, one yellow). All VG. Set of 3.

Wraps. Zustand: Very good. [JUVENILE] [CHAPBOOK]. 32mo (4 3/8" x 2 ¾"); 16pp; pale pink or light tan wrapper, decorative borders and wood-engraved vignette of a mother and child on front, rear wrapper publisher's ad for "Toy Books, Beautifully Embellished with Superior Engravings for the Mind and the Eye;" full page illustration on wrapper pp 2 and 3; vignette and decorative borders on title page; ownership and inscription on wrapper pp2; small wood engraved vignettes in text; separation at spine fold ¼" at head and 1 ½" at foot, light hand soiling; very good minus. Seventeen small wood engraved vignettes illustrate the text with decorative borders on each page. The text reads as a conversation between a mother and daughter about animals and their use to man, a discussion about textiles and their source, and ends with a religious reminder they are all provided by God. Beautifully printed by Sidney Babcock from the New Haven family of printers.