J Hargrove 1819. 5th or later Edition . Soft cover. Good. John Hargrove Edition Blue paper covers 72pp Not in British Library <br/> <br/> J Hargrove paperback
London: William Darton c1835. Cloth. Good. 6" by 4". Not Stated. A small volume of illustrated children's Christian poetry. Scarce in this edition. Illustrated throughout with a frontispiece.Dated c.1835 with the British Library's holdings on LibraryHub. An educational volume by Christian Minister and theologian Isaac Watts. A very popular poetical work seeing numerous editions published over two centuries. Bears both a contemporary 'Mrs. Carillon' and former 'D. L. Cumming' owner's inscription to a front free endpaper. In a quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards. Discolouration and marks to both boards. Former and contemporary owner's inscriptions to a front free endpaper. Internally somewhat tightly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Good William Darton hardcover
London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge 1850. Cloth. Good. 5.5" by 3.5". Not Stated. A scarce copy of this collection of moral and religious verses for young children with illustrations. Scarce work. Illustrated throughout. A collection of educational moral and religious verses for young children with titles such as: 'A General Song of Praise to God' 'Praise for Creation and Providence' and 'Praise God for Our Redemption'. Written by Isaac Watts an English Congregational minister hymn writer theologian and logician. He was a prolific and popular hymn writer and is credited with some seven hundred and fifty hymns. Bound by Remnant & Edmonds London. In the original full cloth binding. Externally sound with rubbing and light bumping to the extremities. Minor fading with the odd small mark to the boards. Minor loss of the cloth to the board tips. Hinges starting but firm. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd spot. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper with bookseller's label to the front pastedown. Bound by Remnant & Edmonds London. Good Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge hardcover
London: S. Bailey c1808. Leather. Good. 5.5" by 3.5". None. An early nineteenth century edition of Isaac Watts' popular volume of moral poetry for children. Isaac Watts' popular and often reprinted work of moral and divine songs for children. This work was first published in 1715 and went through more than one thousand editions by the mid 19th century. 'Divine Songs' collects together didactic moral poetry for children the best known in this volume being 'Praise for Creation and Providence' 'Against Idleness and Mischief' and 'The Sluggard'. Undated dated the prior owner's ink inscription to the front paste down. In a quarter calf binding with marbled paper to the boards. Externally generally smart. Boards are rubbed resulting in a small amount of loss of paper to the extremities. A few light marks to the boards. Bound without endpapers. Prior owner's ink inscription to the front paste down. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with only a few scattered spots. Small chip to the title page. Repair to the final leaf. Good S. Bailey hardcover
London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge 1857. Leather. Good. 5.5" by 3.5". None. A scarce copy of this collection of moral and religious verses for young children with illustrations. Scarce work. Illustrated with numerous vignettes. A collection of educational moral and religious verses for young children with titles such as: 'A General Song of Praise to God' 'Praise for Creation and Providence' and 'Praise God for Our Redemption'. Written by Isaac Watts an English Congregational minister hymn writer theologian and logician. He was a prolific and popular hymn writer and is credited with some seven hundred and fifty hymns. In the original quarter calf with paper covered boards. Externally sound with light wear and fading to the extremities. The odd small mark to the boards with a light tide mark to the front board. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting and the odd handling mark. Light tide marks to the extremities. Good Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge hardcover
58pp. 2pp advertisements. Very Good and clean internally. The cloth boards are bumped to the corners and have superficial loss to the spine. Although there is no mention of earlier printings this book was first published in 1715. ESTC locates copies at the Congregational Library; Theological Seminary Saint Mark's Library; Lilly Library; and Yale University. Not in the British Library. J Buckland; J. F & C Rivington; T Longman; T Field and C Dilly hardcover