The Good Grandmother and Her Offspring

London: Printed for R. Hunter, 1817. iv, 164pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled red roan-backed marbled paper boards. Heavily rubbed, joints starting. Leaves browned, several protruding from text-block. The first edition of Mrs. Barbara Hofland’s (bap. 1770, d. 1844) popular children’s story, which, as with the majority of her works, ran through a plethora of editions, under numerous imprints, up to the 1870s.… Read more about this item

Newburyport: John G. Tilton, 1833. Book. Fair. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Original quarter-cloth over printed paper boards, with titling to front and publisher's advertisement to rear. Staining to covers, and wear to spine and edges of boards. Some loss to spine title-label. Text block stained. Otherwise tight and unmarked. Still very… Read more about this item

New York: James Eastburn & Co., 1817. First American edition. Hardcover. Good. 32mo, 170 pages, calf-backed boards, stained (may lack frontis.). S.Taylor A story endorsed by Maria Edgeworth. [Osborne Collection, I, p.261]

1817. HOFLAND, Mrs. THE GOOD GRANDMOTHER AND HER OFFSPRING; A TALE. New York: James Eastburn & Co., 1817. 16mo., pale salmon paper covered board, printed in black. Spine mostly chipped away; rear board missing. Moderate foxing to interior. Ink ownership to blank recto preceding title page. Text complete. Juvenile novel of moral instruction.

St Pauls Churchyard, 1817. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Gilt on backstrip. Bumped corners. Fore-edge decoration. Stains in second half of book. The book has been restrengthened with tape which internally covers the… Read more about this item

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.