Hardcover
1798 · London
by Day, Thomas, 1748-1789
London: John Stockdale, 1798. Eighth Edition. Hardcover. Good. frontises (one in each volume), portrait, x, [11]-280, 308, 310p plus [2]p. advertisements at end of Vol. 3. Contemporary tree calf. Joint splitting but all cover still attached. Crazing and flaking on darkened backstrips. Contents generally sound and clean. Title-leaf partially detached at bottom and wrinkled along inner margin. A few leaves protrude a bit along fore-edge in Vol. 3 but seem firmly attached. Minor stain on a couple of leaves. A popular early children's book.
(Inventory #: 86693)