The Christmas Box; An Annual Present for Young Persons
- London and Edinburg: John Ebers and Co., Old Bond Street, 1829
London and Edinburg: John Ebers and Co., Old Bond Street, 1829. [JUVENILE] [ANNUAL PUBLICATION] [HOLIDAY]. London: John Ebers and Co. Old Bond Street; and Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1829.
16mo (6 ½" x 4"); viii, [1]-240pp; three quarter bound brown calf and marbled boards, gilt-ruled and stamped ornaments in the 5 spine compartments, black leather label with title onlaid to spine; gift presentation inscribed on title page dated "27 July 1829"; small engraved illustrations; scuffing to boards, chipping to spine, front joint starting, lacking ffep and front flyleaf, some light soiling on pages, spine cracked but stitching holding tight; very good minus. A collection of poems and short stories. The second of two volumes of the Annual that were published, 1828 and 1829. Probably the first English children's Annual per Carpenter and Prichard's The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature (p. 136). Delicate wood engravings decorate the pages.
Authors included in this volume are Mr. Aston, Major N. Ludlow Beamish, Major Brown, Allan Cunningham, Miss Dagley, Mrs. James Douglas, Miss Edgeworth, Henry Ellis, Mrs. Emmerson, Mrs. Hemans, Mrs. Hofland, Mary Howitt, Joseph Humphreys, Mrs. R.S. Jameson, Madame de Labourt, Mr. R.A. Lynch, Mrs. Markham, Miss Mitford, and Mrs. Neely. Includes the first printing of Miss Maria Edgeworth's (1768-1849) story, Garry Owen; or, The Snow-Woman.
16mo (6 ½" x 4"); viii, [1]-240pp; three quarter bound brown calf and marbled boards, gilt-ruled and stamped ornaments in the 5 spine compartments, black leather label with title onlaid to spine; gift presentation inscribed on title page dated "27 July 1829"; small engraved illustrations; scuffing to boards, chipping to spine, front joint starting, lacking ffep and front flyleaf, some light soiling on pages, spine cracked but stitching holding tight; very good minus. A collection of poems and short stories. The second of two volumes of the Annual that were published, 1828 and 1829. Probably the first English children's Annual per Carpenter and Prichard's The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature (p. 136). Delicate wood engravings decorate the pages.
Authors included in this volume are Mr. Aston, Major N. Ludlow Beamish, Major Brown, Allan Cunningham, Miss Dagley, Mrs. James Douglas, Miss Edgeworth, Henry Ellis, Mrs. Emmerson, Mrs. Hemans, Mrs. Hofland, Mary Howitt, Joseph Humphreys, Mrs. R.S. Jameson, Madame de Labourt, Mr. R.A. Lynch, Mrs. Markham, Miss Mitford, and Mrs. Neely. Includes the first printing of Miss Maria Edgeworth's (1768-1849) story, Garry Owen; or, The Snow-Woman.
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Title
The Christmas Box; An Annual Present for Young Persons
Author
CROKER, T. Crofton, editor
Condition
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Publisher
John Ebers and Co., Old Bond Street: London and Edinburg
Date
1829