The Murder. Mossetse, The African Orphan Boy. A Little Sermon for a Little Child
- Quarter Morocco. Marbled paper pastedown on boards
- Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union, 1879
Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union, 1879. Quarter Morocco. Marbled paper pastedown on boards. Good. The title alone seems startling when one considers these were intended to be moralist tales for children of impressionable age. N.d., mid-19th Century. Our copy has a Christmas gift inscription dated 1879, so we use that as the date, but the copy might well have been published well before that. Miniature, 11 by 7 cm. 16, 16, 16 pp. Title pages for Mossetse and Little Sermon -- for The Murder, the first story, the spine title sufficed -- this conforms to the OCLC listing of a copy with the three stories bound together. Each story with a woodcut illustration at its start. The Murder has an ornamental woodcut at its conclusion, with the two others have an illustration relating to their narrative there. The binding has considerable wear but is tight, and the interior has some grittiness but is completely legible. (The large brown stain on all the leaves looks worse in the photos than we think it is in reality.).
Details
Title
The Murder. Mossetse, The African Orphan Boy. A Little Sermon for a Little Child
Binding
Quarter Morocco. Marbled paper pastedown on boards
Condition
Good
Publisher
American Sunday School Union: Philadelphia
Date
1879