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1851 The Gift of Friendship: A Present for All Seasons
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Description
Illustrated, Leather Binding, Scarce
Scarce work. Illustrated with a frontispiece, title vignette, and eight plates. Collated complete. A charming collection of writings on friendship and the enduring bonds that last through the various seasons of life. Highlighting how friendships can offer support, understanding, and joy above all else. With titles such as: The Young Mother, The Squire's Bargain, Jamaica, The May Morning, A Day's Sport in the Woods, and many others. This volume includes contributions from Mary Howitt, an English poet, Barbara Hofland, an English writer of moral stories for children, and of schoolbooks and poetry, and Anna Maria Hall, an Irish novelist who often published as "Mrs. S. C. Hall", amongst others.
Condition
Bound in full crushed morocco with gilt. Externally, sound with light rubbing to the extremities and the odd small mark to the boards. Minor fading to the spine with small cracks to the joints. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. Minor age toning to the extremities with light age toning to the endpapers. A contemporary ink inscription to the front free endpaper.
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