THE VILLAGE LESSON BOOK for the Use of Schools
by DOYLE, Martin (pseud. of William Hickey)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG for age and genre
- Seller
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Tunbridge Wells , Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Groombridge and Sons, 1855. 1st Edition . Hardcover. VG for age and genre. Grey unlettered cloth, clean but spine faded extending to strip along back joint, fr. joint has some incipient cloth splitting. t.p. with notice of another book by author to verso + 166 pp. (inc. t.p.); 2 very early stamps to t.p., one circular red 3.5 cm diam. reading round edge 'By Grant of the Committee of Council on Education', the a faint black oval 3 cm x 2 cm, these being across and below title, front gutter effectively closed with cream tape, bottom 2 cm rear gutter have paper loss, otherwise internally clean, tight and unmarked. Apparently rare, only 4 on COPAC (one being in Dublin) and no web matches at time of listing. An interesting little book aimed primarily at farmers' children with chapters on e.g. 'Bird-keeping and Pig-keeping', 'Shepherd-boy', 'Land Measurement', 7 in all, each closing with a short moral story plus an 'Introductory Lesson' beginning 'Boys lend me your ears: I do not want to box or pull them, for I would not give you pain or fright ...'. 9 cm x 14 cm
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- Bookseller
- Douglas Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012782
- Title
- THE VILLAGE LESSON BOOK for the Use of Schools
- Author
- DOYLE, Martin (pseud. of William Hickey)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG for age and genre
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Groombridge and Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1855
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- education rural life farming history of education
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- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
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- VG
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....