Stories about many things. Founded on facts.
London.
Printed for Harvey and Darton, 1833.
First edition.
12mo.
84pp. Original publisher's green roan-backed marbled paper boards. Rubbed, spine heavily worn, upper board detached. Near contemporary inked gift/ownership inscriptions to front endpapers, FFEP and dampstained frontispiece detached, scattered spotting.
The sole edition, in original unsophisticated state, of an anonymous series of 'true stories' presented in the form of a dialogue between a mother and her young son. With the exception of the fourth and final chapter, 'The Walk', in which the pair saunter through the countryside discussing minerals, the 'many things' related to the reader are confined to 'Dogs', 'Ants' and 'New Zealanders'. The inclusion of this latter chapter distinguishes the book as the earliest recorded children's text with New Zealand content. The chapter relates Captain Cook's encounters with the natives and experiences of Moyhanger, a Maori brought to London.
OCLC and COPAC record copies at nine locations (Alexander Turnbull, BL, Cambridge, Florida, Glasgow, Indiana, Iowa, NCC, and New York).
OCLC and COPAC record copies at nine locations (Alexander Turnbull, BL, Cambridge, Florida, Glasgow, Indiana, Iowa, NCC, and New York).
Darton G885.
£ 250.00
Antiquates Ref: 27971