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(SMITHIES, Thomas Bywater) Illustrated Songs and Hymns for the Little Ones. Compiled by Uncle John. FIRST EDITION. Tall 8vo. Partridge & Co. [1858]
Col. front., added col. engr. title & plates, illus.; a few spots. Orig. dark blue cloth, with some sm. discreet repairs, elaborately gilt blocked on front board. a.e.g.

¶The sole copy on Copac is in the Bodleian. A new edition of 1874 has the editor's initials T.B.S. i.e. Thomas Bywater Smithies. Some of the hymns are by Samuel Clark, many are signed with initials. The coloured lithograph plates are by Sir John Gilbert & others, with many attractive engr. line illustrations in the text.
Stock #48442
£150


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