[Farquhar, Barbara H.]

The Pearl of Days:

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[by Benjamin Pardon for] Partridge and Oakey; and D. Robertson [in Glasgow] London 1849 or, the Advantages of the Sabbath to the Working Classes. By a Labourer's Daughter. With a Sketch of the Author's Life. Thirtieth Thousand. Woodcut frontispiece and three plates by E. Whimper, and woodcut vignettes. 12mo. [188 x 117 x 11 mm]. xiv, [ii], 90, [10 pp. Bound in the original red cloth, the covers blocked in blind with the royal arms and title in gilt on the front, the spine lettered in gilt and blocked in blind, pale yellow endleaves, gilt edges. First published in 1848. A very good copy. There is a four page list of subscribers, including a group of servants. It was dedicated to Queen Victoria, and this copy belonged to her cousin, King George V of Hanover (1819-1878), and has his red ink stamp on the verso of the title.

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• ordernr.: ebc2746

• bookseller: George Bayntun (GREAT BRITAIN)