Over the Sea: or Letters from an Officer in India to His Children at Home.
Philadelphia. American Sunday-School Union. (Circa 1876). 1st American Edition. Stock ID #171162 The first edition of this work was published in 1857 edited by the Reverend Steuart Adolphus Pears (1815-1875) who was a schoolmaster and author, he was headmaster of Repton school. When referring to this item please quote stockid 171162.
Black & white engraved frontispiece with tissue guard and title page decorated with a vignette, one full-page illustration, small illustrations and music throughout. Red cloth covered boards (slightly discoloured), stamped & decorated in black, spine slightly faded and gilt rubbed. Prior owner details neatly written in copperplate on front fixed endpaper. Endpapers have light foxing but the rest of the text block is clean and sound. 16.6 x 11cm.
Price: $195.00 AU