The Dairyman's Daughter, the Young Cottager, and the African Servant by Richmond, Rev. Legh - N. D.: Authentic Narratives - Abridged. With a Brief Sketch of the Life of the Author

Boston: American Tract Society Book. Fair Only. Hardcover. Undated; circa very early 19th century printing. Cover is worn and faded; moisture exposure on the rear board; light foxing; soils on front endpapers. Written by the late Rector of Turvey, Bedfordshire..

New York: American Tract Society, ND. HB. Black blind-stamped cloth, gilt lettering and designs on spine, 16 mo., 81 pp. + ads at rear. Ffep missing, owners name front end paper, no marks in text, binding solid. Covers show edge wear, corners worn through to boards, one spot of white paint on front cover, fraying top and bottom of spine. These are abridged versions of the original works. Book condition Good.

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New York: American Tract Society, N. D.. Later printing. Hardcover. Good. 12mo. [1], 56 pages; 33 pages; 81 pages, 3 pages publisher advertisements. Illustrated with three frontispieces. Light faded brown cloth hardcover stamped in blind on covers. Gilt stamped title and decorations on spine. Cloth chipped base of spine. Light damp stains and light to moderate scattered foxing to contents. Old ink stain in the gutter of pages 32 and 33 in the African Servant section. Previous owner name on right front flyleaf.

New York: Lane & Scott. VG/NO DUSTJACKET. 1849. Hardcover. 16mo., cloth. .

Boston: American Tract Society, 1860. Richmond (1772-1827) was an Anglican clergyman; this includes three novellas that were first published by the (English) Tract Society in 1814; due to popularity, they were re-published many times. This is a Very Good (Plus) copy of an American printing; there is no publication date, but is circa 1860. Brown pebbled cloth binding, nicely blindstamped. Gilt titling and decorations to the spine and front cover ("God hath chosen the poor of this world. Rich in faith"). Clean text; xviii, 132 pages, 45 pages, and 90 pages. Contemporary inscription on the FFEP. Bumped and lightly rubbed at the margins. The gilt is faded but readable. A solid copy.. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good (Plus)/No Jacket. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall.

London: J Hatchard and Son, 1828. Leather. Very Good. 6.5" by 4". None. A collected edition of Richmond's stories of village life, first published in 1814 under the title of Annals of the Poor.Scarce in this edition published by Hatchard, a new edition, enlarged and illustrated with a frontispiece portrait engraving of author The first publication with An Introductory Sketch of the Author by the Rev. John Ayre, A. M. dated Feb. 21st, 1828. Legh Richmond (1772 - 1827) was an English divine. He was powerfully influenced by William Wilberforce's Practical View of Christianity, and took a prominent interest in the British and Foreign Bible Society, the Church Missionary Society and similar institutions. The best known of his writings is The Dairyman's Daughter, an early 19th century Christian religious booklet of 52 pages, which had a remarkably wide distribution and influence. It was a narrative of the religious experience of Elizabeth Wallbridge, who was the person after whom the book was… Read More