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Waste not, want not
by [SHERWOOD, Mrs. Mary Martha]
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: The Religious Tract Society, 1837. 72pp. With numerous woodcut illustrations in the text. Stitched, as issued, in original publisher's pictorial paper wrappers. Without spine panel, dust-soiled and a trifle chipped. Inked and pencilled ownership inscriptions to recto of FFEP and foot of p.70. An apparently unrecorded Religious Tract Society edition of Mary Martha Sherwood's (1775-1851) Worcester-based morality tale for children. The narrative centres around young Mary, who, in an effort to provide for her kindly widowed mother and subsidise her income as a glove sewer, takes a position as a housekeeper at a local estate. There, she earns the animosity of a fellow female employee Hannah, a rather languorous young woman. Hannah, naturally, proves herself the more diligent worker, learning the benefits of honest employment, commitment to one's duties, and the dangers of procrastination. Whilst COPAC and OCLC locate other contemporary editions, none are dated, as here, 1837. . 12mo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Antiquates Ltd
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AQ21894
- Title
- Waste not, want not
- Author
- [SHERWOOD, Mrs. Mary Martha]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- The Religious Tract Society
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1837
- Keywords
- Children's
- Size
- 12mo
Terms of Sale
Antiquates Ltd
Antiquates Ltd was established by Tom Lintern-Mole in 2007; we travel far and wide to buy, sell, and advise on rare books and manuscripts.
Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
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Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
About the Seller
Antiquates Ltd
Biblio member since 2008
Wareham, Dorset
About Antiquates Ltd
Mail Order and Internet, but in normal times we have an antiquarian bookshop in the Dorset countryside.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....