THE PRIZE FOR GIRLS AND BOYS 1884-1885
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co.
in 1885
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THE PRIZE FOR GIRLS AND BOYS 1884-1885
Stock no. 1506105
1885.
Hardback.
Slightly better than good condition.
Contains January 1884 to December 1885. Dark spine with gilt raised bands and titles, red title block. Grey boards, dark corners. 26 mounted colour plates plus b/w illustrations. Wear to spine and corners. Covers grubby and marked. Dark outlines to front endpaper of something previously kept in box. Rear joint just starting to crack. Ink writing to verso of front endpaper. Some foxing, marks and small margin tears to contents. Browning, mainly to pages opposite plates. 25 plates present, one has margin tear and one has margin loss.
Front cover
Contents
- At a Party
- A Good Lesson
- A Mother an Foal
- Annie Lee
- 'A Blue Moon'
- A Little More about Duchess
- Bible Stories:-
- The Story of Abimelech
- The Story of Samson
- The First King of Israel
- Jonathan and his Armour-bearer
- The Wisdom of Solomon
- Solomon's Golden Shields
- the Story of Elijah
- The Story of Jezebel
- Ahab's Foolish Kindness
- King Jonah and the Prophet
- 'By the Waters of Babylon we sat down an wept'
- The Story of Nebuchadnezzar
- Bessie's Birthday
- Corrupted Bibles
- Cripple Bessie
- Careless Jane
- Children Long-ago
- Daffodils
- Herod
- 'I wish to be useful'
- 'Only a Threepenny bit'
- Orion
- Philip
- Sally's Little Sister
- Sea-Fishing
- Saved from the Wreck
- Stretch it a Little
- The Children in the Snow-Storm
- The Collar of Silver Bells
- The Echo-boy
- The Tender-hearted Dog
- The Horses who knew where to go for Help
- The Little Silver Threepence
- The Two Butterflies
- The Right Answer
- The Little Brothers
- Tom's Gold-dust
- 'Take no Thought for the Morrow'
- Under the Great Holly
- Why Mabel altered her Will
- Poetry
- A Broad Hint
- An Easter Song for the Children
- Alice and Mary
- Brave Neptune
- Baby and her Doll
- Ben
- Constant Companions
- Christmas Stockings
- Dossie and Flossie
- Friends and Visitors
- Going Forth to Meet Him
- Going to Bed
- Highland Shepherds-boy
- Just Arrived
- Kittie's Tail
- Little by Little
- My First Shave
- Master Tommy
- The Sleeping Baby
- The Wanderers
- The Little Student
- The Scrap-Book
- The Squirrels' Lesson
- The Village Church
- The Little Brown Sparrow
- 'Take a Bite, Pussy!'
- Two Sides to a Picture
- The Comet
- The Stolen Plums
- Wild Flowers
- The Pitman's Child
- The Sisters
- Coloured Pictures
- Just Arrived
- Brave Neptune
- The Little Student
- Baby and her Doll
- A Mother and Foal
- 'Take a Bite, Pussy!'
- The Comet,
- Constant Companions
- Wild Flowers
- Ben
- The Pitman's Child
- The Sisters