None stated — Picture Stories for Children

London, The Religious Tract Society, [1888]. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce collection of illustrated religious Christian stories. The first edition.Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece, sixty monochrome full page illustrations, and a monochrome vignette. This collection of children's stories that aimed to guide children, reminding them to pray to God and live a moral life. The work features stories about leaving home for the first time, trusting in God during a storm and much more. Illustrated advertisements to the rear. Undated, dated by copies held by the British Library. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth. Externally very smart with fading to the spine, marks to the boards, and bumping and slight rubbing to the extremities. Prize bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally binding strained in places with cords showing. Pages generally bright with the odd spot throughout. One plate hand coloured by a previous owner. Very Good . Ill.: None stated. Very Good .