— Creation: Or, a Morning Walk with Anna

Dublin , Philip Dixon Hardy and Sons , 1845. First edition. Leather. A near miniature first edition of these verses concerning God and His creation by Mary B. Tuckey. Very scarce. First edition. Very scarce, found previously in auction only twice, including the auction from which this copy was acquired.Small pocket, near miniature, measuring 3.5" by 3". Bound in contemporary laquered roan, decoratively blind-stamped.With a frontispiece and additional vignette title page. A charming volume offering a series of verses celebrating God and His creation of the world, with many references to the beauty of nature, being an analogy told through the observations of a morning walk by a girl named Anna.With an appendix of scripture texts to the rear. Anonymous, though credited to one Mary B. Tuckey, author of 'The Great Exemplar&apos.  Bound in contemporary laquered roan, decoratively blind-stamped. Externally, very smart, with light rubbing to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are slightly toned, but generally clean, with the odd spot to the endpapers. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .