Various Authors — Companion for Leisure Hours

London, The Religious Tract Society, 1841. Leather. A charmingly bound copy of this Religious Tract Society publication. Companion for Leisure Hours is a compilation of essays and stories for the reader to indulge during their leisure hours. Illustrated, with sixteen plates. Collated, complete. The Religious Tract Society was a major British publisher of Christian literature intended initially for evangelism. They particularly aimed their literature to children, women and the poor. In a full morocco binding with decorative gilt stamping to the boards and to the spine. Externally, smart with patches of rubbing to the extremities and some minor rubbing to the joints and to the head and tail of spine. Hinges are slightly strained but firm. Institutional stamps to the front and rear pastedown. Front endpaper is loosening. Internally, generally firmly bound though strained in places. Pages are generally bright with the odd spot throughout. Good . Ill.: Various. Good .