A Lady. Affection's Gift : for the Instruction and Amusement of the Young. With Engravings. Hartford: Brown and Parsons, 20 State Street, 1842. [11998]
Black cloth, decorated in blind with gilt title to front, spine ends chipped with corners worn through, 6 x 4 3/4 inches. Contemporary gift inscription in brown ink on the ffep, vignette of two boys duck hunting on the title page, many additional illustrations in the text. [i-v], [6]-80; text has a good bit of foxing. Good. Hardcover.
"Case, Tiffany & Co., Printers, Pearl-street, Hartford" on the copyright page.
A collection of moral stories with examples of both good children and bad, with praise for good behavior and warnings for the bad.
