![CHILDREN'S BOOKS -- [KENDALL, Edward Augustus (1776-1892)]. The Canary Bird: a Moral Fiction interspersed with Poetry. 18° (125 x 75mm). London: for E. Newbery, 1799. Engraved frontispiece. (Lacks half-title, frontispiece slightly shaved, title offset, fore-margins close cut.) Contemporary roan-backed boards (spine chipped at foot). Newbery published both a 12° and 18° edition in the same year. Roscoe J204.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2012/CSK/2012_CSK_07558_0088_000(childrens_books_--_kendall_edward_augustus_the_canary_bird_a_moral_fic024014).jpg?w=1)
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CHILDREN'S BOOKS -- [KENDALL, Edward Augustus (1776-1892)]. The Canary Bird: a Moral Fiction interspersed with Poetry. 18° (125 x 75mm). London: for E. Newbery, 1799. Engraved frontispiece. (Lacks half-title, frontispiece slightly shaved, title offset, fore-margins close cut.) Contemporary roan-backed boards (spine chipped at foot). Newbery published both a 12° and 18° edition in the same year. Roscoe J204.
The Book of Trades, or Library of the Useful Arts. London: Tabart, 1804. Parts 1-2 only (of 3) in 2 vols., 12° (132 x 80mm). 39 hand-coloured plates. (Plates offset onto facing page of text, quires D, H-I in vol. I heavily spotted, D also waterstained.) Contemporary quarter red roan (one spine chipped). Provenance: gift of George Duncombe to his sister Louisa, 2 February 1811 (inscription in vol. I). FIRST EDITION of Tabart's 'most successful publication'. Moon Tabart 16, no known copy of part 3 dated 1804; and 5 other works in 7 volumes, 3 of them with ownership signature of Louisa Duncombe. (10)
The Book of Trades, or Library of the Useful Arts. London: Tabart, 1804. Parts 1-2 only (of 3) in 2 vols., 12° (132 x 80mm). 39 hand-coloured plates. (Plates offset onto facing page of text, quires D, H-I in vol. I heavily spotted, D also waterstained.) Contemporary quarter red roan (one spine chipped). Provenance: gift of George Duncombe to his sister Louisa, 2 February 1811 (inscription in vol. I). FIRST EDITION of Tabart's 'most successful publication'. Moon Tabart 16, no known copy of part 3 dated 1804; and 5 other works in 7 volumes, 3 of them with ownership signature of Louisa Duncombe. (10)