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HALLORAN, L. Boutcher. Tables of Weights and Measures, Versified for the Amusement and Instruction of Youth. London: Printed by Davidson for Pinnock and Maunder, Mentorian Press, 1819. Oblong 12° (103 x 134mm). 10 wood-engraved plates, 4-pages of publisher's advertisements at the end (occasional light spotting and browning). Original printed wrappers with woodcut border (corners creased, lightly stained). RARE. Not in Osborne.
With 10 other books printed in the early 19th-century including The History of Jack the Giant Killer (London, W. S. Johnson, [n.d.]), Gammer Gurton's Garland of Nursery Songs, and Toby Tickle's Collection of Riddles. Compiled by Peter Puzzlecap, Esq. (Glasgow, Lumsden and Son, [n.d.]), The Red Rover, a Drama ... Written expressly for and adapted only to Skelt's Characters & Scenes (London, M. & B. Skelt, [n.d.]), the remainder a collection of Chap Books ("The Distracted Sailor," "The Scottish Fuzileers", "The Virgin Martyr" etc). (11)
With 10 other books printed in the early 19th-century including The History of Jack the Giant Killer (London, W. S. Johnson, [n.d.]), Gammer Gurton's Garland of Nursery Songs, and Toby Tickle's Collection of Riddles. Compiled by Peter Puzzlecap, Esq. (Glasgow, Lumsden and Son, [n.d.]), The Red Rover, a Drama ... Written expressly for and adapted only to Skelt's Characters & Scenes (London, M. & B. Skelt, [n.d.]), the remainder a collection of Chap Books ("The Distracted Sailor," "The Scottish Fuzileers", "The Virgin Martyr" etc). (11)
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