The Book Shed

Member of The Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association
& The Anthony Powell Society

Lake Road Benson, VT 05743
e-mail: mail@thebookshed.com
Joseph Trenn Tel: 802-345-3081 or 802-537-2010

home | advanced search | about us | media | Links

The Collects for Sundays and Holidays Throughout the Year: with a form of prayer for morning and evening for the use of families and private persons. Taken from the Book of Common Prayer

Author: Church of England
ISBN #: 
Price: $120.00
Publisher: F. & C. Rivington
Publisher Location: London
Book Condition: Good
Pub Date: 1804
In original sewn wraps which are soiled and worn, juvenile insciptions of 1806, some creased and dog-eared corners. 47 pages with table of contents in rear. Printed by Bye and Law, St John's Square, Clerkenwell. Published for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge for whom the Rivington's were booksellers. Supplied to "preserve the Morals of the Children in the Charity Schools and impress their minds with an early piety.." A scarce religious publication. None at the British Library or the WorldCat. The British Library has 2 similiar publications--1799, York and 1837, no place. Inscription is by Edward Guilding, Elmore. Elmore is a village in Gloucestershire where the Guilding's have been in residence since at least the 1650's. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility!