Harry and Lucy Concluded; Being the Last Part of Early Lessons. 4 vols

London: R. Hunter, & Baldwin, Craddock, & Joy, 1825. ~Original dark green smooth polished half calf, paper marbled in Schrottel pattern to boards. Blind decor to leather on boards. Gilt ruling and two dark green gilt labels per spine. Spines very slightly faded. Mild rubbing to boards, board edges, and spines. All edges speckled brown, top edges slightly darkened. Small 8vos (11 x 18cm). Hinges internally and externally sound. Original sage green endpapers. A little minor foxing in vol.4. Tiny bookseller's lable, armorial bookplate of Charles Arthur Wynne Finch, dated 1878, and small book label of Mari Bicknell to inside front board of all vols. Owner's signature of C. G. (?) Wynne to title pages of all vols. Charles Wynne-Finch (1841-1903), member of a long-established Welsh gentry family. Mari Bicknell, MBE (1914-2003), founder and director of Cambridge Ballet Workshop. Maria Edgeworth (1768-1849), novelist and educator. One of her later works for children, Harry and Lucy Concluded gives considerable insight into her opinions on women's education, with the titular Lucy being reassured that although 'scientific ladies' are rightfully disliked, an unassuming interest in the male pursuit of science should not see her 'abhorred' by 'persons of sense' (vol. I, p. 8). Pencil initials to margin of vol. I, p. 21. Mild foxing. An attractive sound set. ~Robust packaging. All UK orders trackable, others on request. . 1st edition. Hardback. Very Good+. xviii, 287 + 340 + 319 + 336pp. Binding tight, text unmarked.