Scenes in America for the Amusement and Instruction of Little Tarry-at-Home Travellers by TAYLOR, Isaac - 1822

Hartford: S. Andrus & Son. Very Good-. 1848. Hardcover. Some spotting on cloth; light shelf wear extremities. ; The 2 page frontispiece map is present. Some foxing, and some of the plates have been poorly colored by a child. .

London: J. Harris and Son,, 1822. Hardcover Hardcover. Acceptable. Twelvemo. 122pp. Original quarter leather over printed boards. Poor copy with rubbing to covers, lacking prelims, detached and chipped title page, introduction and first page. No date (lacking bootom half of title page) c.1822-1840.

London. : Harris and Son. , 1821. 1st Edition.. Quarter red leather over printed boards, no spine title. . Very good, covers soiled, corners and edges worn,complete with the map and all illustrations.. 12mo., 16.7x10.2 cm. . weight: 0.4 lb. Folding map frontis, engraved title, 84 illustrations on 28 engraved plates.

Hartford, Connecticut: Silas Andrus, 1825. First American Edition. Hardcover. Good. 12mo 7" - 7. Quite scarce in the trade. First American Edition from the juvenile "Scenes" series of travelogues by the author (and illustrator), the minister Isaac Taylor (1759-1829). Bluish marbled paper over boards, leather backed, twice, tips, edges, spine head and foot rubbed and scuffed, some loss of paper to rear bottom tip. Engraved folding map of the Americas at front, light chipping to edges, lovely wood-engraved title-page vignette of a European ship sailing to and meeting an Indian, and then another 78 wood-engraved illustrations on 26 plates strewn throughout, depicting scenes of travel and exploration, industry and manufacture. Ex-libris bookplate inside front flap. The work was published first in England in 1821 and went through additional printings and editions, including 1822 and 1824. In racing prose, the author highlights early travelogues so as to hook especially young readers by… Read More

London: J. Harris and Son, 1822. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Publisher's original boards with printed illustrations to upper and lower covers and a maroon spine with gilt fillets. Moderately rubbed and darkened, worn at head, tail and joints, nonetheless showing well and holding firm and square. Contents tidy and clean and typically age toned, not showing any pen-marks save a neat old former owner name and note at the endpaper, which is slightly parting, but not excessively, hence the hinges are tight and secure. Size: 12mo (170mm x 110mm); collation: pp. viii, 120, iv (adverts), complete with an engraved folding map at the front, a wood-engraved title vignette and 84 wood-engraved illustrations on 28 plates. Thus a very good copy of a scarce work in its original state.

London. Printed for Harris and Sons. 1821. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 16mo, 16cm, viii,122, [2]p., frontis folding map, with 84 engraved illustrations (good clear strikes) on 28 plates, title page vignette, in the original quarter crimson roan backed printed paper over boards with vignette illustration on both boards, a fine clean copy of the first edition (cgc) Osborne II-p813. Sabin 94469. Among the earliest of the juveniles about the Americas, it contains brief highlights of early travel and discovery aimed at the juvenile audience, including material concerning Columbus, Cortes, Balboa, American Indians, Lewis and Clark, Hudson Bay, the West Indies, etc., with numerous charming woodcut illustrations. Both America n continents are covered equally. Reproduced in 1968 with a new preface by Christina Duff Stewart in the series Early Children's Books sponsored by the Toronto Public Library.

London, 1821.. viii,122pp. plus twenty-seven plates and a folding map. Illus. 12mo. Original half roan and pictorial boards, spine gilt. Moderate wear to boards, top of spine chipped. Contemporary ownership inscription on front pastedown. Minor foxing and toning. Good. First edition. Brief highlights of early travel and discovery aimed at the juvenile audience, including material concerning Columbus, Cortes, Balboa, American Indians, Lewis and Clark, Hudson Bay, the West Indies, etc., with numerous charming woodcut illustrations. SABIN 94469.

London: J. Harris and Son, 1822. Second edition. Engraved folding map at front, wood-engraved title vignette and 84 wood-engraved illustrations on 28 plates. viii, 120 pp. 12mo. Contemporary russet paneled calf, gilt. Light rubbing to extremities, spine sunned, some light dampstaining to text. Contemporary gift inscription on flyleaf, small bookplate. Second edition. Engraved folding map at front, wood-engraved title vignette and 84 wood-engraved illustrations on 28 plates. viii, 120 pp. 12mo. Second edition of this work from the juvenile "Scenes" series by author, illustrator and nonconformist minister Isaac Taylor (1759-1829). First published in London 1821. Osborne, p. 190

Hartford: Published by Silas Andru, 1825. 117pp. plus seventy-eight illustrations on [26] leaves. Titlepage vignette and folding frontis. map. 12mo. Contemporary sheep. Sheep slightly worn. An occasional light fox mark, but generally clean inside. Very good. First American edition, following London editions of 1821, 1822, and 1824. Brief highlights of early travel and discovery aimed at the juvenile audience, including material concerning Columbus, Cortes, Balboa, American Indians, Lewis and Clark, Hudson Bay, the West Indies, etc., with numerous charming woodcut illustrations. North and South America are equally well covered. SABIN 94469. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 22429.

London: Printed for Harris and Sons, 1821. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. 16mo. 122, [2]pp. Folding map. 84 engraved illustrations on 28 plates (including 12 about the Lewis and Clarke Expedition). Original quarter calf and printed papercovered boards. Contemporary Glasgow bookseller's label, and two early ownership signatures, light wear to the boards, a pleasing, near fine copy. An early children's book about travels in America. *Sabin* 94469.