Strange Tales From Humble Life

Manchester, England: Brook and Chrystal, 1884. Undated [1884]. First series, 114,000. Collected moral tales, stated as true stories, for children, illustrated with engravings. Royal blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt and black, 188 pages plus publisher's ads. Covers rubbed, mainly at the extremities, with a small scuffed area to the front cover, good hinges, sound… Read more about this item

Toronto: Wesleyan Methodist Book-Room, 1869. Hardcover. Good. 466pp; Purple cloth boards, spine faded, boards faded & edgeworn, wear to spine ends & corners of boards, gift inscr. to FFEP, underlining to a few pages, foxing to a few pages, binding is sound, Good condition. True stories of morality and religion by the English champion of the poor and… Read more about this item

Toronto: printed at the Methodist Conference Office, 1875. Fourh Canadian Edition. hardcover. near very good. Octavo, green cloth binding with gilt spine titles and decorations. 468 pages. A couple of darkened spots on spine, else very good. Includes prefaces to the first English edition, and all four Canadian editions. Ashworth (8 July 1813 - 26 January 1875) was a preacher… Read more about this item

Tubbs & Brook, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 188 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Loss of rear endpaper. Pages are mildly tanned throughout. Text is clear. Binding remains firm. Boards have heavy edge-wear with bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Book has a moderate… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Henry Longstreth, 1884. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo, separately paginated, blindstamped cloth, minor insect damage at spine. Ashworth was an author, lecturer, a manufacturer, and a non-conformist minister, and founder of the Chapel of the Destitute. STRANGE TALES is considered his chief work. Originally published as separate tracts, each tale here has… Read more about this item

Toronto: William Briggs, 1880. STRANGE TALES FROM HUMBLE LIFE- John Ashworth- William Briggs-Toronto-1880- 5th Edition-1st Thus-Stated- Hardcover:- 8vo- VG/ no dj as issued- original publishers brown cloth with dark brown and gilt designs and title on spine and cover-solid spine and tight, minor rubbing- a solid example- 468pp are clean, no tears or writing- minor foxing towards ffeps, code on… Read more about this item

London : Morgan and Chase, 1870. 7th edition. Hardcover. Good copy only in the original gilt-blocked, blind-bordered sand-grained cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Hinges. Remains reasonably well-preserved overall. Date is suggested. Physical description: 188 pages, 5 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 16 cm. Subjects: Christian life; Life and costumes,… Read more about this item

Philadelphia, PA: William S. Young. VG. 1874. Reissue. Hardcover. Reprint edition. 4" x 6", 167 page hardcover bound in black cloth with gold decorations and lettering on the spine. A Very Good copy. Tiny b umps to the corners. Fraying along the head of the spine. Some dust sp ots on the covers. Contents clean, tight, unmarked. .

Toronto: William Briggs, 1882. Fair hardcover; Blue cloth with Gilt lettering on spine. Some fraying. Binding tight. Some rubbing & other general wear. Good condition.. Fifth Canadian Edition. Original Cloth. Fair. 5 x 8".

Legare Street Press, 2021. Paperback. Very Good. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Nabu Press, 2012-04-16. Paperback. Good. Paperback-**Volume Five**Cover has some wear, pages clean and in good condition inside.

Toronto, ON, Canada: William Briggs, ca. 1880's. Eighth Canadian Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Green embossed boards with gilt lettering and gilt and black graphics. Eighth Canadian Edition. There is light foxing throughout. 468 pages plus 10 pages of advertisements. 1A

Hardback. New.

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Kessinger Publishing, LLC. hardcover. New. 6x1x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing