[Elizabeth Semple] Whim and Contradiction, first edition, J. Harris, 1815

[Elizabeth Semple]

Three works bound in one comprising:

1. Whim and Contradiction; or The Party of Pleasure. London: John Harris, 1815, engraved frontispiece and 5 plates

2. Arthur and Alice, or the Little Wanderers. London: John Harris, 1815, 6 engraved plates

3. Walter and Herbert or Precipitation and Slowness. London: John Harris, 1815, 6 engraved plates

3 volumes bound in one, 16mo (135 x 85mm.), FIRST EDITIONS, engraved plates coloured by hand, contemporary roan-backed marbled boards, signature E in Arthur and Alice misbound and crudely re-stitched incorrectly, some pencil scribbling and contemporary ownership signatures, some soiling, binding worn and rubbed 

Elizabeth Semple was a highly prolific author of books for children, the majority of which were published by John Harris. The engraved plates are particularly fine.

LITERATURE

Osborne II. 929-930; Moon 739, 753, 754