child's companion and juvenile instructor
Subtitle: new series : 1851.
Contributors: Baxter, George, 1804-1867.; Whymper, Josiah Wood, 1813-1903.; Religious Tract Society (London, England)
Series: Chambers's library for young people
Publisher: Religious Tract Society
Published: 1851
Place of publication: [London]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 380
Subjects: Conduct of life -- Juvenile literature.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Other titles: Juvenile instructor; Child's companion :
Notes: T.p. and text printed within thin black rule border.

T.p. with decorative wood-engraved border.

Preliminary wood-engraved plate with imprints: "Baxter's Patent Oil Printing" and "XI, Northampton Square.".  Plate is unsigned and with title caption: "Bethlehem.".

Plate is a colour wood engraving produced using the "Baxter Process", with areas and lines that are printed with an intaglio metal plate.

Most wood-engraved illustrations within the text are unsigned.  One is signed "Whimper" [i.e. Josiah Wood Whimper?].

MASS copy: Bound in half red morocco and marbled paper-covered boards with the spine tooled in gold.  Marbled paper and red morocco corners removed on upper and lower covers to reveal green paper-covered boards lithographed in black and gold.  Upper cover printed with the same design as used on lower cover of McLean D 0477, with elaborate decorative border and series title: "Chambers's Library for Young People".  Upper cover with imprint: "Lithographed by G. Millar 6[8, Princes St. Edinr.]".  Lower cover printed with the same design and illustration as used on upper cover of McLean D 0477, with elaborate decorative border incorporating a small illustration of a woman with children, but with title: "True Heroism".