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The Settlers in Canada is a children's novel written by Frederick Marryat, and published in 1844. The novel is set in the wilderness of Upper Canada in the 1790s. It describes the adventures of an immigrant family who settle near Lake Ontario, despite the threats from the native people and wild animals (see Wikipedia). London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1844.… Saber más sobre este artículo

In three 8vo. volumes. Vol. 1: Three unnumbered title pages + vi-viii, pp.287 + 32 pp. Publisher's catalogues No.1 & 2, dated October, 1842; Vol. 2: 269pp. plus identical 32 pp. catalogues; Vol. 3: 225pp. and an additional note by author. With an engraved frontispiece to each volume, numerous engraved illustrations in the text, and publisher's advertisement catalogues to Vols. I and II. Spines… Saber más sobre este artículo

An attractive, didactic children's book very probably written in 1844 by the Swiss (Geneva) wife of the "co-author", a Protestant Pasteur -Pasteur de l'église réformée evangelique- telling the story of a boat trip up the Rhône river, from Avignon to Geneva. viii + 203 pp. The unusual cover page is composed of a series of vignettes. Free postal delivery worldwide.

London: A. K. Newman, Leadenhall Street, 1833. 14 x 9 cm. Very good. 1 vol., 160pp. Binding: contemporary marbled, spine with gold lettering: "HOFLAND'S ELIZABETH" Engraved frontispieceReal life, instructive tale for young people, carefully abridged by the author to attract a wider public , i.e. cheaper. 2s 6d. Very light foxing to endpapers.