{"product_id":"the-childs-companion-and-juvenile-instructor-annual-volume","title":"The Child's Companion and Juvenile Instructor — Annual Volume","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication:\u003c\/b\u003e London, The Religious Tract Society, 1882\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormatting:\u003c\/b\u003e Square 8vo, pp. 192.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Report:\u003c\/b\u003e Very Good. The publisher's original decorative cloth binding remains remarkably bright and attractive, a testament to careful preservation. The olive-ochre boards are crisp, with the striking black, terracotta, and green botanical blocking retaining its vibrancy, and the gilt titling to the upper board entirely unoxidised. There is minor rubbing to the extremities, most notably light bumping to the spine ends and corners, but the binding remains tight and structurally sound. Internally, the book is very pleasing. The original endpapers are present, showing a neat 1883 presentation inscription to the front free endpaper alongside some localised spotting and mild offsetting. The text block is otherwise clean and firm, with the splendid chromolithograph frontispiece and internal wood engravings remaining crisp and bright.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatalogue Note:\u003c\/b\u003e This is the annual bound volume for 1882 of \u003ci\u003eThe Child's Companion and Juvenile Instructor\u003c\/i\u003e, the long-running and highly influential Victorian children's periodical published by the Religious Tract Society. Printed in London by William Clowes and Sons, Limited, this edition features a charming chromolithograph frontispiece of two girls playing with a dog, produced by the Religious Tract Society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe volume is profusely illustrated throughout with high-quality wood engravings accompanying various moral tales, natural history lessons, and poetry designed for juvenile edification. The front free endpaper bears a neat contemporary ink inscription: \"Margaret Ellen Ashworth \/ Presented by her brother \/ Jan 1 1883\", serving as a pleasing example of the volume's intended use as a New Year's gift. While individual monthly parts were fragile and often discarded, these publisher's cloth annuals were designed to be kept; however, finding copies with the gilt and cloth in such remarkably bright, unfaded condition is increasingly uncommon on the open market, and they always make a handsome addition to the shelves at Broadhursts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA beautifully preserved Victorian children's annual, this 1882 volume of \u003ci\u003eThe Child's Companion and Juvenile Instructor\u003c\/i\u003e offers a captivating glimpse into 19th-century youth literature. Published by the Religious Tract Society, the book is a treasure trove of moral stories, poems, and educational articles, brought to life by a stunning colour chromolithograph frontispiece and numerous intricate wood engravings. Bound in its striking original decorative cloth, this copy stands as a remarkable survival of Victorian book design and childhood reading.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54618461176147,"sku":"5134","price":37.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20260811_131600.jpg?v=1787042232","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/the-childs-companion-and-juvenile-instructor-annual-volume","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}