The Red Lion: A Temperance Tale, James Crompton, c.1880, [Rare]

£15.00

The Red Lion: A Temperance Tale

James Crompton

c.1880

Sunday School Union

8vo

Description:

A rare anti-drinking moral tale issued by the Sunday School Union to deter young readers away from a life of alcohol. The Temperance movement produced a fair amount of cautionary literature and there is very little trace of this particular title and very few institutional holdings.

Condition:

Good Condition. Pictorial cloth. Binding is firm. Contents lightly tanned. Off-setting to end papers. Pen inscription to front end paper. Boards are good with rubbing to bottom edges. Fraying to spine ends.

The Red Lion: A Temperance Tale

James Crompton

c.1880

Sunday School Union

8vo

Description:

A rare anti-drinking moral tale issued by the Sunday School Union to deter young readers away from a life of alcohol. The Temperance movement produced a fair amount of cautionary literature and there is very little trace of this particular title and very few institutional holdings.

Condition:

Good Condition. Pictorial cloth. Binding is firm. Contents lightly tanned. Off-setting to end papers. Pen inscription to front end paper. Boards are good with rubbing to bottom edges. Fraying to spine ends.