Title: Life of Abraham.
Publisher: Petter, G.E. London
Publication Date: 1845
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Edition: 1st Edition
Circa 1845. 120 printed pages + 8 pages of publisher's adverts at the end. Engraved frontispiece and title. All edges gilt. Original pale green endpapers. 30 x 50mm. Original red cloth (very slightly rubbed). Front cover and spine stamped in gilt and both lettered "Life of Abraham". This is a Diamond textbook (a series of miniature books that also covered the lives of Christ, Samuel, Joseph, Alfred the Great and the Reverend C.H. Spurgeon). Welsh only notes Spielmann's copy. Bondy remarks "Much loved by collectors". Bondy, 130. Spielmann, 512. Welsh, 7179. WorldCat locates five copies including the Adomeit copy, only one copy is in the UK and it is not held by the British Library. Seller Inventory # 5315