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c1876 The Treasure On The Beach & Gilbert West Antique Illustrated Theology Book

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c1876 The Treasure On The Beach & Gilbert West Antique Illustrated Theology Book

The Treasure On The Beach, and, What It Did For Gilbert West.
By M.A.P.
Published by Sunday School Union: London c1876 (undated - inscription dated 1876)
In Original Decorated Cloth Bindings

" The Treasure on the Beach, and What It Did for Gilbert West is an attractive Victorian juvenile tale published by the Sunday School Union, London, and written under the initials M.A.P. Set in a picturesque coastal district of western England, the story follows the young Gilbert West and uses his adventures and discovery of a supposed treasure as the framework for a characteristic nineteenth-century story of childhood, temptation and moral development.

Gilbert's search leads him amongst the beaches, rocks and working people of the coastal community, with his experiences gradually providing lessons concerning industry, honesty, responsibility and the consequences of idleness. Although clearly written with the moral and religious objectives of the Sunday School movement in mind, the narrative is presented as an adventure story rather than simply a collection of lessons. The volume is illustrated throughout, including a frontispiece and full-page engravings such as Gilbert Begs the Loan of the Axe, together with numerous smaller illustrations incorporated into the text.

An especially attractive example of Victorian juvenile publishing, the book remains in its original vivid blue cloth bindings, elaborately decorated in black with gilt title panels to both the upper board and spine. The volume is undated, although the presentation inscription — "To Frederick Singleton from his Sabbath-school Teacher 9/7/76" — establishes that this copy was already in circulation by 1876, providing useful contemporary provenance and making a date of c.1876 or earlier appropriate. The combination of its decorative binding, illustrations, coastal adventure subject and surviving Sabbath-school presentation inscription gives the volume considerable period character."

Light wear and fading with a few marks to covers and spine as shown. Pages clean and beautifully presented. Inscription from 1876. No loose pages. A lovely, inscribed copy in very good condition overall. Please study photos to further understand condition.

Size 16.5cm x 11cm x 1cm - 107 Pages

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Condition: Very good
Binding: Cloth
Special Attributes: ["Illustrated", "Original Decorated Cloth Bindings"]
Region: Europe
Subject: Religion & Spirituality
Original/Facsimile: Original
Seller Notes: Light wear and fading with a few marks to covers and spine as shown. Pages clean and beautifully presented. Inscription from 1876. No loose pages. A lovely, inscribed copy in very good condition overall. Please study photos to further understand condition.
Language: English
Author: M.A.P.
Publisher: Sunday School Union: London
Year Printed: 1876
Sub-subject: Theology