A rather scarce little imprint by influential children's editor, D. P. Kidder. Each chapter is a letter of the alphabet, complete with thematically stylized woodcut initial illustrating the subject of the chapter. A charming production.
D. P. Kidder [Ed.]. The Child's Friend. A Little Book for Little Children. By A Sunday School Teacher. Edited by D. P. Kidder. Sunday-School Union. 1849. 160pp.
A good - copy, bound in cloth, generally solid, with light to moderate foxing, handled pages, and some splatter stains as shown.
