8vo. 12, [6], 148pp. With an initial catalogue of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's brown cloth, printed paper lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed and marked, spots of staining to boards. Very occasional light spotting.

The first edition of an early collection of short Biblical stories edited by English social theorist Harriet Martineau (1802- 1876), the publication of which precedes her vast array of political, abolitionist and philosophical works.