[123] pages. 10th edition. Printed by C. Whittingham, the Chiswick Press. Original cream endpapers. All edges gilt. Contemporary ink ownership inscription on front free endpaper. Provenance: Emma Singleton. Slight browning. 32 x 48 mm. Original red roan; four horizontal gilt lines on spine; covers with single gilt fillet borders. Slightly bowed boards. Bondy, 128. Welsh, 2314. WorldCat locates no copies of this edition worldwide. A single, short Bible verse or religious thought for each day, to be "sipped" like dew, providing daily spiritual nourishment. A pivotal time for the Religious Tract Society, that shifted in the 1820s and 1830s from exclusively giving away free tracts to commercially publishing bound, high-quality books and miniature works for children.







