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Fables and Fairy Tales Stories Before 1850 Stories After 1850 Periodicals and Annuals Religious Books, Bibles, Hymns, etc Books of Instruction Nursery Rhymes and Alphabets
Movable and Toy Books; Myths and Heroes Poetry, Verse and Rhymes; Games Games and Pastimes Natural Science Geography and Travel History and Biography Mathematics

Books of Instruction

Cat. Number Images Author Title Date Place of Publication Genre
0474
Anon. A.B.C. The English Primer or, Child's First Book in which are the most easy reading lessons adapted to promote the first rudiments of learning No date Banbury Books of instruction
0475
Anon. A.B.C. The English Primer or, Child's First Book in which are the most easy reading lessons adapted to promote the first rudiments of learning No date Banbury Books of instruction
0476
Anon. A.B.C. The English Primer or, Child's First Book in which are the most easy reading lessons adapted to promote the first rudiments of learning No date Banbury Books of instruction
0478
Anon. The Amusing Alphabet for young Children beginning to Read 1812 London Books of instruction
0479
Angelo, Master Michael [i.e. Johnson, Richard] The Drawing School for Little Masters and Misses 1774 London Books of instruction
0480
Anon. (but Fenn, Eleanor?) The Art of Teaching in Sport No date (but c.1792?) London Books of instruction
0481
Ballantyne, William Introduction to Latin Reading 1834 London Books of instruction
0482
Barbauld, Anna Laetitia (Aikin) Lessons for Children. Parts 1-4 1801 London Books of instruction
0483
Barbauld, Anna Laetitia (Aikin) Lessons for Children. Part 1 1794 London Books of instruction
0484
Barbauld, Anna Laetitia (Aikin) Lessons for Children No date Books of instruction
0485
Barbauld, Anna Laetitia (Aikin) Lecons pour des enfants depuis l'age de deux ans jusqu'a cinq. Ouvrage en quatre parties. Traduit de l'Anglais de Mme Barbauld par M. Pasquier 1818 London Books of instruction
0486
Barbauld, Anna Laetitia (Aikin) Lecons pour enfants de l'Age de deux jusqu'a cinq ans. Ouvrage de deux parties. Traduit de l'Anglais de Mme Barbauld par M. Pasquier. Tome second. 1793 London Books of instruction
0487
Anon. Basler Lesebuch 1942 Basle Books of instruction
0488
Anon. Basler Lesebuch 1942 Basle Books of instruction
0489
Anon. Anon., [A Battledore] 'Playing the Harpsichord' No date but c.1835? Banbury? Books of instruction
0490
Anon. Anon., [A Battledore] 'The Fallow Deer' No date but c.1830? Books of instruction
0491
Anon. Gaffer Goodman's Picture Horn Books ... No. 1. The Alphabet and words of two letters No date London Books of instruction
0492
Anon. Gaffer Goodman's Picture Horn Books ... No. 5. Words not exceeding two syllables No date London Books of instruction
0493
Anon. The Good Child's Battledore No date Gainsborough Books of instruction
0494
Anon. Martin's Picture Battledore for the Nursery No date London Books of instruction
0495
Anon. The New Royal Battledore No date Kettering Books of instruction
0496
Anon. Routledge's Child's Illustration Cloth Battledore. No.2 No date London Books of instruction
0497
Anon. Routledge's Child's Illustration Cloth Battledore. No.4 No date London Books of instruction
0498
Anon. The Royal Battledore No date London Books of instruction
0499
Anon. Royal Battledore No date Derby Books of instruction
0500
Berry, Mrs. E., and Michaelis, Mme. Kindergarten Songs and Games No date London Books of instruction
0501
Bishop, J. The Child's Toy Book or Pleasing Tales in words of one and two syllables No date London Books of instruction
0502
Blair, David Blair's First or Mother's Catechism 1836 (date of preface) London Books of instruction
0503
Anon. A Book About Pictures Intended for the Young No date London Books of instruction
0504
Anon. The Book of Trades. Part 1. 1806 London Books of instruction
0505
Anon. The Book of Trades or Library of Useful Arts. Part 1 1810 London Books of instruction
0506
Anon. The Book of Trades or Library of Useful Arts. Part 2 1806 London Books of instruction
0507
Anon. The Book of Trades or Library of Useful Arts. Part 3 1807 London Books of instruction
0508
Anon. Books for Young Readers 1873 London Books of instruction
0509
Bradley, C. Phaedri Fabulae in usum scholarium expurgatae quibus accedunt Notulae Anglicae et Quaestiones studio C. Bradley 1841 London Books of instruction
0510
Anon. Manual of the System of the British and Foreign School Society of London for teaching Reading, Writing, Arithmetic and Needlework 1816 London Books of instruction
0511
Burritt, Elihu Old Burchell's Pocket Book for the Children No date but c.1868 London Books of instruction
0512
Butler, Mrs. Charles The Home First Number and Music Book No date London Books of instruction
0513
Butler, Mrs. Charles The Pleasant Reading Book with coloured pictures No date London Books of instruction
0514
Carpenter, Thomas The Scholar's Spelling Assistant wherein the words arranged on an improved plan according to their respective Principles of Accentuation 1807 London Books of instruction
0515
Chambaud, Lewis The Treasure of the French and English Language 1806 London Books of instruction
0516
Anon. The Child's First Book or Easy Lessons No date Northampton Books of instruction
0517
Anon. The Child's First Spelling Book or an Easy Introduction to Reading No date Ipswich Books of instruction
0518
Anon. The Child's Guide to Knowledge 1874 London Books of instruction
0519
Anon. The Child's Guide to Knowledge 1874 London Books of instruction
0520
Anon. The Child's Instructive Reading Book No date London Books of instruction
0521
Anon. The Child's New Book of Easy Tales No date ? Books of instruction
0522
Anon. The Child's Own Book a Mother's Best Gift No date Kettering Books of instruction
0523
Clarke, John Corderii Colloquiorum 1779 London Books of instruction
0524
Cocker, Edward Cocker's English Dictionary 1724 London Books of instruction
0525
Collyer, John The New Way to Reading Made Easy No date ? Books of instruction
0526
Corner, Julia Little Mary's Reading Book written in very easy language No date London Books of instruction
0527
Corner, Julia The Play Grammar or the elements of Grammar explained in easy games No date London Books of instruction
0528
Corner, Julia The Play Grammar or the elements of Grammar explained in easy games No date London Books of instruction
0529
Crowquill, Alfred (i.e. Forrester, Ceciil Scott) The Pictorial Grammar 1876 London Books of instruction
0530
Crowquill, Alfred (i.e. Forrester, Ceciil Scott) The Pictorial Grammar No date but 1851? London Books of instruction
0531
Dale, Nellie The Dale Readers. Book 1 No date but c.1902 London Books of instruction
0532
Anon. The Decoy or an Agreeable method of teaching children the elementary parts of English Grammar 1823 London Books of instruction
0533
Anon. Dictionnaire Francoise et Anglois 1808 Books of instruction
0534
Douin Madame The French Primer containing a copious vocabulary of familiar words arranged in the most pleasing form with interesting dialogue 1822 London Books of instruction
0535
Dyke, T. Reading made perfectly easy or, an introduction to the reading of the Holy Bible 1776 London Books of instruction
0536
Dyke, T. Reading made perfectly easy or, an introduction to the reading of the Holy Bible 1815 Brentford Books of instruction
0537
Anon. Easy Lessons for Young Beginners. Pictorial edition No date Edinburgh Books of instruction
0538
Anon. The Easy Monitor No date Derby Books of instruction
0539
Edwards, T. W. C. The Eton Latin Accidence No date London Books of instruction
0540
Elliott, Mary (Belson) Early Seeds to Produce Spring Flowers No date but c.1825-30 London Books of instruction
0541
Elliott, Mary (Belson) Plain things for Little Folks No date but 1823 London Books of instruction
0542
Ellis, William A Collection of English Exercises translated from the writings of Cicero No date London Books of instruction
0543
Anon. Exempla Moralia 1785 Eton Books of instruction
0544
Anon. Female Excellence or Hints to Daughters 1840 London Books of instruction
0545
Fenn, Lady Eleanor (Freer) (Mrs. Teachwell) Cobwebs to catch Flies 1817 London Books of instruction
0546
Fenn, Lady Eleanor (Freer) (Mrs. Teachwell) Cobwebs to Catch Flies, Vol.1 No date but 1783-c.1820 London Books of instruction
0547
Fenn, Lady Eleanor (Freer) (Mrs. Teachwell) Cobwebs to Catch Flies, vol.1 No date London Books of instruction
0548
Fenn, Lady Eleanor (Freer) (Mrs. Teachwell) Toiles D'Araignes pour attraper les Mouches 1799 London Books of instruction
0549
Finch, Charlotte The Gamut and Time-Table in Verse No date but c.1825 London Books of instruction
0550
Fisher, George The Instructor: or, Young Man's Best Companion 1740 London Books of instruction
0551
Fisher, George The Instructor or Young Man's Best Companion 1786 London Books of instruction
0552
Fisher, George The Instructor or Young Man's Best Companion 1798 London Books of instruction
0553
Froebel, F. Songs and Games No date London Books of instruction
0554
Goodrich, Samuel Griswold ('Peter Parley') Parley's Forget-me-not for the young 1858 London Books of instruction
0555
Gordon, Margaret Maria Household Economy No date but c.1887? Edinburgh and London Books of instruction
0556
Graf, Teil von Ulrich Z'Basel an Mim Rhy No date Books of instruction
0557
Grandineau, F. Le Petit Precepteur 1856 London Books of instruction
0558
Greenwood, James The London Vocabulary, English and Latin 1807 London Books of instruction
0559
Guppy, Mrs. Instructive and entertaining Dialogues for children 1833 London Books of instruction
0560
Anon. Guy's New British Spelling Book 1829 (date of frontispiece) London Books of instruction
0561
Haas, John An Easy and Practical Introduction to the French Language 1856 London Books of instruction
0562
Hamel, Nicholas Grammatical Exercises upon the French Language 1838 London Books of instruction
0563
Hamel, Nicholas A New Universal French Grammar 1842 (date of inscription) London Books of instruction
0564
Anon. The Handwriting or True manner of learning in an hour how to speak with the deaf and dumb of all civilized nations No date ? Books of instruction
0565
Martin, Mrs. The New Story Book in words of one syllable by Mrs. Martin No date London Books of instruction
0566
Mason, W. The Art of Shorthand No date ? Books of instruction
0567
Mavor, William Fordydce The English Spelling Book accompanied by a progressive series of easy and familiar lessons 1885 London Books of instruction
0568
Mayo, C. Lesson on Objects 1832 London Books of instruction
0569A
Anon. Sir Harry Herald's Graphical Representation of the Coronation Regalia 1824 London Books of instruction
0569B
Anon. The Costume, Manners, and Peculiarities, of different inhabitants of the Globe No date but 1824 or 1825? London Books of instruction
0569C
Anon. The Infant's Grammar or a Pic-nic Party of the Parts of Speech 1824 London Books of instruction
0569D
Stops, Mr. Punctuation Personified or Pointing made Easy 1826 London Books of instruction
0569E
Anon. Wonders! Descriptive of some of the most Remarkable of Nature and Art 1823 London Books of instruction
0569F
Dorset, Catherine Anne Think before you speak 1823 London Books of instruction
0569G
Anon. Pug's Tour Through Europe 1824 London Prose fiction before 1850
0569H
Anon. Paul Pry at a Party No date London Prose fiction before 1850
0569I
Anon. The History of Sixteen Wonderful Old Women 1822 London Prose fiction before 1850
0569J
Dorset, Catherine Anne, and Roscoe, William The Peacock 'At Home' ... [and] Butterfly's Ball No date, but c.1824? London Poetry, verse and rhymes
0569K
Anon. The Monkey's Frolic No date but c.1824? London Poetry, verse and rhymes
0569L
Anon. Lapland Sketches 1822 London Books of instruction
0569M
Anon. Valentine and Orson 1822 London Myths and heroes
0570
Hastie, T. The Only Method to Make Reading Easy, or Child's Best Instructor 1839 Newcastle Books of instruction
0571
Anon. Heimatgeschichtliches. Lesebuch von Basel-Stadt 1942 London Books of instruction
0572
Hewlett, Esther The New Speaker, or selections from the most esteemed authors in Prose and Verse 1834 London Books of instruction
0573
Hutchinson, James The Juvenile Spelling Assistant 1865 London Books of instruction
0574
Anon. The Improved Reading Made Easy No date Hereford Books of instruction
0575
Anon. Infant Lessons No date London Books of instruction
0576
Anon. Je me porte bien No date Books of instruction
0577
Johnson, George Ellsworth Education by Plays and Games 1907 Boston, New York, etc. Books of instruction
0578
Johnson, Samuel Johnson's Illustrated Dictionary of the English Language No date London Books of instruction
0579
Johnson, Samuel Johnson's New Illustrated Spelling and Reading Book 1864 Halifax Books of instruction
0580
Jousse, J. Directions for the Harmonic Cards No date London Books of instruction
0581
Kay, R. The New Preceptor or Young Lady's and Gentleman's instructor in the Rudiments of the English Tongue 1801 Newcastle Books of instruction
0582
Lepage, M. The French School, Part 1. L'Echo de Paris 1843 London Books of instruction
0583
Anon. Little Lessons for Little Folk 1851 London Books of instruction
0584
Anon. The Little Primer No date London Books of instruction
0585
Anon. The Little Primer No date London Books of instruction
0586
Wilson, Sarah (Atkins) The Little Reader No date, but c.1830 London Books of instruction
0587
Loggon, Samuel Marturini Corderii Colloquia Selecta 1807 London Books of instruction
0588
Anon. Mamma and her Child intended to be read to young children No date London Books of instruction
0589
Anon. Mamma's Lessons 1829 (date of frontispiece) London Books of instruction
0590
Anon. Mamma's Pretty Primer for a Good Child No date London Books of instruction
0591
Meeke, Mary Mamma's Gift; or, pleasing lessons No date London Books of instruction
0592
More, Hannah Strictures on the Modern System of Female Education by Hannah More 1834 London Books of instruction
0593
Morrison, Thomas Manual of School Management No date but c.1879 London Books of instruction
0594
Mortimer, Favell Lee (Bevan) Reading Without Tears 1924 London Books of instruction
0595
Murray, Lindley Abridgement of Murray's English Grammar 1797 (date of introduction) Derby Books of instruction
0596
Murray Lindley An English Spelling Book; with Reading Lessons adapted to the capacities of Children 1817 London Books of instruction
0597
Anon. A Museum for Young Gentlemen and Ladies; or a Private Tutor for little Masters and Misses No date London Books of instruction
0598
Anon. The New Primer or First Book for Children 1830 Ellesmere Books of instruction
0599
Anon. The New Royal Spelling Primer No date Derby Books of instruction
0600
Anon. The New Royal Spelling Primer No date but c.1835 Derby Books of instruction
0601
Anon. The New Universal Primer, or An Easy Book, suited to the tender capacities of children No date but c.1800 Derby Books of instruction
0602
Anon. (Newbery, John?) Grammar made familiar and easy to Young Gentlemen, Ladies and Foreigners, being the First Volume of the Circle of the Sciences 1769 London Books of instruction
0603
Anon. (Newbery, John?) Letters on the Most Common, as well as Important Occasions in Life 1764 London Books of instruction
0604
Anon., (Newbery, John?) Newbery's Familiar Letter Writer containing a variety of useful letters 1788 London Books of instruction
0605
Anon. (Newbery, John?) A Spelling-Dictionary of the English language 1748 London Books of instruction
0606
Anon. (Newbery, John?) A Spelling Dictionary of the English Language 1770 London Books of instruction
0607
Anon. (Newbery, John?) A Spelling Dictionary of the English Language 1786 London Books of instruction
0608
Anon. (Newbery, John?) A Spelling Dictionary of the English Language 1792 London Books of instruction
0609
Anon. (Newbery, John?) A Spelling Dictionary of the English Language 1809 (date of inscription) London Books of instruction
0611
Anon. The Parlour Teacher 1804 London Books of instruction
0612
Anon. The Paths of Learning Strewed with Flowers or English Grammar Illustrated 1820 London Books of instruction
0613
Perrin, John The Elements of English Conversation 1822 Paris Books of instruction
0614
Perrin, John Fables Amusantes 1837 London Books of instruction
0615
Picburn, John The Moral Instructor 1805 Boston Books of instruction
0616
Picburn, John The Moral Instructor 1805 Boston Books of instruction
0617
Picburn, John The Moral Instructor 1805 Boston Books of instruction
0618
Fisher, Anne The Pleasing Instructor or entertaining moralist 1780 London and Newcastle Books of instruction
0619
Anon. (in part by Madame Le Prince de Beaumont) The Polite Academy 1762 London Books of instruction
0620
Porny, Mr. Syllabaire Francois, or a French Spelling Book 1829 London Books of instruction
0621
Porquet, Louis Philippe R. F. de Le Petit Secretaire Parisien or the Art of Reading Familiar English Letters into French at sight 1843 London Books of instruction
0622
Porquet, Louis Philippe R. F. de Le Tresor de L'Ecolier Francais or translating English into French at sight 1841 London Books of instruction
0623
Porquet, Louis Philippe R. F. de Turning English Idioms into French Idioms at Sight 1844 London Books of instruction
0624
Anon. Exempla Minora or New English Examples to be rendered into Latin 1819 Eton Books of instruction
0625
Darton, William, Snr. [?] A Present for a Little Girl 1798 London Books of instruction
0626
Darton, William, Snr. [?] A Present for a Little Girl 1800 London Books of instruction
0627
Darton, William, Snr. [?] A Present for a Little Girl 1800 London Books of instruction
0628
Darton, William, Snr. [?] A Present for a Little Girl 1805 London Books of instruction
0629
Anon. The Pretty Picture Book with very easy reading No date London Books of instruction
0630
Anon. Reading Lessons in Words of One Syllable No date Books of instruction
0631
Anon. Reading Made Compleatly Easy 1786 (date of inscription) London Books of instruction
0632
Anon. Reading Made Easy No date Shrewsbury Books of instruction
0633
Richard, Thomas Richardson's British Primer No date Derby Books of instruction
0634
Richard, Thomas Richardson's New Improved Young Child's Tutor No date Derby Books of instruction
0635
Richard, Thomas Richardson's New Primer for the Use of Young Children No date Derby Books of instruction
0636
Richard, Thomas Richardson's Sunday School Reading Primer No date Derby Books of instruction
0637
Anon. The Road to Learning Strewed with Flowers No date but c.1825? London Books of instruction
0639
Anon. The Royal London Primer No date London Books of instruction
0640
Anon. The Royal Penny Reading Easy No date Wellingborough Books of instruction
0641
Fénelon, Francois de Salignac de la Mothe (Archeveque de Cambray) De L'Education des Filles 1703 Amsterdam Books of instruction
0642
Anon. The School of Manners or Rules for Children's Behaviour 1749 London Books of instruction
0643
Anon. A Short Introduction of Grammar [and] Brevissima Institutio seu Ration Grammatices [and] Propria Quae Maribus Quae Genus as in Praesenti Syntaxis Qui Mi hi Construes 1780, and 1778 London Books of instruction
0644a
Anon. A Short Introduction to Grammar for the use of the lower forms in the King's School at Westminster 1764 London Books of instruction
0644b
Anon. Syntaxis Erasmiana Constrictior [and] Stntaxis Erasmiana Constrictior Construed 1761 London Books of instruction
0645
Anon. Simple Stories in Words of One Syllable No date London Books of instruction
0646
Smith, H. D. H. D. Smith's School Copies No date London Books of instruction
0647
Smith, Thomas An Easy Spelling Book for Children No date Derby Books of instruction
0648
Stirling, Walter Early Impressions; or, moral and instructive entertainment for Children 1849 (date of inscription) London Books of instruction
0649
Tegg, Thomas The First Book for Children, Designed for the Use of Schools 1839 London Books of instruction
0651
Todd, John The Student's Guide 1839 Edinburgh Books of instruction
0652
Anon. Trades Described No date London Books of instruction
0653
Darton, William, Snr.[?] Trifles for Children 1799 London Books of instruction
0654
Trimmer, Sarah The Charity School Spelling Book. Part 2 No date London Books of instruction
0655
Trimmer, Sarah Easy Lessons for Young Children 1786 London Books of instruction
0656
Trimmer, Sarah Easy Lessons for Young Children No date Books of instruction
0657
Anon. The Universal Primer; or Child's First Lesson No date Congleton Books of instruction
0658
Anon. The Universal Spelling Primer No date London Books of instruction
0659
Vergani Grammaire Italienne 1845 Paris Books of instruction
0660
Walker, W. A Dictionarie of English and Latine Idiomes 1685 London Books of instruction
0662
Anon. Words of One Syllable No date Books of instruction
0663
Anon. The Young Reviewers; or, The Poems Dissected 1821 London Books of instruction

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