The Wanderer Brought Home. The Life and Adventures of Colin.

An Autobiography. Reprinted from "The Bristol Temperance Herald". With Reflections, by the Rev. B. Richings, M.A. Vicar of Manchester, Warwickshire.

First Edition. 8vo. [170 x 104 x 9 mm]. viii, 101, [3] pp. Bound in the publisher's original blue cloth, the covers blocked in blind, with the title in gilt on the front, plain endleaves and edges.
London: W. Tweedie, 337, Strand, 1864.

With 3pp of advertisements at the end, including a list of Ipswich Temperance Publications. A very good copy, inscribed in ink "William S. Clark from his affectionate mother 22nd of 2nd month 1864". This was a 25th birthday present given to William Stephens Clark (1839-1925) by his mother Eleanor Clark (née Stephens). The work proved popular, amongst Temperance advocates, and a sixth edition was published in 1866.

Stock no. ebc7908