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[Miniature Children's Books] 21 Titles.
++ THE SAILOR BOY; OR THE FIRST AND LAST VOYAGE OF LITTLE ANDREW. Concord: John F. Brown, 1846. 24mo (3 5/8 x 2 ¼ in.). 16pp. Printed wraps. Partial tear between front and rear wrap, foxed. ++ EIGHT STORIES FOR ISABEL. Brown, 1846. 16pp. ++ THE TWO GOATS AND THE SICK MONKEY. Title page Concord: J. F. Brown, 1846/ Front wrap Portland: S. H. Colesworthy, 1846. 24mo. Similar to Stories for Isabel, but with wraps chipped and separated from text. ++ ALMANACH UND TASCHENBUCH ZUM GESELLIGEN VERGNUGEN 1807. Vienna: Franz Mildeburg. 31 illustrations only (12 headpieces and 19 plates), as follows: Engr title; 12 notesheets with handcolored headpieces on 6 double-sided leaves; [12]pp black and red calendars; 6 other nonfolding plates (4 following the calendars and 2 later in text); 1 folding plate of musical score; 76, [8] pp text; and 11 (of probably 12) nonfolding hand colored costume plates. Unconventional binding: flexible red leather spine with illustrated metal rear cover and a rear cover pocket (which is empty). Lacking front cover. Slipcase. Some foxing. ++ Alfred Crowquill. THE PICTORIAL GRAMMAR. Lon: Harvey and Darton, (nd). 12mo. Red cloth; good, corners/spine ends worn. ++ PETER PARLEY’S TALES ABOUT THE ISLANDS IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN. Phila: Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., 1841, no edition statement. 12mo. Orig ¼ leather and board. Fair, front joint partly split, foxed. ++ 3 Titles: THE TALES OF PETER PARLEY ABOUT… …EUROPE, …AFRICA, …AMERICA. 1838; 1842; 1841, each Revised Edition. Fair to worn, 2 are a little loose. ++ 4 other children’s, school, and/or etiquette books, (1852)-1874, (nd). 16mo/12mo. Orig cloth. Good to very good, some foxed. ++ Goethe. THE TALE. Translated by Thomas Carlyle. Bos: James R. Osgood and Co., 1877. 16mo. Dec cloth. VG. ++ Bloomfield. THE FARMER’S BOY. Osgood, 1877. ++ Emerson. BOOKS, ART, ELOQUENCE. Osgood, 1877. ++ TROILUS AND CRESSIDA. 1905. 32mo. Fair. ++ Eugene M. Field. THE CHILD AND HIS BOOK. Some Account of the History and Progress of Children’s Literature in England. Wells Gardner, (“1891” below publisher’s monogram on the otherwise blank verso of the title). 8vo. Later ½ green leather and marbled board. VG. ++ Ashton. CHAP-BOOKS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY… Chatto and Windus, 1882. 8vo. Dec cloth. Fair. ++ Pearson. BANBURY CHAP BOOKS AND NURSERY TOY BOOK LITERATURE… Lon: Arthur Reader, 1890. Total of 550 issued; one of 50 on large paper. Hundreds of illustrations. Blue ½ leather and cloth (later but not recent). Spine ends, corners, edges of covers worn, contents VG. ++ Alla T. Ford and Dick Martin. MUSICAL FANTASIES OF L. FRANK BAUM. Hong Kong: Ford Press, 1969. 32mo. Hardcover. Near fine. #211 of 1000 signed by Ford.
Sold as is, with all faults. 9.4 Lb.
++ THE SAILOR BOY; OR THE FIRST AND LAST VOYAGE OF LITTLE ANDREW. Concord: John F. Brown, 1846. 24mo (3 5/8 x 2 ¼ in.). 16pp. Printed wraps. Partial tear between front and rear wrap, foxed. ++ EIGHT STORIES FOR ISABEL. Brown, 1846. 16pp. ++ THE TWO GOATS AND THE SICK MONKEY. Title page Concord: J. F. Brown, 1846/ Front wrap Portland: S. H. Colesworthy, 1846. 24mo. Similar to Stories for Isabel, but with wraps chipped and separated from text. ++ ALMANACH UND TASCHENBUCH ZUM GESELLIGEN VERGNUGEN 1807. Vienna: Franz Mildeburg. 31 illustrations only (12 headpieces and 19 plates), as follows: Engr title; 12 notesheets with handcolored headpieces on 6 double-sided leaves; [12]pp black and red calendars; 6 other nonfolding plates (4 following the calendars and 2 later in text); 1 folding plate of musical score; 76, [8] pp text; and 11 (of probably 12) nonfolding hand colored costume plates. Unconventional binding: flexible red leather spine with illustrated metal rear cover and a rear cover pocket (which is empty). Lacking front cover. Slipcase. Some foxing. ++ Alfred Crowquill. THE PICTORIAL GRAMMAR. Lon: Harvey and Darton, (nd). 12mo. Red cloth; good, corners/spine ends worn. ++ PETER PARLEY’S TALES ABOUT THE ISLANDS IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN. Phila: Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., 1841, no edition statement. 12mo. Orig ¼ leather and board. Fair, front joint partly split, foxed. ++ 3 Titles: THE TALES OF PETER PARLEY ABOUT… …EUROPE, …AFRICA, …AMERICA. 1838; 1842; 1841, each Revised Edition. Fair to worn, 2 are a little loose. ++ 4 other children’s, school, and/or etiquette books, (1852)-1874, (nd). 16mo/12mo. Orig cloth. Good to very good, some foxed. ++ Goethe. THE TALE. Translated by Thomas Carlyle. Bos: James R. Osgood and Co., 1877. 16mo. Dec cloth. VG. ++ Bloomfield. THE FARMER’S BOY. Osgood, 1877. ++ Emerson. BOOKS, ART, ELOQUENCE. Osgood, 1877. ++ TROILUS AND CRESSIDA. 1905. 32mo. Fair. ++ Eugene M. Field. THE CHILD AND HIS BOOK. Some Account of the History and Progress of Children’s Literature in England. Wells Gardner, (“1891” below publisher’s monogram on the otherwise blank verso of the title). 8vo. Later ½ green leather and marbled board. VG. ++ Ashton. CHAP-BOOKS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY… Chatto and Windus, 1882. 8vo. Dec cloth. Fair. ++ Pearson. BANBURY CHAP BOOKS AND NURSERY TOY BOOK LITERATURE… Lon: Arthur Reader, 1890. Total of 550 issued; one of 50 on large paper. Hundreds of illustrations. Blue ½ leather and cloth (later but not recent). Spine ends, corners, edges of covers worn, contents VG. ++ Alla T. Ford and Dick Martin. MUSICAL FANTASIES OF L. FRANK BAUM. Hong Kong: Ford Press, 1969. 32mo. Hardcover. Near fine. #211 of 1000 signed by Ford.
Sold as is, with all faults. 9.4 Lb.
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