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(BEWICK, THOMAS)illus.
CHILD'S INSTRUCTOR
LUMSDEN CHAPBOOK
ABC. (CHAPBOOK) THE CHILD'S INSTRUCTOR, OR PICTURE ALPHABET. Glasgow: Lumsden & Son ca 1812. 24mo, [30p]., plain brown wraps, top edge gilded and some wear to spine paper else near fine. A charming little ABC with 27 oval woodcuts, several after THOMAS BEWICK and on the last page is a...
[Book #18566]
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FLOWERS FOR THE NURSERY OR A GOOD CHILD'S NOSEGAY
ABC. (CHAPBOOK) FLOWERS FOR THE NURSERY, OR A GOOD CHILD'S NOSEGAY. Concord [NH]: Atwood & Brown 1837 on title, Boyd & White 1839 on cover. 2x3 3/4", pictorial wrappers, 16p., VG. The first 13 pages contain the ABC illustrated with 9 nice woodcuts. The rest of the book has 6...
[Book #33698]
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MRS. LOVECHILD'S GOLDEN PRESENT FOR ALL GOOD LITTLE BOYS AND GIRLS
KENDREW CHAPBOOK
ABC. (CHAPBOOK) MRS. LOVECHILD'S GOLDEN PRESENT FOR ALL GOOD LITTLE BOYS AND GIRLS. York: Kendrew circa 1820. 2 1/2 x 4", printed wraps, 31p., fine. A charming ABC followed by the Lord's Prayer and a story titled the Virtue of a Rod. The slphabet is illustrated with 26 charming woodcuts...
[Book #32897]
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M'CARTY'S AMERICAN PRIMER
AMERICAN PRIMER
ABC. (PRIMER) M'CARTY'S AMERICAN PRIMER, Being a selection of words the most easy of pronunciation. Intended to facilitate the Improvement of Children in Spelling. Philadelphia: M'Carty & Davis (1828), 12mo (3 1/2 x 5 5/8"), pictorial wraps, 36p., tiny bit of spine and rear cover wear, near fine. An ABC...
[Book #20235]
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SORROWS OF YAMBA; OR THE NEGRO WOMAN'S LAMENT [TAKEN FROM THE CHEAP RE
EARLY AMERICAN ANTI-SLAVERY
BLACK INTEREST. (ANTI-SLAVERY) SORROWS OF YAMBA; OR THE NEGRO WOMAN'S LAMENT [TAKEN FROM THE CHEAP REPOSITORY] by [Hannah More]. Boston: Lincoln & Edmands 1819. 2 3/4 x 4 1/2", 8p., wraps rubbed, paper toned, VG and complete. The horrors of slavery are vividly told in verse from the view of...
[Book #34436]
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CATNACH PRESS; A COLLECTION OF THE BOOKS AND WOODCUTS OF JAMES
MOTHER GOOSE AND MORE
CATNACH PRESS. CATNACH PRESS; A COLLECTION OF THE BOOKS AND WOODCUTS OF JAMES CATNACH, LATE OF SEVEN DIALS PRESS. Lond.: Reeves and Turner 1869. 8vo, leather backed boards, leather worn, paper brittle, Good. LIMITED TO ONLY 250 NUMBERED COPIES (75 on thick paper and 175 on fine paper). The Catnach...
[Book #31643]
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ABRIDGMENT OF THE NEW TESTAMENT; OR THE LIFE, MIRACLES AND DEATH OF
LUMSDEN CHAPBOOK WITH RED ETCHINGS
CHAPBOOK. ABRIDGMENT OF THE NEW TESTAMENT; OR THE LIFE, MIRACLES AND DEATH OF OUR LORD & SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST. Glasgow: Lumsden ca 1815. 24mo, salmon wraps, 47p., top edge gilded and sl. spine wear else fine. Featuring 8 full page illustrations containing 16 very fine etchings printed in red. Beautiful copy. Roscoe 32.
[Book #18560]
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ABRIDGMENT OF THE NEW TESTAMENT; OR THE LIFE, MIRACLES AND DEATH OF
LUMSDEN CHAPBOOK WITH RED ETCHINGS
CHAPBOOK. ABRIDGMENT OF THE NEW TESTAMENT; OR THE LIFE, MIRACLES AND DEATH OF OUR LORD & SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST. Glasgow: Lumsden ca 1815. 24mo, grey wraps, 47p., FINE. Featuring 8 full page illustrations containing 16 very fine etchings printed in red. Beautiful copy. Roscoe 32.
[Book #18561]
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BANBURY CHAPBOOKS
14 FINE CHAPBOOKS
CHAPBOOK. BANBURY CHAPBOOKS. Offered here are 14 fine Banbury chapbooks printed by J.G.Rusher circa 1830. They are bound with individual title pages in a contemporary full leather binding measuring 2 1/8 x 4" with raised bands. Aside from some rubbing to joints and spine ends it is near Fine. 14...
[Book #34409]
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COTTAGE TALES
LUMSDEN CHAPBOOK
CHAPBOOK. COTTAGE TALES FOR LITTLE PEOPLE; OR, THE AMUSING REPOSITORY FOR ALL GOOD BOYS AND GIRLS. Glasgow: Lumsden ca 1815. 24mo, printed white wraps with square woodcut view of city, 32p., near FINE. Featuring 9 woodcuts to accompany 8 stories such as the Sly Child, The Untidy Girls, etc. Roscoe...
[Book #18562]
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MEDLEY
BLACK INTEREST
CHAPBOOK. THE MEDLEY. NY: Samuel Wood & Sons, 1822. 2 1/2 x 4 1/8", orange wallpaper wraps with embossed design, 28p., Fine. A Medley was a chapbook containing short articles with illustrations for children. There is an 8 page section "The Hospitable Negro Woman" that tells how a Negro woman...
[Book #34484]
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TOM THUMB
MINIATURE CHAPBOOK
CHAPBOOK. TOM THUMB. Philadelphia: Willard Johnson 1832. 2.5 x 2.25, pictorial wraps, [16]p., fine. A toy book with an abridged life of Tom Thumb, illustrated with woodcuts on every page and with the alphabet and numbers on the verso of the title. Rosenbach 778.
[Book #29425]
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PICTURE BOOK FOR LITTLE CHILDREN
EARLY AMERICAN. A PICTURE BOOK FOR LITTLE CHILDREN. Phil: Kimber and Conrad, nd, ca 1812. Narrow 12mo (2 1/2 x 5 1/2"), yellow wraps, Fine. This is a series of 20 woodcut illustrations of a variety of subjects (nine pins, Swedes Church etc)with captions below (2 cuts per page) plus...
[Book #1886]
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DEATH AND BURIAL OF COCK ROBIN
18TH CENTURY COCK ROBIN
EARLY ENGLISH. DEATH AND BURIAL OF COCK ROBIN as Taken from the original Manuscript, in the Possession of Master Meanwell. Lichfield [UK]: Printed and Sold by M. Morgan and A, Morgan, Stafford. No date, [1787]. 16mo, 3 1/8" wide x 4 3/4", printed wraps, Fine, not trimmed. Illustrated with 15...
[Book #34413]
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HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT
KENDREW CHAPBOOK
HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT to which is added Some Account of JACK JINGLE showing by what Means he acquired his Learning and in consequence thereof got rich, and built himself HOUSE. York: Printed by J. Kendrew ca 1820. 24mo (2 5/8 x 3 3/8"), pictorial wraps, 23p., fine. The traditional...
[Book #18581]
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INDIAN ANECDOTES
INDIANS. (CHAPBOOK) INDIAN ANECDOTES. Concord, N.H.: Rufus Merrill, no date ca 1840. 2 1/2 x 4", 16p., VG+. Illus. with 6 full page cuts, pictorial title and pictorial cover plus 1 smaller cut. The text is a series of short tales, all of which portray the Indian in the best...
[Book #33091]
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