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..... More
EARLY AMERICAN. (CHESS) AN EASY INTRODUCTION TO THE GAME OF CHESS; chiefly selected from the best writers on that subject (by An Amateur). Boston: C. Bingham & Co.,, printed by H. Bowen. No date, circa 1820 (erroneously dated 1805 in Shaw & Shoemaker, Bowen printed in Boston 1817 - 1821..... More
EARLY AMERICAN. (CHESS) AN EASY INTRODUCTION TO THE GAME OF CHESS; chiefly selected from the best writers on that subject (by An Amateur). Boston: C. Bingham & Co.,, printed by H. Bowen. No date, circa 1805. 16mo ( 2 3/8 x 3 3/4"), tan wraps, 28p., some foxing else Fine..... More
EARLY AMERICAN. MUSEUM OF FOREIGN ANIMALS OR HISTORY OF BEASTS. New Haven: Printed and Published by S. Babcock, no date, circa 1828. 2 3/4 x 4 1/4", printed wraps, 16p., light soil, VG+. For each animal there is a full page of informative text and a fine full page engraving..... More
EARLY AMERICAN. A PICTURE BOOK FOR LITTLE CHILDREN. Philadelphia: Kimber and Conrad, no date, ca 1812. Narrow 12mo (2 1/2 x 5 1/2"), yellow wraps, Fine. There is a series of 20 woodcut illustrations on a variety of subjects (nine pins, Swedes Church, etc.) with captions below each picture (2..... More
EARLY AMERICAN. THE SKATERS AND OTHER STORIES. NY: Leavitt & Allen, no date, circa 1845. Pictorial wraps (2 3/4 x 4 1/2"), 16p., light soil, VG+. Illustrated with 7 full page and 1 smaller hand-colored cuts to accompany several short stories, one of which condemns a boy who likes to..... More
EARLY ENGLISH. THE COMIC ADVENTURES OF OLD MOTHER HUBBARD AND HER DOG. Part I. York: Kendrew no date, ca 1820. 16mo (2 5/8 x 3 3/4"), yellow wraps, 16p., fine. Illustrated with 15 fine and well printed half-page woodcuts to accompany this famous children's rhyme. See Opie Oxford Book of..... More
EARLY ENGLISH. 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...... More
EARLY ENGLISH. THE HISTORY OF THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT. London: Houlston & Son, no date, cira 1820. 24mo (2 1/2 x 4), pictorial wraps, 14p. +1p. ads, fine. The traditional nursery rhyme is illustrated with woodcuts on each page plus cuts on both covers. The rear cover has a...... More
EARLY ENGLISH. THE HISTORY OF A LITTLE BOY FOUND UNDER AN HAYCOCK [by Richard Johnson]. York: Kendrew, no date, circa 1820. 16mo (2 5/8 x 3 7/8"), yellow wraps, 16p., fine. Illustrated with 14 woodcuts to accompany this tale of a worthy orphan, also includes Little Boy Blue rhyme integrated..... More
EARLY ENGLISH. THE HISTORY OF TOMMY AND HARRY. York: Kendrew no date, circa 1820. 16mo (2 1/2 x 3 7/8"), green paper wraps, [30]p., Fine. Illustrated with 8 nice woodcuts to accompany a story about the lives of 2 brothers: sullen, naughty Harry who "lived a wretched life and died..... More
EARLY ENGLISH. TOM THE PIPER'S SON. York: Kendrew, no date circa 1820. 16mo (2 5/8 x 3 3/4"), yellow pictorial wraps, 16p., Fine. Illustrated with 16 woodcuts to accompany this famous children's rhyme. See Opie Collection Treasures of Childhood p. 10 for others in this series... More