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. More about ABRIDGMENT OF THE NEW TESTAMENT; OR THE LIFE, MIRACLES AND DEATH OF
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 about EASY INTRODUCTION TO THE GAME OF CHESS
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 about EASY INTRODUCTION TO THE GAME OF CHESS
EARLY AMERICAN. 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... More about MEDLEY
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 about MUSEUM OF FOREIGN ANIMALS OR HISTORY OF BEASTS
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 about PICTURE BOOK FOR LITTLE CHILDREN
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 about SKATERS AND OTHER STORIES
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 Nursery Rhymes p.321. More about OLD MOTHER HUBBARD
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 about COTTAGE TALES
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 about HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT
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 about HISTORY OF A LITTLE BOY FOUND UNDER AN HAYCOCK
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 about HISTORY OF TOMMY AND HARRY
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 about TOM THE PIPER'S SON