[CHILDREN'S BOOKS] Group of fourteen miniature children's chapbooks. Most York: Kendrew or Banbury: Rusher, 1820s-1850s. Original wrappers. Includes Jack the Giant Killer; The Cries of Banbury; The House that Jack Built; Tom Thumb's folio; The History of Tom Thumb; The History of Dick Whittington; The world turned upside down etc. The smallest 3 1/8 x 2 1/2 inches (8 x 6 cm); all 20 to 30 pp. Fine copies, in original wrappers, without any evidence of having been extracted from bound volumes (the form in which these are frequently found); Together with seven other works for children, 18th and early 19th century, predominantly London imprints. The chapbooks in exceptional condition, the balance with varying degrees of wear. An interesting miscellany including (in addition to the chapbooks), Choice emblems for youth, 1775; A bag of nuts ready cracked, Harris, n.d.; etc. Also included in the lot is a copy in a clamshell case of the Morgan Library's Early Children's Books and Their Illustration, presentation copy to Gerald Gottlieb, the Curator of Early Children's Books at the Morgan. C Estate of Robin Gottlieb
[CHILDREN'S BOOKS] Group of fourteen miniature children's chapbooks. Most York: Kendrew or Banbury: Rusher, 1820s-1850s. Original wrappers. Includes Jack the Giant Killer; The Cries of Banbury; The House that Jack Built; Tom Thumb's folio; The History of Tom Thumb; The History of Dick Whittington; The world turned upside down etc. The smallest 3 1/8 x 2 1/2 inches (8 x 6 cm); all 20 to 30 pp. Fine copies, in original wrappers, without any evidence of having been extracted from bound volumes (the form in which these are frequently found); Together with seven other works for children, 18th and early 19th century, predominantly London imprints. The chapbooks in exceptional condition, the balance with varying degrees of wear. An interesting miscellany including (in addition to the chapbooks), Choice emblems for youth, 1775; A bag of nuts ready cracked, Harris, n.d.; etc. Also included in the lot is a copy in a clamshell case of the Morgan Library's Early Children's Books and Their Illustration, presentation copy to Gerald Gottlieb, the Curator of Early Children's Books at the Morgan. C Estate of Robin Gottlieb
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