[Childrens Chapbook]

LITTLE FRANK And Other Tales. Chiefly in Words of One Syllable. Uncle John's library. First Series. No. 3

Boston: W. J. Reynolds, 20 Cornhill, (n. d.). 1st printing, ca mid 1840s. OCLC records two holding institutions: Am Phil Soc & Peabody Essex. Printed light blue coated paper covers. Bright yellow eps. Publisher series advert to back wrapper [listing 6 titles]. 61, [3 (blank)] pp. Wood-engraved illustration p. [4] signed "FEW" (i.e. Fernando Edwards Worcester); p. 41 signed "Gordon sc." (i.e. John G. Gordon?). 8vo. 5-1/2" x 4-5/8". Wrappers show wear & soiling, with edge rash. Foxing & browing throughout. Period poi to preliminary blank. A Good-plus copy. Contents: 1. The Owl; 2. John Grant's Return from Sea; 3. Little Frank and the Rat; 4. Frank and a Field Mouse; 5. A True Tale of a Little Girl Who Fell into a Tan-Pit; 6. The Useful Dog; 7. George and Rose's Long Walk; 8. The Glow-Worm; 9. A Tale of the North.

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Book number: 38415

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[Children's Chapbook]

LITTLE GEORGE; or, Temptation Revisited. Third Series. - No. 4

New York: Kiggins & Kellogg, 88 John St, (n. d.). Ca 1848 - 1857. Original pale yellow printed paper wrappers, sewn. Vignette to front wrapper, replicating that to the t.p. Prior owner has added a wall-paper glazed grey paper wrappers. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. 16 pp. Illustrated with 7 cuts, 4 full-page. 16mo. 4-1/2" x 3". Some light wear & soiling to publisher's wrappers. Bit of foxing. Pencil pos to inside of wallpaper front wrapper. A VG copy.

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Book number: 48827

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[Childrens Chapbook]

MY FLOWER - POT

Concord, N. H.: Rufus Merrill and Co, (n. d.). Ca 1850. Not in the Osborne Catalogue, Gumuchian, nor the Spencer Catalogue. Original pale yellow wrappers printed in black ink, sewn. Front wrapper with decorative border & vignette. Rear wrapper with advert for Merrill's other publications. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. 16 pp. Cut to each page. 16mo. 4-5/16" x 2-13/16". Wear & soiling to wrappers, with stain to rear wrapper extending in 2 leaves. An About VG copy.

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Book number: 38410.1

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[Childrens' Chapbook]

The ORPHAN'S PRAYER

[New York]: Published by Carlton & Porter [for the] Sunday - School Union, 200 Mulberry - Street, (n. d.). Ca 1856 to 1868. OCLC records one instutional holding: AAS. Original buff paper wrappers, printed in red, sewn. Ornamental border to front wrapper. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. 16 pp. Illustrated with 4 cuts, 1 full-page. 16mo. 4-5/16" x 2-3/4". Modest wear & soiling to wrappers, with a small abrasion to front wrapper & a spot to rear wrapper. Period poi to t.p. top margin. A pleasing VG - VG+ copy.

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Book number: 38409

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[Childrens Chapbook]

THE PARROT.; Written for the American Sunday-school Union, and revised by the Committee of Publication

Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, (n. d.). Ca early to mid 1800s. Original publishers, yellow printed wrappers, sewn. Printed in black. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. 8 pp. Six engravings throughout. 4-3/8" x 2-3/4". A VG copy. Some soiling/age toning to wrappers and leaves, engravings have been colored, a penciled pos to head of title page. Otherwise, internally bright.

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Book number: 47458

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[Children's Chapbook]

PICTURES And STORIES For The YOUNG: or Pleasing Tales in Poetry and Prose. Babcock's Moral, Instructive and Amusing Toy Books

New Haven: Published by S. Babcock, (n. d.). Ca 1840s, cf. American Imprints 41-4164. Printed pink paper wrappers, sewn. Pictorial border, with one vignette of 3 boys playing baseball. Rear wrapper with advert for Babcock's 'Toy and Juvenile Books'. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. 24 pp. Illustrated with cuts. 12mo. 5-3/4" x 3-3/4". Some wear & soiling to wrappers. Abrasion to rear wrapper lower edge, and few adjoining leaves. Withal, a VG copy.

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Book number: 38839

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[Chapbook]

POOR COCK ROBIN. Walker Toy Book

[Otley, UK]: [Renwick], (n. d.). Ca. 1930s. Beige printed paper. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Single sheet folded once. Color illustrations to outside wrappers of chapbook. 4-1/4" x 5-5/8". Very light wear. A VG+ example.

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Book number: 39502

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[Childrens Chapbook]

The PRACTICAL JOKE; or The Christmas Story of Uncle Ned. Third Series. - No. 3

New York: Kiggins & Kellogg, 88 John Street, (n. d.). Ca 1849 - 1856. OCLC records just one copy with this earlier "88 John Street" imprint [Free Libary of Philadelphia]. Not in the Spencer Collection Catalogue. Printed pale yellow paper wrappers, sewn. 16 pp. Illustrated with 7 cuts, with 1 signed: Barritt sc.; 2 - W. Howland; 1 - Lossing & Co. sc. T.p. cut replicated on front wrapper. 32mo. 4-1/2" x 2-15/16". Modest wear & soiling. Period poi to front wrapper verso. A VG - VG+ copy. Not, as the title might suggest, a Christmas story about Uncle Ned being himself a practical joke, but rather a more solemn tale related by the narrator's Uncle Ned, with a very earnest moral. To wit: when you trick your friend into falling through the ice on a frozen lake, and then you have to rescue him because he can't swim, and then he almost dies from hypothermia, you have taken your practical joke too far.

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Book number: 37118.1

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[Chapbook]

TOM, The PIPER'S SON. Walker Toy Book

[Otley, UK]: [Renwick], (n. d.). Ca. 1930s. Beige printed paper. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Single sheet folded once. Color illustrations to outside wrappers of chapbook. 4-1/4" x 5-5/8". Light wear to wrappers (slightly soiled & worn). A VG example.

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Book number: 39503

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[Chapbook]

TOM, The PIPER'S SON With PRE-PRODUCTION ILLUSTRATION CARDS. Walker Toy Book

[Otley, UK]: [Renwick], (n. d.). Ca. 1930s. Chapbook on beige printed paper, white stiff stock printed paper for illustrations. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Single sheet folded once + 2 stiff stock notecards. Color illustrations to outside wrappers of chapbook, large pre-production b/w illustrations to 2 notecards included. Chapbook: 4-1/4" x 5-5/8". Notecard Illustrations: 5-3/4" x 7-3/8" Scant. Wear to wrappers, staple mark to rear wrapper. Slightly soiled. An About VG copy.

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Book number: 39501

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[Children's Chapbook]

The TWO ARROWS.; Revised by the Committee of Publication of the American Sunday-School Union

Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, (n.d.). c. early to mid 1800s. Original publishers green wrappers, sewn. Printed in black. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. 8 pp. Three small engravings, hand colored. 4-3/8" x 2-3/4". A VG copy. The engravings are hand colored (presumable by the child who owned it). Small coloring to wrappers (red to upper, blue to verso). Some light chipping to head and tail of back strip, corners bumped. Some burn(?) marks to p. 4 and 5 as well as a closed tear to middle of page three. Light soiling to leaves. Pos to head of title page - penciled. Otherwise bright and legible.

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Book number: 47455

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Chapman, Allen (Stratemeyer Syndicate House Name)

FRED FENTON On The TRACK Or The Athletes of Riverport School. Fred Fenton Series #4

New York: Cupples & Leon, 1913. Ca early 1920s. Linen creme-colored cloth stamped in red & black (Mattson style #1). Color pictorial dust jacket, by Howard Hastings (Mattson style #2). [4], 206, [6] pp. 6 pp of publisher adverts at rear. Frontis on coated paper. 12mo. VG+/VG (general wear/1" closed tear to front panel top edge/largish chip from rear panel lower edge [no lettering affected]).

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Book number: 29644

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Chatton, Ray. Walt Disney Studio - Illustrations

WALT DISNEY'S JIMINY CRICKET MAGIC SLATE. Safety Activities

Aurora: Strathmore Company, 1954. 1st printing. Stiff color illustrated printed paper wrappers. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. 18 pp. + Magic Slate attached at rear. Many intratextual color illustrations. 6-3/8" x 9". Rubbing and shelfwear to wrapper edges and spine, magic slate used, light child markings within text. A VG copy.

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Book number: 37930

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[Childrens]

A B C ALPHABET BOOK

NY: The Platt & Munk Co, 1939. Yellow linen wrappers. Unpaginated (though 10 pp including wrappers). Color illustrated. Sq 8vo. NF (minor wear & soiling). A Platt & Munk Linen Book, No. 730A. Change this text in preferences | general.

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Book number: 7744

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(Childrens)

ANIMAL PETS

New York: Sam Gabriel Sons & Co, 1913. Stiff color pictorial wrappers. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Unpaginated (10 pp), 4 full-page color illustrations + intratextual shaded cuts, 4to. 10-7/8" x 8-1/2". VG (owner sig at top of front wrapper/stab hole through top of volume). This item labeled as 'No. 224'.

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Book number: 6569

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