London: Frederick Warne and Co., (n. d.). Ca 1870s. Unpaginated. Illustrated with 24 stunning chromolithographed plates, by Petherick, Henley, &c. 4to. 10-5/8" x 9". Original publisher's green cloth binding with elaborate gilt & black stamping (professionally refurbished). More
Boston: D. Lothrop & Company, (1886). 52, [6] pp. Illustrated with pen-n-ink drawings, printed in maroon. 5-7/16" x 4-1/2". Color pictorial glazed paper boards. Story of two children: Chris & Chrissy Cherryblow. Scarce title: not found on OCLC. More
Cambridge: Washburn & Thomas, 1925. 1st edition thus. 49, [1] pp. Illustrations from Cruikshank's 19th C efforts. 12mo. Black cloth spine over green paper-wrapped boards. Printed paper title labels to spine & front board. Printed green paper dust jacket. More
New York: Published by J. S. Redfield, (n. d.). Ca 1854. 24 pp. Illustrated with cuts. 6" x 3-7/8". Publisher's printed brown paper wrappers. Contents include: Disobedience to Parents--a True Story; Robert, and His Dog; I Mean to Be a Man; The Cruel Boy; The Brothers; The Arabs and the..... More
Boston: Massachusetts Sabbath School Society, 1842. First American [stated]. Not found in American Imprints. 52 pp. Frontispiece. Illustrated with cuts. 5-3/4" x 3-3/4". Publisher's printed blue paper wrappers. OCLC records just a single institutional holding. More
Smithfield / London / Bath: Sold by J. Evans, Printer to the Cheap Repository... and J. Hatchard ... By S. Hazard, [n. d.]. 1st printing thus, issue with trade price schedule & Evans as primary printer (ESTC N505684), ca 1798. 15, [1] pp. Last page a list of tracts offered..... More
Smithfield / London / Bath: Sold by J. Evans and Co., Printers to the Cheap Repository... and J. Hatchard ... By S. Hazard, [n. d.]. 1st printing (ESTC T155709), ca 1800. 16 pp. Untrimmed. Woodcut vignette to title page. 8vo. 7-1/2" x 5". Self-wrappers, sewn. "Price One Penny" Now housed..... More
Smithfield / London / Bath: Sold by J. Evans and Co., Printers to the Cheap Repository... and J. Hatchard ... By S. Hazard, (n. d.). 1st printing thus, i.e., with Evans as the primary printer (ESTC T167661), ca 1800. 24 pp. Untrimmed. Signed "Z" at the end of p. 24..... More
[Chicago]: [Scott Foresman], [1962]. 16 cards printed recto and verso. 13 leaves with full-size color illustrations to each side; 3 leaves (all from the Think-and-Do cards) of b/w illustrations in two panels to each side. Most 19-1/4" x 20-1/2"; final 3 leaves 20-1/2" x 19-1/4". Stiff white cardstock printed in..... More
Ca 1950s. 1 printed sheet, unfolded & uncut. Printed in 4 color. 24-15/16" x 37". Mounted on stiff poster board. Recto has 3 identical vertically-stacked 6-page panels (pp 14, divisional t.p. for Puff and Dick, 32, 17, 16, & 33); verso has same layout (pp. 34, divisional t.p. for Spot..... More
Ca 1950s. 1 printed sheet, unfolded & uncut. Printed in 4 color. 24-15/16" x 37". Mounted on stiff poster board. Recto has 3 identical vertically-stacked 6-page panels (pp 28, 21, 24, 25, 30, divisional t.p. for Puff); verso has same layout (pp. 20, 29, 26, divisional t.p. for Tim, 22..... More
New Haven: Published by S. Babcock, (n. d.). Ca 1830s? Cf. Heartman 283, for an 1825 edition. 71, [1] pp. Illustrated. 12mo: A - C^12 D^6. 4-3/8" x 3-1/4". Original publisher's printed paper wrappers. Ornamental border to front wrapper. Rear wrapper with publisher advert for "Books for Children"... More
New York: McLoughlin Bros. (n. d.). Circa 1870 - 1886. Unpaginated (though 4 pp of text). Woodcut of 'Mother Bantry' on the front wrapper. Illustrated with 4 full-page color lithographs. 16mo. 4 5/8" x 5 1/2". Pictorial wrappers, sewn. Approximate dates based on publisher's address, established from Tebbel: Hist. Amererican..... More
New York: McLoughlin Bros. (1889). Unpaginated. Illustrated with 4 full-page color wood-cuts, 8vo. Pictorial wrappers. More
San Francisco: Lith H. S. Crocker Co., (n. d.). 1st printing (presumed), ca mid-to-late 1880s. Broadside, printed in full color. 57 cut-out images (many featuring Sperry Flour) including adults & children [20], cats [2], bakery goods [9], a stove, a table, etc., etc. 11-3/4" x 19-1/8". Now housed in an..... More
NY: The Platt & Munk Co., (1935). Unpaginated (though 10 pp including wrappers). Illustrated in color & b/w by Roger Vernam. Sq 8vo. Printed color wrappers. A Platt & Munk Book, No. 3300F. More
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New York: Printed for and Published by A. T. Goodrich & Co., 1817. 1st Edition. Not found in American Imprints. Per the OCLC listing for this title, the work has four pages of text followed by 80 unnumbered pages of tangram illustrations. In this copy, after the 4 pages of..... More
Quebec: A Vendre par Thomas Cary & Cie, 1834. 1st edition. 24 pp. Illustated with cuts. 12mo. 7-1/16" x 4". Printed green paper wrappers, sewn. The work begins with 2 alphabets, followed by 'primer' material & concludes with 13 pages of animal descriptions, such as Le Zebre, Le Cheval &..... More
[Nottingham]: Printed for the Company of Walking Stationers [by Charles Sutton], (n. d.). Ca 1790s. Cf. Cropper 17; ESTC N9051; Gumuchian 6233; Osborne, p. 614; Spencer Catalogue, p. 54. 16 pp. A single unopened- folded sheet, showing the fold pattern employed for the gathering. Woodcut vignette to p. 1 (cf..... More
Boston: W. J. Reynolds, 20 Cornhill. (n. d.). 1st printing, ca mid 1840s. OCLC records two holding institutions: Am Phil Soc & Peabody Essex. 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...... More
Philadelphia. American Sunday-School Union. (n.d.). c. early to mid 1800s. 8 pp. Six engravings throughout. 4-3/8" x 2-3/4". Original publishers, yellow printed wrappers, sewn. Printed in black. More
New - York: Published by Samuel Wood, 362 Pearl - Street [ J. C. Totten, print ]. 1806. 1st printing (American Imprints 11909; Hamilton 235; Rosenbach 325; Weiss, p. 18; Welch 1461.1). Not in the Osborne Catalogue, Gumuchian, nor the Spencer Catalogue. 16 pp. T.p. vignette. Alphabet pp. 4 -..... More
London: The Sunday School Union, (n. d.). Ca late 1895 / early 1896. ii, 475, [1] pp. Illustrated. Royal 8vo. Blue decorative cloth binding. Floral patterned-paper eps. More
New York: Saml Gabriel Sons & Company, (1911). Unpaginated, though 10 pp. Illustrated, including 4 full page color images. 8-5/8" x 6-5/8". Color pictorial wrappers, stapled. More
New York: Hodder & Stoughton, (n. d.). Unpaginated. Color Illustrations. 8" x 6.5". Pictorial boards, sewn. More
