ENTERTAINING VIEWS
[circa 1840s]
First edition of this charming collection of rural vignettes and short poems, including two depictions of men with prosthetic legs.
Victorian
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SCENES FROM NATURE
[circa 1840s]
First edition of this collection of everyday scenes in rural Victorian England, including a vignette about a disabled veteran.
THE POLITICAL STRUWWELPETER
1899
First edition of this English political parody of the classic German children's book by Heinrich Hoffman, the misbehaving "Shaggy Peter."
LITTLE STAY-AT-HOME AND HER FRIENDS
1879
Gilded Age fantasy verses with a beautiful 19th-century American trade binding, illustrated with chromolithographs reminiscent of E.V. Boyle, some with an eerie quality.
LITTLE HARRY'S BOOK OF POETRY: SHORT POEMS FOR THE NURSERY
1854
First edition of this charming collection of simple moral poems for young readers, illustrated with attractive wood engravings.
NONSENSE SONGS
[circa 1897]
Charmingly illustrated collection of Edward Lear's silly verses, including classics like "The Owl and the Pussycat" and "The Jumblies."
SCHNICK SCHNACK: TRIFLES FOR THE LITTLE ONES
[1867]
First edition of this charming collection of color illustrations and simple poetry for children, in an attractive pictorial cloth binding.
NIGHT SONGS AND SKETCHES
[circa 1890]
Lovely Victorian collection of poems evocative of the night with lovely dark toned chromolithographs.
QUEENS & KINGS AND OTHER THINGS
[1874]
Dynamic book of nonsense by the cartoonist and caricaturist best known as Marie Duval (Isabelle Émilie de Tessier), printed by the Brothers Dalziel at the Camden Press.
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