First edition thus of this rare chapbook version of the classic accumulative rhyme, with charming woodcuts.
Near fine.
Price: $350.00
This one-penny chapbook presents an illustrated version of the rhyme that Iona and Peter Opie call "more parodied than any other nursery story." First published by Newbery in 1755, THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT was fertile ground for chapbook publishers, who eagerly pirated the illustrations and verses from one another: the woodcuts of this edition were later copied by Kendrew.
The wrappers of this copy bear two figures unrelated to the rhyme, a Tinker on the front wrapper and on the rear a bearded "Jew," stereotypical but not exactly caricatured, carrying a box of wares for sale. OCLC locates only two copies, both in the UK. A rare survival.
Read more: Iona and Peter Opie, The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes, item 258.
London: Houlston and Son, [circa 1820]. 4'' x 2.5''. Original side-stitched pictorial wrappers. Illustrated with 11 black-and-white woodcuts. 16 pages, including one page of ads. Mild bumping to corners of rear wrappers, with some light soil. Occasional tiny spots of soil or foxing to leaves. Overall very well preserved.
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