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.
RHYMES AND JINGLES
1930
Lovely early 20th century reprint edition of children's poetry by the author of HANS BRINKER and editor of ST. NICHOLAS MAGAZINE.
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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