SCENES FROM NATURE
[circa 1840s]
First edition of this collection of everyday scenes in rural Victorian England, including a vignette about a disabled veteran.
Victorian
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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."
The First Appearances of THE PURPLE COW
1895; [1899]
Collection of the three earliest editions of Gelett Burgess's beloved nonsense poem THE PURPLE COW, demonstrating the rhyme's increasing popularity — including the scarce first printing of THE LARK, where the poem first appeared.
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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