ABRIDGMENT OF THE NEW TESTAMENT
[circa 1815]
First edition of a children's chapbook Life of Christ, printed by the Glasgow firm Lumsden & Son, illustrated with full-page etchings in red.
Chapbooks
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BLACKBIRD'S NEST, A TALE FOR YOUTH
1812
First edition of this moralistic tale of how friendship is tested by dishonesty, with delicate wood-engraved illustrations.
THE HISTORY OF THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT
[circa 1820]
First edition thus of this rare chapbook version of the classic accumulative rhyme, with charming woodcuts.
HISTORY OF TOMMY AND HARRY
[circa 1820]
First edition of this illustrated moralistic chapbook about virtuous Tommy and his naughty brother Harry.
MUSEUM OF FOREIGN ANIMALS OR HISTORY OF BEASTS
[circa 1840]
Charming near-miniature chapbook of animal illustrations and images, in the first edition.
THE SKATERS AND OTHER STORIES
[circa 1845]
Rare first edition of this collection of short moralistic stories, with hand-colored illustrations.
THE SURPRISING HISTORY OF JACK AND THE BEAN STALK
[1843]
Very scarce antebellum US chapbook of the classic tale, with charming wood engravings.
TOM THE PIPER'S SON
[circa 1815]
First edition of a combination of two shorter nursery rhymes about TOM, with a humorous reference to the Napoleonic Wars to tie them together.
BIBLE STORIES
[circa 1861]
Scarce mid 19th-century children's chapbook teaching stories from the Christian Bible, illustrated with wood engravings.
HISTORY OF A LITTLE BOY FOUND UNDER AN HAYCOCK
[circa 1820]
First edition of a short story about a virtuous foundling, also incorporating elements of the LITTLE BOY BLUE nursery rhyme.
OLD MOTHER HUBBARD AND HER DOG
[circa 1820]
First edition of this classic and comical nursery rhyme in chapbook form, featuring a very talented dog.
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