Oct 02, 2012 - Sale 2287

Sale 2287 - Lot 149

Price Realized: $ 2,160
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
(CHILDREN'S BOOKS.) An attractive group of 12 early illustrated children's books. Most 12mo, all in publisher's wrappers; generally quite well-preserved with only minor wear. In a mid-20th cloth slipcase, minor wear. Vp, 1808-28
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[Turner.] The Daisy; or, Cautionary Stories in Verse. Philadelphia: Jacob Johnson, 1808 The Council of Dogs. Philadelphia, 1809 Die Gefahr in den Strassen. Philadelphia, 1810 The Uncle's Present: A New Battledoor. Philadelphia, [circa 1810] [Dorset.] Think Before You Speak; or, The Three Wishes. Philadelphia, 1811 [Hannah More.] The Search after Happiness: A Pastoral Drama. Philadelphia, 1811 The Black Birds Nest. Lacking a bit of the lower corner of the title page. Philadelphia: Johnson and Warner, 1812 A Picture Book for Little Children. Philadelphia: Kimber and Conrad, circa 1812 The American Primer. Philadelphia: Mathew Carey. 1813 Village Annals, containing Austerus and Humanus. Philadelphia: Johnson & Warner, 1814 The New-York Preceptor. New York: Samuel Wood and Sons [1823] M'Carty's American Primer. Philadelphia, [1828]. Welch 1355.2; Rosenbach 389, 418, 428, 438, 442, 452, 466, 468, 514, 465 (for 1812 first edition), 714. Provenance: Parke-Bernet's Charles C. Auchincloss sale, 29 November 1961.