Sep 17, 2015 - Sale 2391

Sale 2391 - Lot 82

Price Realized: $ 562
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(CHILDREN'S BOOKS.) Group of 5 early illustrated children's books in original wrappers. Various sizes, condition generally strong. Philadelphia, 1802-11
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London Cries for Children. Philadelphia: Johnson & Warner, 1810 [Perrault.] A New History of Blue Beard. Philadelphia: Adams, 1804 The Tragi-Comic History of the Burial of Cock Robin. Philadelphia: Johnson & Warner, 1811 The Uncle's Present, a New Battledoor. Engraved illustration and Cry of London for each letter of the alphabet, cover woodcut by Anderson; cover a bit soiled. Philadelphia: Jacob Johnson, [1810] Youthful Recreations. "A wonderful early chapbook depicting a number of children's games . . . including one of trap-ball"--Block, Baseball Before We Knew It, page 184. Philadelphia: J. Johnson, [1802?]. Rosenbach 421, 298, 448, 428, 432; Welch 249.12, 986.4, 215, 1363, 1468.