May 25, 2006 - Sale 2081

Sale 2081 - Lot 42

Price Realized: $ 1,150
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
FIRST PRINTING IN BOOK FORM (CHILDREN'S LITERATURE.) [Nicol,George.] The Story of the Three Bears. Title vignette and 10 (of 11) illustrations by C. J. engraved by Robert Hart. Oblong 12mo, original pictorial boards, spine with early cloth reinforcement, but now defective, scattered wear; front hinge and gutter of final text leaf reinforced, contemporary inked owner's inscription on half-title. London: Porter & Wright, 1837

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rare first edition, and the first printing in book form.