May 25, 2006 - Sale 2081

Sale 2081 - Lot 29

Price Realized: $ 316
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
(CHILDREN'S LITERATURE.) China in Miniature. 15 (of 16) colored engraved illustrations. Small 8vo, blue cloth with paper cover label, rebacked. First American Edition * A Set of China: Fun & Hey-Ho. Cover and 6 chromolithographed illustrations. 8vo, illustrated wrappers, spine worn, owner's name on front cover. Story of a festival, but a racist story of Chinese stereotypes. Together, 2 volumes. Boston: Carter, Hendee, 1833; New York: Mooney, circa 1865