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(CHILDREN'S LITERATURE.) Group of Three 18th century English children's books. Comprising: The House that Jack Built. A Diverting Story for Children of all Ages. To which is added, Some Account of Jack Jingle; Shewing By what Means he acquired his Learning, and in Consequence thereof got Rich, and Built himself a House. With A collection of Riddles written by Him. The Whole Adorned with Variety of Cuts by Master Collett. Frontispiece cut of Gog and Magog with caption, 10 square woodcuts for the text and 15 unframed cuts for the riddles, 2-page publishers advertisement at end, the frontispiece and last page of advertisement are pastedowns. 32mo (98 x 64 mm), original Dutch floral wrappers; a few stains on covers; contemporary notes on blank page 4 and margin of page 22. One copy at Oxford. London: Printed and Sold by John Marshall and Co. At No. 4, Aldermary Church Yard, Bow Lane, [ca. 1790]. See Alderson / Moon 56 * The British Champion; or, Honour Rewarded. Frontispiece, 42 text illustrations; lightly browned. 32mo (3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in.; 98 x 64 mm), contemporary Dutch floral paper boards; backstrip torn; page 80 misnumbered '16.' York: Printed for Wilson, Spence & Mawman, [1795?] * The Famous History of Tom Thumb … Part the First [-Second, -Third]. 3 volumes. Woodcut title scene and 34 text illustrations. 12mo (5 7/8 x 3 1/2 in.; 150 x 90 mm), publisher's pale yellow (I) or cream (II-III) woodcut pictorial wrappers; slightly soiled, parts 2-3 detached from text block; in a black silk-covered slipcase; extremities rubbed. London: Printed for the Booksellers, [c. 1800]. Vp, vd
