(CHILDREN'S LITERATURE.) The New England Primer, Improved; For the More Easy Attaining the True Reading of English. 32mo, original 1/4 leather over paper-covered wooden boards, front cover stained, spine foot with small chip; few signatures loose, one leaf torn, fore-edges trimmed close; in custom chemise and slipcase. first edition. ABPC records no copies sold in over 30 years, the last in these rooms (Swann, Feb. 17, 1977). Heartman 209. Northampton: William Butler, 1814