CHILDREN IN THE WOOD -

London: Read & Co. Publishers and Printers, 1890. Wraps. very good. Stapled pictorial wrappers. With 8pp of text and color comic illustrations. 9 1/2" x 7". Very nice copy.

Mcloughin Bros., 1884 This is a 10 3/4" tall book with 16 pages, 8 internal lithographs and lithographed cover. Front cover with a large chip at the top spine, back cover with a crease on top. Both covers are rubbed with some soil. Internally the top margin with some soil, light foxing, not affecting text, last page with a corner chip also one t top margin. A good clean copy wiht bright lithos.

New-York: Mahlon Day, 1850. Very good.. First edition thus, from publisher Mahlon Day, of this traditional and tragic tale, with lovely hand-colored illustrations. Mahlon Day, a Quaker publisher, printer, and bookseller, was "one of the two printers who dominated the New York City children's book publishing scene in the early 19th century" (Modero). 4'' x 3.25''. Original yellow pictorial wrapper, saddle-stitched. Eight hand-colored woodcut illustrations. 8 pages, printed one side only. Contemporary owner name to verso of page 2. Vernacular sewn repair to spine. Wrapper with a bit of splitting to spine and light edgewear. Leaves with some soiling to margins. A sound example.

Boston: Degen & Estes, 1859. Very good plus.. First edition thus, from Boston publisher Degen & Estes, of the tragic folktale, with woodcut illustrations after the circa 1850 Mahlon Day publication. THE CHILDREN IN THE WOOD has been retold numerous times over the centuries, including in a large number of chapbooks. This Degen & Estes edition, printed in Boston, takes the design of its woodcut illustrations directly from a Mahlon Day edition of the same title, printed in New York. 4'' x 2.5''. Original blue pictorial wrappers, saddle-stitched. Seven woodcut illustrations. 12 pages, with [2] blank leaves to rear and ads to rear wrapper. Wrapper with a bit of edgewear. Sound and clean.

New York: McLoughlin Bros, 1898. Softcover. Near Fine. Octavo. Stapled lithographic wrappers. Unpaginated, (12pp.) including wrappers. Contemporary pencil name, tiny splits at the very extremities of the spine, near fine. Issued in the Goody Two Shoes Series.

Palala Press. hardcover. New. 6x0x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

Wentworth Press. hardcover. New. 6x0x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

Palala Press. hardcover. New. 6x0x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

Troy: J. Disturnell [John], 1825. Stapled Binding. Fair. Chips and tears to page edges, colloquial repair using thread along spine. 1825 Stapled Binding. 35 pp. Fable with engravings, published by John Disturnell, whose Map of America led to border disputes between Mexico and United States that persisted until 1963.

Printed and Sold by by J (John) G (Golby) Rusher. Banbury. N.D. (c1820-1830). 48mo, 115mm x 75mm, non-paginated. Pale brown paper cover, single sheet folded to make 16 pages; unevenly bound with stitched binding; some slight marks and page edges chipped, good cond overall. This 200 year old chapbook is illustrated by woodcuts with a vignette on the front cover, full page illustration on the rear cover and smaller illustrations throughout. The publisher was known for cleverly adapting children's stories and poems. The town of Banbury was noted for producing toy books and printed matter for juvenile readers. A list of titles published is printed on the insides of the front cover. These chapbooks are a fragile but ever so beautiful reminiscence of very early English children's books for the princely price of one penny as stated on the cover. How they survived to the present day as softcovers is truly amazing as they were of course printed as cheap reading for the poor with no aim at longevity.