Chapbook--Toy Books

The Discreet Princess; or, the Adventures of Finetta. A Novel. Edinburgh: G. & J. Ross, 1806, 40 leaves, 13 woodcuts with some crude hand-colouring, one woodcut with hole--together with 7 others; contemporary three-quarter calf, marbled endpapers, spine gilt in compartments with morocco lettering piece, some occasional spotting, upper joint splitting, extremities rubbed, bookplate to front fixed endpaper

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate.
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The other seven volumes comprise: The Valentine's Gift... Edinburgh: G. & J. Ross, 1806, 38 (of 40 leaves), 14 woodcuts with some crude hand-colouring, apparently lacking A4 and A5--The Way To Be Happy... Edinburgh: G. & J. Ross, 1807, 37 (of 38 leaves), 16 woodcuts, apparently lacking preliminary blank?, small chips to A7 and B2, loss to foot of C4--The Life and Perambulations of a Mouse, in Two Volumes. Vol. I. London: John Marshall, [c.1805], 39 (of 44 leaves), 24 woodcuts with some crude hand-colouring, loss to A2, A3, F2, and F3, lacking B2-5 and E6--The Life and Perambulations of a Mouse, in Two Volumes. Vol. II. London: John Marshall, [c.1805], 42 leaves, 22 woodcuts with some crude hand-colouring, 3 leaves of publisher's adverts at end--The History of the Holy Bible Abridged. Glasgow: Lumsden and Son, [c. 1809], 26 leaves including 7 engraved plates and engraved title-page--Garden Amusements for Improving the Minds of Little Children. London: Darton and Harvey, 1806. 18 leaves, seven woodcuts of which three are hand-coloured--Christmas Tales For The Amusement and Instruction of Young Ladies and Gentlemen in Winter Evenings. Glasgow: Lumsden & Son, [c.1810], 26 leaves including 7 engraved plates and engraved title-page, loss to B2--Worlds Displayed, For the Benefit of Young people... Edinburgh: J. Ritchie, 1804, sixth edition, 48 leaves, some tears or minor loss