- 240
[Nursery rhymes]
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
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Description
- A fine group of early 19th-century editions of nursery rhymes in original printed wrappers, as listed below,
- paper
- Old Dame Margery’s Hush-a-Bye: Embellished with fifteen elegant engravings on copper plates. Vol. 1 [all published]. London: John Fairburn, [1808]. 16mo (4 1/2 x 3 ½ in.; 114 x 88 mm). One full-page and several half-page wood-engravings; title mended on all margins, lower left corner of full-page engraving renewed in penwork facsimile, other edge tears and mends. Modern wrappers with publisher’s printed wrappers laid down; soiled, corners torn. One copy in OCLC at Oxford. With: an American edition of the same, Philadelphia: Ann Coles, 1814. 16mo (4 ½ x 3 ¾ in.; 115 x 95 mm). Wood-engraved text illustrations; title tear mended, some soiling and staining. Contemporary drab wrappers. In a blue half-cloth drop-box. Signature of George S. Greene "presented by his brother J N G Oct 7. 1815."
- Memoirs of Little Jack Horner, A Renowned Character. London: W. & T. Darton, 1810. 16mo (5 x 4 in.; 127 x 102 mm). Printed on one side only, half-page text illustrations (2 of these dated 19 June 1806). Publisher’s tan printed wrappers; backstrip mended. Signature of Julia Dolben in top margin of upper cover. OCLC records 1806 and 1807 editions.
- The Happy Courtship, Merry Marriage, and Pic Nic Dinner of Cock Robin, and Jenny Wren, To which is added, Alas! The Doleful Death of the Bridgegroom. London: [H. Bryer for] John Harris, 1806. 16mo (5 x 4 1/8 in.; 127 x 105 mm). Engraved frontispiece and 14 engraved plates, all hand colored; some marginal soiling. Publisher’s tan printed wrappers; creases and stains, backstrip mended. Signature of Thomas Richards Jr. June 1809. First edition, second issue. Moon, Harris 144 (2) and Alderson/ Moon 49; see Opie, Three Centuries 312a.
- The Death and Burial of Cock Robin. London: William Darton, [1813?]. 16mo (5 ¼ x 3 7/8 in.; 134 x 98 mm). Engraved throughout, hand colored; some marginal staining and spotting. Publisher’s pink printed wrappers with imprint on upper cover and address on verso; backstrip torn, lower cover scraped with loss of border, stained. Signature of Lyman Bigelow. See Opie 312.
- Memoirs of Little Jack Horner, A Renowned Character. London: W. & T. Darton, 1810. 16mo (5 x 4 in.; 127 x 102 mm). Printed on one side only, half-page text illustrations (2 of these dated 19 June 1806). Publisher’s tan printed wrappers; backstrip mended. Signature of Julia Dolben in top margin of upper cover. OCLC records 1806 and 1807 editions.
- The Happy Courtship, Merry Marriage, and Pic Nic Dinner of Cock Robin, and Jenny Wren, To which is added, Alas! The Doleful Death of the Bridgegroom. London: [H. Bryer for] John Harris, 1806. 16mo (5 x 4 1/8 in.; 127 x 105 mm). Engraved frontispiece and 14 engraved plates, all hand colored; some marginal soiling. Publisher’s tan printed wrappers; creases and stains, backstrip mended. Signature of Thomas Richards Jr. June 1809. First edition, second issue. Moon, Harris 144 (2) and Alderson/ Moon 49; see Opie, Three Centuries 312a.
- The Death and Burial of Cock Robin. London: William Darton, [1813?]. 16mo (5 ¼ x 3 7/8 in.; 134 x 98 mm). Engraved throughout, hand colored; some marginal staining and spotting. Publisher’s pink printed wrappers with imprint on upper cover and address on verso; backstrip torn, lower cover scraped with loss of border, stained. Signature of Lyman Bigelow. See Opie 312.
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NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.