(Chapbook)
Casket for Boys and Girls.
Concord, NH: Merriam & Merrill, 1857. Illustrated with full-page wood engravings, vignettes and decorated initials. Contains four stories, each of which apparently saw separate publication: Sailor Stories and Songs; Good Child's Story Book; Child's Book of Songs; and Child's Book About Birds. This omnibus edition is quite uncommon, with only three copies recorded in institutional collections.
12mo. 24; 24; 24; 24 pp. Contemporary ink gift inscription on front endpaper, faint dampstain to upper spine, short splits to spine ends, else a sharp, crisp copy in publisher's yellow wrappers. Item #29997
Price: $425.00
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By This Illustrator: Brown, George Loring
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