(Portland, OR): Chamberlain Press, 1982. Small octavo. (20)ff. One of 125 copies, signed by the artist, Sarah Chamberlain. Contains eleven whimsical poems by Hilaire Belloc, illustrated with seventeen wood engravings cut and hand-colored by Chamberlain. Bound by Barbara Blumenthal in patterned boards, with a morocco spine stamped in black. Fine..... More

London: Religious Tract Society, (c. 1865). Small quarto. 6pp., + 6 colored plates interleaved. This instructional volume parses the alphabet into six sets of four, with each head quartet accompanied by a short tale employing the four letters. Each text page also bears a border of four Biblical verses, so..... More

NY: Solomon King (title page); Turner & Fisher (cover), (n.d.). 64mo. 8pp. Two hand-colored wood engravings show a transformed Cinderella first standing before her fairy godmother, and second walking beside the prince, in this abridged version of the classic tale. Bound in orange printed wrappers, slightly worn, else near fine..... More

Concord, NH: Rufus Merrill, (c. 1840). 64mo. 16pp. Engraving on title page, plus twenty-six more to illustrate the alphabet. A standard primer of letters, numbers, spelling lessons, and several moral poems. Bound in pink wrappers, front cover fairly sunned, near fine. Together with an ALS from a soldier, Joshua Bogarts..... More

New Haven: S. Babcock, (c. 1840). 48mo. 16pp. Seven full-page illustrations of elephants. An naturalistic and moral introduction to elephants, including their habits, environments, and uses, with unsubtle scoffs toward animal cruelty. Minimal expected wear, else fine in yellow printed wrappers. More

(N.p. c. 1850). 24mo. (8)pp. Illustrated in black & white throughout. The intrigue of this booklet originates from its likely pirated content. The engravings are eclectic—an image of a rabbit is accompanied by the British royal seal and the seal of the Ancient Order of Foresters—and poorly printed. Also included..... More

Derby: (John Drewry), (1790). 32mo. 24pp. Twenty-four woodcuts scattered throughout illustrate a variety of rebuses and lyrical puzzles. Decorative borders adorn the title page and the beginnings of each of the book's sections: riddles, "several comical Questions," and "merry Tales and comical Jests." An impressive and entertaining compendium, suitable for..... More

Jaffna: Strong & Asbury Printers, 1873. 48mo. (8)pp. Illustrated with a woodcut title-page decoration, plus two others in the text. An American-style chapbook, entirely in Tamil. Printed at what was formerly a print shop belonging to missionaries, but which by about 1855 was owned and operated by native Sri Lankans..... More

London: Dean & Son, (c. 1860). 32mo. 8pp. Engravings of bucolic English scenes adorn the prose tale of the pious Dutch farmer and his influence on British soldiers, and the following poem entitled "The Seed and the Prayer". Very rare, with no physical institutional holdings, and even rarer for its..... More

Boston: Taggard & Thompson, 1858. 16mo. 31pp. Nine full-page color engravings, illustrating key scene's in the titular fox's antics in his journey to find food for his family. He finds a farm, confounds the animals, and captures a goose, only to again resort to his cunning ways to escape the..... More

Taunton: J. Poole, 1809. 64mo. 31pp. Seventeen engravings, many hand-colored, guide the young reader through Alphabet Hall and its lettered and numbered inhabitants. Then follows nine stanzas-worth of virtuous maxims, then, strangely and in distinctly smaller type, "On Aerial Castle-Building," which admonishes the reader against daydreaming and unproductive scheming. Gift..... More

New Haven: J. Babcock, 1822. 16mo. 32 pp. Illustrated with eight plates, each bearing two engravings by Alexander Anderson. This is the first part of an abridged version of Hundred Wonders of the World, also published by Babcock, and for which an advertisement appears on the title-page verso. The text..... More

NY: Lane & Scott, 1851. 64mo. 16pp. Two engravings, one at title and one at beginning of first chapter. An account of the evangelical efforts of a white missionary to an anonymous group of Native Americans. Bound in yellow wrappers. Mild general soiling to exterior, some foxing to interior, else..... More