THE TINY PICTURE BOOK

Charlestown, Massachusetts: George W. Hobbs, 1854. Very good minus.. First edition of a sweet little alphabet reader with hand-colored illustrations. Little books like this would have been given to children as gifts or prizes for good work in school. This title features poems about people and things starting with each letter of the alphabet, ending with a poem about playing when lessons are done. 3.5'' x 2.75''. Original purple imitation goatskin-backed pictorial boards. Full-page hand-colored frontispiece with hand-colored illustrations throughout. [32] pages. Light soiling and mild scuffing to boards; some worming to spine, variously repaired. Some soiling and loss to frontispiece with repairs to verso; some foxing to leaves with small tape repairs to some margins. Else sound.