Pictures and Stories for the Young; or Pleasing Tales, in Poetry and Prose: Embellished with Numerous Engravings; Babcock's Moral, Instructive and Amusing Toy Books. Pictures and Stories for the Young: or Pleasing Tales in Poetry and Prose, New Haven: Published by S. Babcock

New Haven: Printed and Published by S. Babcock, 1840. String-tied Cloth over Board. Very good. 24mo (5 ¾" x 3 ¾"); 24pp; blue wrapper illustrated with small vignettes of children involved in various games of play and sports, rear wrapper lists publisher's "New And Beautiful Toy and Juvenile Books;" string binding; vignette on title page; 3pp wood engraved illustrations; light hand soiling, 1" split at foot of spine fold, small child to head of fold, a few pages with spots; very good. Wonderful vignettes of children at play on front wrapper including jumping rope, stick ball, hoop games, marbles, walking, flying kites, swinging and badminton. Stories with intriguing names: The Tattler, Playing in Church, Lost in the Woods, The Old Frock, and others.