Jack Mason, the Old Sailor. With Illustrations. For Children

New York: Clark, Austin & Co, 1850. Very Good. New York: Clark, Austin & Co., 1850. First Edition. Small square 12mo (11.5 cm); publisher's blue-green blind-embossed cloth, gilt spine; 96pp.; frontispiece, seven full-page illus., additional woodcut vignettes throughout. Cloth a bit mottled, corners bumped, contemporary gift and ownership inscriptions to front free endpaper and flyleaf for J.H. Haight from his sister Nina, textblock foxed, else Very Good.

Charming toy book detailing the exploits of Jack Mason the sailor as he chases whales, encounters the indigenous inhabitants of the North Sea, and visits the newly-uncovered Sphinx in Egypt. Bibles may also have been given out on these adventures.