Complete set of twelve toy books

  • Portland: Bailey & Noyes, 1840
By BAILEY & NOYES (publisher)
Portland: Bailey & Noyes, 1840. A fine set save a few small chips to wrappers. Remarkably well preserved. 93 x 61 mm each. Each 16 pages. Several small woodcuts in each volumes. Pictorial printed wrappers, sewn. In a quarter morocco folding case. A fine set of these miniature books, comprising: The Two Goats and the Sick Monkey; The Medley; The Soldier Turned Famer; The Shepherd Boy; The Book of Riddles; Little Frank's Almanack, to Show Little Boys and Girls their Play Days; The History of Insects; The History of Birds; The Twelve Months of the Year; The Sailor Boy, or the First and Last Voyage of Little Andrew; History of Beasts; and Eight Stories for Isabel.

Details

Title

Complete set of twelve toy books

Author

BAILEY & NOYES (publisher)

Condition

Fine

Publisher

Bailey & Noyes: Portland

Date

1840


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