first edition pamphlet
1864 · New York
by HOPPIN, Augustus
New York: James Gregory, 1864. First. pamphlet. very good. Illustrated throughout with 26 wood-engraved prints, all with tissue guards. 32 pages, unpaginated. Short slim 4to, original white glossy pictorial stiff wrappers, lightly faded and soiled, rebacked in plain brown cloth. A charming children's alphabet book satirical in nature with rhymes. Each letter begins a rhyme with an illustration and together they tell the story of the origin, manufacture, & use of a hair dressing that was supposed to cure baldness. New York: James g. Gregory, 1864. Scarce. Very good.
(Inventory #: 261744)