Item #001239 The Ninepenny-Piece, and The Little Basket-Maker; embellished with Cuts
The Ninepenny-Piece, and The Little Basket-Maker; embellished with Cuts

The Ninepenny-Piece, and The Little Basket-Maker; embellished with Cuts

Providence, R.I. Cory and Daniels, 1835. Paperback. 23, [1] p.: wood-engraved frontispiece, title vignette, and in-text illustrations; 14 cm. Yellow wrappers printed in black with front wrapper illustration and title within decorative border. Publisher's advertisement on back wrapper within different border. Frontispiece shows boys playing "blind-man's buff" and marbles. Alphabet on verso of title page. Contains also the poem "Dialogue on Creation" on p. 21-23. Title vignette and two illustrations hand-colored by former owner. Not in Rosenbach, Early American Children's Books. In Very Good- Condition: wrappers are soiled; pattern of very small holes near fore-edge throughout; pages are soiled. Very Good -. Item #001239

Price: $105.00

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