First edition of this important collection of conduct and morality tales for African American children, written by a leading member of the “emancipation generation” and illustrated by an artist who would go on to work extensively with W. E. B. DuBois. Advertised as “the only book ever published for negro.....
Third American edition of Hannah More's classic moral saga contrasting the lives of two apprentice shoemakers. Each numbered part begins with a caption title and a woodcut. Jack Brown comes from a non-religious family and (as a result) is dishonest. James Stock is a religious, honest, and hardworking man. As.....
A set of sixteen Perrault fairy tales, with charming illustrations, bound in a marvelous variety of marbled papers. Petit Cabinet Des Fées went through various editions and permutations in the first few decades of the nineteenth century. This seems to be among the most extensive. The volumes included are: 1).....
First edition of the first children’s edition of Uncle Tom’s Cabin. A blend of narrative verse and extracts from the original, “this little work is designed to adapt Mrs. Stowe’s touching narrative to the understanding of the youngest readers and to foster in their hearts a generous sympathy for.....
A delightful unpublished manuscript of illustrated children's poetry by a noted Florida woman artist and arts-organizer centering on “what-you-may-call-ems”—fantastical creatures with names like the Wip-an-gee, Tottle-Ott, Go-Go Bird, Mug-Wumpus, and so forth. Each page of this book is devoted to one creature and features a short, whimsical poem followed.....