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).....
A delightful unpublished manuscript of illustrated children's poetry by a noted Florida woman artist and arts-organizer centering on “what-you-may-call-ems”—fantastical creatures with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.....