Complete set of twelve toy books
Portland: Bailey & Noyes, ca 1840s. 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 save a few small chips to wrappers. Remarkably well preserved. Item #410729
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.
Price: $1,000.00