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(CHILDREN’S BOOKS.) Watts, Isaac.
A Catechism for Children.
[3]-46
pages. 24mo, original plain wrappers, moderate wear; apparently lacking half-title and final
blank.
Windham, CT: John Byrne, circa 1800
[300/400]
This edition not in Bristol, Evans, Rosenbach, Welch, ESTC, or OCLC. Byrne issued other
dated editions in 1795, 1798, and 1801.
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(CHILDREN’S BOOKS.)
Auszug eines evangelischen Gesang-Büchleins:
Als ein Neu-Jahrs Present für die Kinder zum Eintrit des Gnaden-Jahrs unsers
Herrn und Heylandes Jesu Christi, 1771.
40 pages. 12mo, early plain wrappers, worn;
dampstaining, vermin damage to last 5 leaves with some loss of text.
[Ephrata, PA: Brüderschaft, 1770?]
[200/300]
Not in Bristol, Evans, Rosenbach, or Welch. OCLC lists one copy, at the Moravian Library.
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(CHILDREN’S BOOKS.)
Group of 3 early American children’s books.
12mo, publisher’s pictorial wrappers; minor wear.
Vp, 1820-32
[200/300]
The Young Child’s A B C, or First Book. New York: Samuel Wood & Sons, [1820?] *
Hoch-Deutsches Lutherisches ABC und Namen-Büchlein für Kinder. Large 12mo, publisher’s
illustrated cloth-backed boards. Not in Shaw & Shoemaker. Philadelphia, [1832] * M’Carty’s
American Primer. Shaw & Shoemaker 33941. Philadelphia, [1828].
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(CHILDREN’S BOOKS.)
Group
of 5 early illustrated American children’s
books.
Various sizes, bindings, and
conditions. Vp, circa 1830s-40s
[200/300]
Grandpapa Pease’s New Mother Goose, and the
Golden Eggs. 8vo, illustrated wrappers; hand-
colored. Albany, NY: Erastus H. Pease, circa 1848
* Henry and His Garden. 16mo, illustrated
wrappers. New York: Lane & Tippett, circa 1830
* History of Beasts. 16mo, wrappers. [New
York]: American Tract Society, circa 1848 * The
Little Esop. 32mo, publisher’s cloth gilt.
Philadelphia: Smith & Peck, 1845 * Rhymes by
our Good Old Nurse / Sweet Home. 12mo,
hand-colored wraps, worn. Philadelphia: Turner &
Fisher, circa 1835.
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(CHINA.)
Chiang Kai-Shek /
Roosevelt leaflet.
Color propaganda
leaflet, 29 x 9
1
/
2
inches; light folds, otherwise
minimal wear. Np, circa 1940s
[300/400]
Depicts Chiang Kai-Shek and Franklin D.
Roosevelt with the flags of the Republic of China
and the United States.
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