The diverting history of tom thumb.
Derby.
Thomas Richardson, [s.d., c.1830]
11pp. With a hand-coloured engraved frontispiece.
[Together with:] The surprising history of ali baba, or, the forty thieves. Derby. Thomas Richardson, [s.d., c.1830]. 12pp. With a hand-coloured engraved frontispiece.
[And:] The interesting story of beauty and the beast. Derby. Thomas Richardson, [s.d., c.1830]. 12pp. With a hand-coloured engraved frontispiece.
[And:] The renowned history of jack the giant killer. Derby. Thomas Richardson, [s.d., c.1830]. 12pp. With a hand-coloured engraved frontispiece.
[And:] The surprising history of jack and the bean-stalk. Derby. Thomas Richardson, [s.d., c.1830]. 12pp. With a hand-coloured engraved frontispiece.
[And:] The history of little jack, who was suckled by a goat. Derby. Thomas Richardson, [s.d., c.1830]. 12pp. With a hand-coloured engraved frontispiece.
[And:] The history of puss in boots. Derby. Thomas Richardson, [s.d., c.1830]. 12pp. With a hand-coloured engraved frontispiece.
16mo. Variously bound in original publisher's green and pink printed wrappers. Occasional chipping/spotting.
[Together with:] The surprising history of ali baba, or, the forty thieves. Derby. Thomas Richardson, [s.d., c.1830]. 12pp. With a hand-coloured engraved frontispiece.
[And:] The interesting story of beauty and the beast. Derby. Thomas Richardson, [s.d., c.1830]. 12pp. With a hand-coloured engraved frontispiece.
[And:] The renowned history of jack the giant killer. Derby. Thomas Richardson, [s.d., c.1830]. 12pp. With a hand-coloured engraved frontispiece.
[And:] The surprising history of jack and the bean-stalk. Derby. Thomas Richardson, [s.d., c.1830]. 12pp. With a hand-coloured engraved frontispiece.
[And:] The history of little jack, who was suckled by a goat. Derby. Thomas Richardson, [s.d., c.1830]. 12pp. With a hand-coloured engraved frontispiece.
[And:] The history of puss in boots. Derby. Thomas Richardson, [s.d., c.1830]. 12pp. With a hand-coloured engraved frontispiece.
16mo. Variously bound in original publisher's green and pink printed wrappers. Occasional chipping/spotting.
A clutch of seven scarce chapbooks from the two-penny 'Library of Amusement' series of Derby-based printer and publisher Thomas Richardson, including those staples of children's literature, the tales of 'The Beauty and the Beast', 'Jack and the Beanstalk', and Puss in Boots', an adaptation of the enduring Cornish folk tale set in the reign of Arthur, Jack the Giant Killer, and the rather more esoteric 'The history of little jack, who was suckled by a goat', Thomas Day's (1748-1789) Robinsonade centred on a young boy raised by a spritely female ruminant, first published in 1787.
COPAC and OCLC combined record copies of the first mentioned work at locations (Monash, Morgan, NYPL, Toronto, and V&A); the second mentioned at three locations (Liverpool, NYPL, and Toronto); the third at five (BL, Florida, Morgan, NYPL, Toronto); the fourth at three (Liverpool, Morgan, and Trinity College Dublin); the fifth at eight (BL, Florida, Liverpool, Melbourne, NYPL, Princeton, Strong, and Toronto); the sixth at seven (BL, Indiana, Liverpool, NYPL, Philadelphia, South Australia, and Toronto); and the seventh at seven (Liverpool, Monash, Morgan, NYPL, Toronto, Trinity College Dublin, and V&A).
£ 1,250.00
Antiquates Ref: 26052
COPAC and OCLC combined record copies of the first mentioned work at locations (Monash, Morgan, NYPL, Toronto, and V&A); the second mentioned at three locations (Liverpool, NYPL, and Toronto); the third at five (BL, Florida, Morgan, NYPL, Toronto); the fourth at three (Liverpool, Morgan, and Trinity College Dublin); the fifth at eight (BL, Florida, Liverpool, Melbourne, NYPL, Princeton, Strong, and Toronto); the sixth at seven (BL, Indiana, Liverpool, NYPL, Philadelphia, South Australia, and Toronto); and the seventh at seven (Liverpool, Monash, Morgan, NYPL, Toronto, Trinity College Dublin, and V&A).
