Little Peepy.
London.
William Wesley, [s.d., c. 1855]
24pp. With a woodcut frontispiece and several woodcut illustrations in the text. Apparently unrecorded.
[Bound with:] Little Folk's Books. The story of Little Maia. Edited by the Madame de Chatelain. [London]. [Darton & Co.], [s.d. c. 1855]. [16]pp. OCLC records copies at just two locations (Princeton and Toronto). Darton H150.
[And:] The little fortune seekers. London. Groombridge and Sons, [s.d. c. 1855]. 23pp, [1]. With a woodcut frontispiece and several woodcut illustrations in the text. OCLC and COPAC combined record copies at just five locations (BL, Cambridge, Florida, Kent, and Oxford).
[And:] The story of a daisy. London. Groombridge and Sons, [s.d. c. 1855]. 24pp. With a woodcut frontispiece and several woodcut illustrations in the text. OCLC and COPAC combined record copies at just four locations (BL, Morgan, Kent, and Oxford).
[And:] Rover and his friends. London. Groombridge and Sons, [s.d. c. 1855]. 23pp, [1]. With a woodcut frontispiece and several woodcut illustrations in the text. OCLC and COPAC combined record copies at just five locations (BL, Cambridge, Florida, Morgan, and Oxford).
[And:] The fishermen's children. London. Groombridge and Sons, [s.d. c. 1855]. 24pp. OCLC and COPAC combined record copies at just four locations (BL, Florida, Morgan, and Texas).
[And:] Rabbits and peewits. London. Groombridge & Sons, [s.d. c. 1855]. 24pp. With a woodcut frontispiece and several woodcut illustrations in the text. OCLC and COPAC combined record copies at just seven locations (BL, Cambridge, Florida, Kent, Morgan, Oxford, and Oxford Brookes).
[And:] The child's search for fairies. London. Groombridge and Sons, [s.d. c. 1855]. 24pp. OCLC and COPAC combined record copies at just four locations (BL, Cambridge, Florida, and Morgan).
[And:] The blackberry gathering. London. Groombridge and Sons, [s.d. c. 1855]. 22pp, [2]. OCLC and COPAC combined record copies at just five locations (BL, Cambridge, Florida, Kent, and Morgan).
[And:] Little charley. London. Groombridge and Sons, [s.d. c. 1855]. 23pp, [1]. With a woodcut frontispiece and several woodcut illustrations in the text. OCLC and COPAC combined record copies at just five locations (BL, Cambridge, Florida, Kent, and Morgan).
[And:] Little frank. London. Groombridge and Sons, [s.d. c. 1855]. 23pp, [1]. With a woodcut frontispiece and several woodcut illustrations in the text. OCLC and COPAC combined record copies at just six locations (BL, Cambridge, Florida, Kent, Oxford, and V&A).
[And:] Alice and her bird. London. Groombridge and Sons, [s.d. c. 1855]. 24pp. With a woodcut frontispiece and several woodcut illustrations in the text. OCLC and COPAC combined record copies at just five locations (BL, Cambridge, Florida, Morgan, and Oxford).
[And:] The fir tree's story. London. Groombridge and Sons, [s.d. c. 1855]. 23pp, [1]. With a woodcut frontispiece and several woodcut illustrations in the text. OCLC and COPAC combined record copies at just five locations (BL, Cambridge, Florida, Kent, and Oxford).
12mo. Contemporary red roan, lettered 'Buds & Blossoms' in gilt to spine. Rubbed, spine worn and singed. Early inked gift inscriptions to versos of frontispieces.
[Bound with:] Little Folk's Books. The story of Little Maia. Edited by the Madame de Chatelain. [London]. [Darton & Co.], [s.d. c. 1855]. [16]pp. OCLC records copies at just two locations (Princeton and Toronto). Darton H150.
[And:] The little fortune seekers. London. Groombridge and Sons, [s.d. c. 1855]. 23pp, [1]. With a woodcut frontispiece and several woodcut illustrations in the text. OCLC and COPAC combined record copies at just five locations (BL, Cambridge, Florida, Kent, and Oxford).
[And:] The story of a daisy. London. Groombridge and Sons, [s.d. c. 1855]. 24pp. With a woodcut frontispiece and several woodcut illustrations in the text. OCLC and COPAC combined record copies at just four locations (BL, Morgan, Kent, and Oxford).
[And:] Rover and his friends. London. Groombridge and Sons, [s.d. c. 1855]. 23pp, [1]. With a woodcut frontispiece and several woodcut illustrations in the text. OCLC and COPAC combined record copies at just five locations (BL, Cambridge, Florida, Morgan, and Oxford).
[And:] The fishermen's children. London. Groombridge and Sons, [s.d. c. 1855]. 24pp. OCLC and COPAC combined record copies at just four locations (BL, Florida, Morgan, and Texas).
[And:] Rabbits and peewits. London. Groombridge & Sons, [s.d. c. 1855]. 24pp. With a woodcut frontispiece and several woodcut illustrations in the text. OCLC and COPAC combined record copies at just seven locations (BL, Cambridge, Florida, Kent, Morgan, Oxford, and Oxford Brookes).
[And:] The child's search for fairies. London. Groombridge and Sons, [s.d. c. 1855]. 24pp. OCLC and COPAC combined record copies at just four locations (BL, Cambridge, Florida, and Morgan).
[And:] The blackberry gathering. London. Groombridge and Sons, [s.d. c. 1855]. 22pp, [2]. OCLC and COPAC combined record copies at just five locations (BL, Cambridge, Florida, Kent, and Morgan).
[And:] Little charley. London. Groombridge and Sons, [s.d. c. 1855]. 23pp, [1]. With a woodcut frontispiece and several woodcut illustrations in the text. OCLC and COPAC combined record copies at just five locations (BL, Cambridge, Florida, Kent, and Morgan).
[And:] Little frank. London. Groombridge and Sons, [s.d. c. 1855]. 23pp, [1]. With a woodcut frontispiece and several woodcut illustrations in the text. OCLC and COPAC combined record copies at just six locations (BL, Cambridge, Florida, Kent, Oxford, and V&A).
[And:] Alice and her bird. London. Groombridge and Sons, [s.d. c. 1855]. 24pp. With a woodcut frontispiece and several woodcut illustrations in the text. OCLC and COPAC combined record copies at just five locations (BL, Cambridge, Florida, Morgan, and Oxford).
[And:] The fir tree's story. London. Groombridge and Sons, [s.d. c. 1855]. 23pp, [1]. With a woodcut frontispiece and several woodcut illustrations in the text. OCLC and COPAC combined record copies at just five locations (BL, Cambridge, Florida, Kent, and Oxford).
12mo. Contemporary red roan, lettered 'Buds & Blossoms' in gilt to spine. Rubbed, spine worn and singed. Early inked gift inscriptions to versos of frontispieces.
A coherent sammelband of thirteen juvenile productions, all remarkably scarce – and one entirely unrecorded - the majority issued by prolific children's publisher Groombridge and Sons, established in 1833.
One of only two exceptions not published by Groombridge is a rare survival of Clare de Chatelain's (1807-1876) The Story of Little Maia, initially issued by Darton under their 'Little Folk's Books' series and then reprinted in the author's six-part Tales of the Fairy Folk (c. 1855).
The other exception is an early edition of Little Peepy; a charming conduct of life story of a little girl who sacrifices her only shilling to rescue a robin from the torture of two odious boys, initially published by Groombridge in 1853, commonly attributed to sometime editor for the Religious Tract Society George Eliel Sargent (1809-1883).
£ 750.00
Antiquates Ref: 33132
One of only two exceptions not published by Groombridge is a rare survival of Clare de Chatelain's (1807-1876) The Story of Little Maia, initially issued by Darton under their 'Little Folk's Books' series and then reprinted in the author's six-part Tales of the Fairy Folk (c. 1855).
The other exception is an early edition of Little Peepy; a charming conduct of life story of a little girl who sacrifices her only shilling to rescue a robin from the torture of two odious boys, initially published by Groombridge in 1853, commonly attributed to sometime editor for the Religious Tract Society George Eliel Sargent (1809-1883).
