Poetic Gift: Mrs. Barbauld's Hymns in Verse ... Illustrated by Appropriate Engravings
New Haven: S. Babcock [c1841]. [5], 6-24 pages. 5 3/4 x 3 3/4 inches. Publisher's blue printed wrappers. Light foxing throughout, tiny hole in back cover and last two leaves affecting a few letters. Illustrated throughout with wood engravings. Front cover with vignettes of various sports activities including baseball surrounding the title square and vignette. Rear cover is list of Toy and Juvenile Books just published S. Babcock, N. Haven in four groupings each priced separately. Last title on the page is "Pictures and Stores for [small hole] Young" Stitching loose. Overall light wear and soiling. Good. Wraps. [28932]
Front cover at top notes "Babcock's Moral, Instructive and Amusing Toy Books."
The American Antiquarian Society has copies in pink and green wrappers, and notes "Text typographically identical to an issue bearing a title-page date of 1841."
Our example is undated, and in blue wrappers.
Price: $40.00