Lot 253
Chapbooks - Yorkshire
Complete series of chapbooks by J. S. Publishing & Stationery Co., Limited, Otley
Auction: Books & Manuscripts | 01 October 2026 from 10am | Lots 253 to 285
Description
16 works, 8vo (16.5 x 10.5cm), [c. 1850], each work 8 pp., with original colour-printed wrappers (imprint on front wrapper 'For the booksellers'), woodcut vignette to each page (often over-printed in colours), woodcut illustrations (some hand-coloured), works comprise: The History of Cinderella; The History of Tom Thumb; Hare and Many Friends; Entertaining Views; Robinson Crusoe; Jack and the Giant Killer; Little Red Riding Hood; Scenes from Nature; Old Dame Trot; Mother Hubbard; Capitals of Europe; The House that Jack Built; Cock Robin and Jenny Wren; Old Man and his Ass; History of Peter Brown; Death and Burial of Cock Robin; some works with bolts unopened (16)