GIGANTICK HISTORIES OF THOMAS BOREMAN.|THE
Stone, Wilbur Macey
Published by The Southworth Press, Portland, 1933
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8vo. cloth-backed boards, paper cover label. 41, (3) pages. First edition, limited to 250 numbered and signed copies. Contains a bibliography of editions, illustrations, and a history of this 18th century English publisher of miniature children's books. cloth-backed boards, paper cover label. Seller Inventory # 1574
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Title: GIGANTICK HISTORIES OF THOMAS BOREMAN.|THE
Publisher: The Southworth Press, Portland
Publication Date: 1933
Binding: Hardcover
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: 1st Edition
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Book Description Condition: VG. Portland, Maine 1933 first edition. Southworth Press. 40p. Illustrated. **Signed by Stone. Copy #101 of 250 printed. VG. Later glassine protective removable dj. Clean, no wear, no tears, no ownership marks. Seller Inventory # a90285
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Book Description Condition: Very Good. Southworth Press Porland, ME 1933 limited edition. author signature to colophon. paper boards with black cloth spine. endpapers foxed. binding secure. Seller Inventory # 143537
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Book Description Condition: Near fine. Stylish signed limited first edition bibliography of Boreman's landmark early children's books. 8.5'' x 5.5''. Original gilt-lettered black cloth spine with marbled boards. Paper label mounted to front board. Black and white illustrations. 41, [1] pages. Edition of 250 copies; this copy no. 213. Signed by Stone at colophon. Light edgewear and bumping to corners. Seller Inventory # 48017
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. 12mo. Published by The Southworth Press, Portland, ME. 1933. 41 pgs. Copy #102 of 250 numbered and signed copies. SIgned by Wilbur Macey Stone on the limitation page. First edition/First Printing. Bound in cloth-backed boards, with a paper cover label. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Contains a bibliography of editions, illustrations, and a history of this 18th century English publisher of miniature children's books. Thomas Boreman (fl. 1730 1743) was one of the earliest English children's book publishers particularly dealing with animals. His bookshops were located around London Boreman published along with Richard Ware and Thomas Game from the 1730s. His Three Hundred Animals was the first, published ca 1730 and written for children. Boreman's earliest works included his 1740 Gigantick Histories, miniature books with illustrations and a list of subscribing readers, including the names of children as well as parents. He followed this two-volume publication with Curiosities in the Tower of London, with illustrations of animals in the Tower Zoo. His books were mainly compilations, often factually incorrect and printed with the aim of selling. EB; 41 pages. Seller Inventory # 62786
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