Chap Book (34 results)

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. in wrappers; Contributors: J. Russell Taylor, Maurice Thompson, Lulah Ragsdale, A.E. Borie, Jennie Bullard Waterbury, Kathryn Jarboe, Horace T. Carpenter, Frank W. Noxon. Drawings by Georges D'Espagnat and William B. Pell.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 12mo, printed pictorial boards, glassine dust jacket, 56, ii pp. Accompanied by the "COMMENTARY" text. #283 of 300 copies, and with the publisher's numbered slip loosely inserted. Contained within the next, stiff folding cardboard mailer with addressed label intact.

Green cloth designed, ruled and lettered in reddish-brown. Title page printed in red & black, lettering design by Claude Bragdon. Very light shelf wear, spine a bit darkened, a nice clean copy. Kramer 168, citing pink pictorial cloth; this copy is likely a secondary or remainder binding. Stories by Maurice Thompson, Clinton Ross, et al.

Paperback. Condition: Good. c.1825, J Fraser & Co. Stirling, 16mo., 14 x 9cm., 8pp., woodcut vignette, soiled, a few marginal closed tears, fair, in recent protective paper cover.

Paperback. Condition: Good. c.1810, T Johnston, Falkirk, 16mo., 14 x 9cm., 8pp., woodcut vignette, soiled, marginal loss ( not affecting text) on last page, good, in recent protective paper cover.

Paperback. Condition: Good. 1816, T Johnston, Falkirk, 16mo., 14 x 9cm., 8pp., woodcut vignette, soiled, text of page6 cropped, good, in recent protective paper cover.

Paperback. Condition: Good. c.1820, M Randall, Stirling, 16mo., 14 x 9cm., 8pp., woodcut vignette, soiled, tear across 1st page, no loss, fair, in recent protective paper cover.

Paperback. Condition: Good. c.1815, J Fraser & Co. Stirling, 16mo., 14 x 9cm., 8pp., woodcut vignette, soiled, good, in recent protective paper cover.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall. Printed and sold by H. & E. Phinney. Sold also by H. & E. Phinney & Co. Utica. Undated circa 1840. 16pp. This is an early and scarce toybook, measuring 3 3/8" x 2". It has 10 charming little woodcuts depicting rural life, circa 1825. Thread-reinforced spine. Light foxing through out.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. York: Printed for J. Kendrew, Colliergate. [nd]. Wraps. Illustrated with 8 woodcuts. Circa 1830 (Davis 31)1st edition. Size is less than 3 inches. Tan printed wrappers. 31 pp (including interior of rear wrapper). Alphabet pg 31. Back cover is list of 24 Penny Books. Book condition: VG+, protected in vinyl envelope. Books are carefully packaged and shipped in a box.

Wraps. Condition: Delft blue decorated covers. 24 pages. 14 x 9 cm. Illustrated with ten wood engravings, most are full page. Interior contents clean, nick to front cover margin.

no illustration. Number Two, in a series of publications. 55.00 Corners of some pages bent, dusty. Good. 3rd ed. stated. Paper covers, 3 1/2 X 5 1/2, 41 pages. Contrasting two boys of opposite natures and the results of their behavior.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Uncut folded sheet. Undated but circa 1835. Bound in Original Wrappers , 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall. 16pp.illustrated with eleven wood cuts.Marginal brown stain on lower margin of front cover, otherwise in excellent /fine condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Not dated circa 1830. 32mo. 16pp. Printed by J. Kendrew. Bound in paper wrappers which are now quite yellowIllustrated with thirteen wood cuts including on cover. A collection of religious verses for children, illustrated throughout with woodcut vignettes on nearly every page, and a large cut of a preacher at his pulpit to the rear cover. A very good copy. Size 100 x 65mm (4 x 2.5 inches ) Provenance: From the collection of the remaining stock from the Kendrew business which was inherited by a distant family member and kept in the family through descent. James Kendrew (fl. 1803-1841) was a printer and publisher of Colliergate, York, who specialized in pamphlets and children's chapbooks. In 1841 he was succeeded by his son John Lofthouse Kendrew who sold the business in 1848.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. No date [circa 1830]. Bound in pale blue wrappers with the first and last being blanks pasted to the printed wrappers as issued. 32 pages. Illustrated with wood engraved frontispiece on paste-down, vignette title page, 6 charming wood-engravings in text, alphabet sheet on lower pastedown, original printed wrappers, a fine unused example, FIRST EDITION THUS, a very pleasing example of one of Kendrew's penny chapbooks as listed on the lower wrapper; the book traces the growing up of two boys, the 'bad' and 'good', the former at last torn to pieces by a wild animal [not visually depicted. Scarce in this fine condition. Although the book is in fine condition, it has been heavily cropped, please examine photographs carefully. Size 100 x 65mm (4 x 2.5 inches) Provenance: From the collection of the remaining stock from the Kendrew business which was inherited by a distant family member and kept in the family through descent. James Kendrew (fl. 1803-1841) was a printer and publisher of Colliergate, York, who specialized in pamphlets and children's chapbooks. In 1841 he was succeeded by his son John Lofthouse Kendrew who sold the business in 1848.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 18pp. Appears to have two publishers, J.H Butler is on front cover, John Metcalf on title page.Bound in original green printed and illustrated wrappers .Illustrated throughout with wood cuts cut within an oval, underneath is text relevant to the image above.There are sixteen woodcuts (plus two additional woodcuts on outside covers).The cuts are dark and rather nicely executed.The alphabet is printed along the lower margin of each page.Due to the number of pages, not all the letters of the alphabet illustrated.There is an odd fox mark, the stitching is loose, slight wear to spine,however the book is in excellent condition.Charming, very well-preserved mid 19th century ABC chap book, with nice woodcut illustrations throughout.In VG+, clean, tight, sound and well-preserved overall.Measures c. 3" W x 4" H No Jacket Printed Wrapper. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall.

paperback. Condition: near fine. Woodcut illustrations. 24 pages, 3.7 x 6 inches, yellow pictorial wrappers. New York: Philip J. Cozans, ca. 1860. Near fine. Cozans' School Toys, Fourth Series.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 7 tiny woodcuts. Near Fine. Miniature, Yellow printed paper covers, 2 7/8 X 1 7/8in (1)-8pgs.+cover The story of Mary, who when she misbehaves is bound hand & foot until she comes to her senses, and thereafter, is a quite mild & good natured little girl. Ads on the rear cover for Toy Books of Every Variety and Description.

No date, but circa 1850's. Rare color children's chap book, small octavo, original illustrated wrappers, nine hand colored plates. Very Good, few tiny chips along rear spine end, wrapper's spine edge partially split.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Not dated but circa 1830.16pp. Printed by J. Kendrew. Bound in paper wrappers which are also the title page and back cover, both of which have discoloured and are quite yellow. On verso of front cover are printed four alphabets in different text. Illustrated with thirteen wood cuts.A very good copy. Size 100 x 65mm (4 x 2.5 inches) Provenance: From the collection of the remaining stock from the Kendrew business which was inherited by a distant family member and kept in the family through descent. James Kendrew (fl. 1803-1841) was a printer and publisher of Colliergate, York, who specialized in pamphlets and children's chapbooks. In 1841 he was succeeded by his son John Lofthouse Kendrew who sold the business in 1848.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dated 1838 [the first edition was 1810 by John Harris]. 16mo. Bound in original pictorial orange printed paper covers. 32pp inc wrappers with fourteen proverbs, each with a wonderful full page wood engraving, some are signed with initials to indicate John Hall. There is some light foxing throughout the text, binding is loose, paper covers are lightly worn, otherwise a very nice copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Not dated but Circa 1820, 96 x 65 mm, 3¾ x 2½ inches. Bound in red paper wrappers, 32pp. including covers, title only to upper cover. Frontispiece and thirteen wood cuts.Rear cover advertising Penny Books printed and sold by J.Kendrew, Colliergate, York. . A very good/ fine fresh copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Not dated circa 1830. 32mo. 32pp. Printed by J. Kendrew. Bound in orange wrappers with the first and last being blanks pasted to the printed wrappers as issued. Illustrated throughout with ten wood cuts , plus an alphabet printed on verso of front cover. A very pleasing example of one of Kendrew's penny chapbooks as listed on the lower wrapper; A fine unused copy. Size 100 x 65mm (4 x 2.5 inches) SCARCE. Provenance: From the collection of the remaining stock from the Kendrew business which was inherited by a distant family member and kept in the family through descent. James Kendrew (fl. 1803-1841) was a printer and publisher of Colliergate, York, who specialized in pamphlets and children's chapbooks. In 1841 he was succeeded by his son John Lofthouse Kendrew who sold the business in 1848.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Not dated circa 1830. 32mo. Bound in blue wrappers with the first and last being blanks pasted to the printed wrappers as issued. 32 pages including pastedown wrappers. Illustrated with a wood-engraved pastedown frontispiece of a Dame School, and twenty-four woodcuts illustrating the letters of the alphabet, and six others. A very good copy of a charming alphabet/primer. One of Kendrew's penny chapbooks as listed on the lower wrapper; A fine unused copy. Size 100 x 65mm (4 x 2.5 inches) Provenance: From the collection of the remaining stock from the Kendrew business which was inherited by a distant family member and kept in the family through descent. James Kendrew (fl. 1803-1841) was a printer and publisher of Colliergate, York, who specialized in pamphlets and children's chapbooks. In 1841 he was succeeded by his son John Lofthouse Kendrew who sold the business in 1848.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Not dated circa 1830. 32mo. 16pp. Printed by J. Kendrew. Bound in paper wrappers which are now quite yellow. Illustrated with sixteen wood cuts including on cover. Illustrated throughout with woodcut vignettes on every page. Wrappers have discoloured to a yellow colour, light rubbing to corners and back cover a little dusty and creased. Inside there is light browning and creases from storage, else very good. Size 100 x 65mm (4 x 2.5 inches) Provenance: From the collection of the remaining stock from the Kendrew business which was inherited by a distant family member and kept in the family through descent. James Kendrew (fl. 1803-1841) was a printer and publisher of Colliergate, York, who specialized in pamphlets and children's chapbooks. In 1841 he was succeeded by his son John Lofthouse Kendrew who sold the business in 1848.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Not dated circa 1830. 32mo. 16pp. Printed by J. Kendrew. Bound in paper wrappers which are now quite yellow. Illustrated throughout with thirty wood cuts including on cover, most pages have two cuts. Wrappers have discoloured to a yellow colour,front cover is quite worn and has darkened,(photo a little deceiving) light rubbing to corners and covers a little dusty and creased, else very good. Size 100 x 65mm (4 x 2.5 inches) Provenance: From the collection of the remaining stock from the Kendrew business which was inherited by a distant family member and kept in the family through descent. James Kendrew (fl. 1803-1841) was a printer and publisher of Colliergate, York, who specialized in pamphlets and children's chapbooks. In 1841 he was succeeded by his son John Lofthouse Kendrew who sold the business in 1848.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Not dated circa 1830. 32mo. 16pp. Printed by James Kendrew. Bound in paper wrappers, possibly lacking the original coloured wrappers. Illustrated with fourteen wood cuts including on cover. The front and back cover have discoloured and are quite yellow. This poem first appeared in "Lyrical Ballads" in 1798, and then for the first time, separately, here, in the Kendrew Chap-book series. A very good copy. Size 100 x 65mm (4 x 2.5 inches) Scarce. Provenance: From the collection of the remaining stock from the Kendrew business which was inherited by a distant family member and kept in the family through descent. James Kendrew (fl. 1803-1841) was a printer and publisher of Colliergate, York, who specialized in pamphlets and children's chapbooks. In 1841 he was succeeded by his son John Lofthouse Kendrew who sold the business in 1848.

First edition. 9 illustrations. 12 mo, original illustrated wraps, as issued. 18 pp. A very well preserved copy. RARE. This is a cautionary tale for children to do their schoolwork and mind their elders. This children's book is called a chapbook, a more modern term that derives from the chapmen. While chapbooks were ostensibly designed to help children learn how to read, they often broached adult subjects and were the source of entertainment in families and villages. Chapmen were pedlars who hawked their goods in towns and villages, and at country fairs. In 1553, Edward VI proclaimed that champmen must be licensed and Chettle, in Kind Hart's Dreame (1592) wrote that "'Chapmen are able to spred more pamphlets.then all the booksellers in town.'" Although they sold other wares, too, they always had cheap booklets, sometimes ballad sheets which eventually assumed the familiar form af a miniature booklet, with a paper cover that usually had a picture. Even Shakespeare, in Henry IV, mentioned the chapmen as did Urquhart's Rabelais in 1653. With the growth of small printers, miniature editions of old favourites could be printed.

First edition. RARE. 7 engravings "for the mind and the eye" and decorative borders on each page 12mo, in original paper with blue wrappers, very nicely designed border on upper and lower covers, illustrations on upper cover and inside lower cover; advertisement on lower cover. 16 pp. A very good copy with attractive designs on covers and pages. This children's book is called a chapbook, a more modern term that derives from the chapmen. Chapmen were pedlars who hawked their goods in towns and villages, and at country fairs. In 1553, Edward VI proclaimed that champmen must be licensed and Chettle, in Kind Hart's Dreame (1592) wrote that "'Chapmen are able to spred more pamphlets.then all the booksellers in town.'" Although they sold other wares, too, they always had cheap booklets, sometimes ballad sheets which eventually assumed the familiar form af a miniature booklet, with a paper cover that usually had a picture. Even Shakespeare, in Henry IV, mentioned the chapmen as did Urquhart's Rabelais in 1653. With the growth of small printers, miniature editions of old favourites could be printed. While chapbooks were ostensibly designed to help children learn how to read, they often broached adult subjects and were the source of entertainment in families and villages. This book is one of the series of "moral, instructive and entertaining toy books" put out by Babcock's.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Not dated circa 1830. 32mo. Bound in blue wrappers with the first and last being blanks pasted to the printed wrappers as issued. 32 pages including pastedown wrappers. Illustrated with ten wood cuts. One of Kendrew's penny chapbooks as listed on the lower wrapper. The odd fox mark inside, otherwise a fine unused copy. Size 100 x 65mm (4 x 2.5 inches) Provenance: From the collection of the remaining stock from the Kendrew business which was inherited by a distant family member and kept in the family through descent. James Kendrew (fl. 1803-1841) was a printer and publisher of Colliergate, York, who specialized in pamphlets and children's chapbooks. In 1841 he was succeeded by his son John Lofthouse Kendrew who sold the business in 1848.