Death and Burial of Cock Robin.
Published by London: William Darton, 58, Holborn Hill. Price Sixpence, coloured. [circa 1825].
- First Edition
- Softcover
- Used
Seller: Stuart Bennett Rare Books, ABAA/ILAB, Essex, CT, U.S.A.Stuart Bennett Rare Books, ABAA/ILAB
AbeBooks seller since December 5, 2006
Condition: Used - Near fine
US$ 325.00
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketItem description from seller
32pp., 16mo. Sixteen leaves each with engraved text and a hand-colored illustration on one side only; a few minor stains. Original printed pink stiff wrappers, vignette of a bee with the title and imprint on upper cover (the imprint does not appear on the title-page), vignette of a fish on the lower; covers stained, backstrip worn and sometime resewn. Fourth edition, not so stated, of this attractive engraved version of the classic rhyme, with the date of the robin s death, "Octr 25 1805", unchanged from the first edition of 1806. The Dartons H255(4), noting a copy in the Osborne Collection; this edition not in OCLC or JISC/COPAC.
Seller Inventory # 14018
Bibliographic details
- Title
- Death and Burial of Cock Robin.
- Author
- [NURSERY RHYME] -
- Publisher
- London: William Darton, 58, Holborn Hill. Price Sixpence, coloured. [circa 1825].
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Edition
- 1st Edition
Stuart Bennett Rare Books, ABAA/ILAB
Essex, CT, U.S.A.
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Specialist dealer, selling online and at book fairs only: antiquarian and rare books, especially English literature and children's books printed before 1850, including poetry, fiction, philosophy, social history, criticism and literary controversies. Member ABAA and ILAB.
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English literature printed before 1850, especially fiction, poetry, criticism, and literary controversies. Also English and American children's books printed before 1840.Association member
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Stuart Bennett Rare Books, ABAA/ILAB
CT, U.S.A.
Terms of sale
All books offered are understood to be sent on approval, and may be returned within a reasonable time, which I usually interpret to mean thirty days, but can be longer when the occasion warrants. My seller details are: Stuart Bennett Rare Books, P.O. Box 395, Essex, Connecticut 06426 USA, e-mail stuart@sbrarebooks.com
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