Jack and the Bean-Stalk
Brother Sunshine's Series
London: Dean and Son, n.d. [ca. 1855]. Early Edition 8 leaves, printed on one side only. 7 large woodcut illustrations, and a small initial vignette, all hand-colored. Paper wrappers, included in the collation. Back wrapper lists Dean and Son's Sixpenny Toy Books; large closed tear in bottom margin with no loss of text. Nearly disbound, the fold and the spine separated and with remnants of sewing thread. Light soil and wear to edges. A scarce survival, protected in a custom folder of blue and red cloth, gilt title. See Osborne, which lists two other titles in the series (but not this one). Very good Broadside (Item ID: 15735)
$500.00