Cinderella, or The Little Glass Slipper
London: J. Harris, successor to E. Newberry, 1808. Wraps. Item #23443 .
12mo. Printed wrappers. 16pp. Eight hand-colored original plates, including the frontispiece. Some edge-fraying to plates, contemporary ms. ownership name on reverse of frontispiece, original printed blue wrappers, rubbed and faded, edge-frayed in places, old ms. price at head of upper cover, Housed in a custom clamshell case. A presentable copy in spite of the wear.
Moon 618. The rare first edition of the first versification of the story of Cinderella. Marjorie Moon locates only two copies of this edition. Not in Osborne, and only later editions.
Price: $5,000.00
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