Grandpapa Easy's Jacko's Merry Method of Learning the Pence Table [drop-title], circa 1840, hand-coloured wood engravings throughout, first and last leaves forming pastedowns, first page with early ownership signature at head, occasional fox spots, original printed green wrappers, some light marks and a trifle frayed to extremities in a few places, large slim 8vo, together with Grandmamma Easy's New Story About Old Daddy Longlegs, New York: D. Appleton [cover-title], circa 1850s, hand-coloured wood engravings throughout, first and last leaves forming pastedowns, some faint offsetting, original printed tan wrappers, some light marginal dust-soiling, spine slightly split at ends, upper cover with two small ink blots, rear cover with short closed tear in upper edge, large slim 8vo First item: Osborne, p.711. Dean published his series of Grandmamma and Grandpapa Easy's Pictorial Books, with their attractive coloured engravings, in the 1840s. American publishers quickly took up the idea, producing their own stories in a similar format. All of these publications, with their potentially fragile wrappers, are scarce. (2)
Grandpapa Easy's Jacko's Merry Method of Learning the Pence Table [drop-title], circa 1840, hand-coloured wood engravings throughout, first and last leaves forming pastedowns, first page with early ownership signature at head, occasional fox spots, original printed green wrappers, some light marks and a trifle frayed to extremities in a few places, large slim 8vo, together with Grandmamma Easy's New Story About Old Daddy Longlegs, New York: D. Appleton [cover-title], circa 1850s, hand-coloured wood engravings throughout, first and last leaves forming pastedowns, some faint offsetting, original printed tan wrappers, some light marginal dust-soiling, spine slightly split at ends, upper cover with two small ink blots, rear cover with short closed tear in upper edge, large slim 8vo First item: Osborne, p.711. Dean published his series of Grandmamma and Grandpapa Easy's Pictorial Books, with their attractive coloured engravings, in the 1840s. American publishers quickly took up the idea, producing their own stories in a similar format. All of these publications, with their potentially fragile wrappers, are scarce. (2)
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