Busy Days, Sunny Hour Series

New York: McLoughlin Bros. No date [c. 1880s]. [RHYMING VERSE]. 4to (11 1/8” x 9 3/16”); [12]pp; stiff glazed chromolithographed pictorial wrapper, boy with a pan of grain on front, rear wrapper has a pastoral vignette and a boy sawing a board; strong Aesthetic period art influence in the wrapper design; 2 staple binding; 4 full page illustrations; text print in sepia; small line vignettes in text; light shelf wear, small chip from rear wrapper; very good plus. OCLC locates 3 copies, 2 in the U.S. and one in the U.K. Item #1939

Wonderful bright color illustrations in this book show children at work. Story titles include “The Young Gardener,” “Peter’s Work-Shop,” “Eva’s Peach Tree,” “How Elmer Was Let Alone,” and “Sowing Seed.” Also included is a poem titled “Dolly’s Clothes” featuring a child hanging wash and ironing.

Price: $175.00