Songs and Stories

Charlestown [Massachusetts]: G.W. Hobbs, No date [c.1854-1861?]. John ANDREW. [JUVENILE] [POETRY]. John ANDREW, engraver. 16mo (6 ¾” x 4 7/8”); [28]pp; stiff brown pictorial wrapper, front illustration is a family scene with a mother, three children and a dog, the girl is reading a book; the rear wrapper is titled “The Toy Shop” and features a child with a man in a toy shop; presentation in pencil on ffep “To Clara A. Blod [?] From Her Teacher”; publisher’s string binding; fp and pictorial title page hand-colored; 7 full-page hand-colored wood-engraved illustrations; all text within a decorative border; wrapper spine chipped with loss, light hand-soiling to boards and some pages; very good. OCLC locates 11 copies, plus several at AAS. Item #2097

A collection of children’s songs and short stories is illustrated with lovely wood engravings, some signed by the engraver, John Andrew. This copy starts with the poem “Thanksgiving Day.” The poems and stories deal with childhood activities and emotions, including death.

The American Antiquarian Society catalogs four variants of this publication. (AAS 221210, 221211).

Price: $150.00