The Osborne Collection Facsimile Early Children's Books 1st Ed Complete set 35

  

Facsimile Editions from The Osborne Collection of Early English Children's Books Published by Toronto Public Library, 1981 Title: Facsimile Editions from The Osborne Collection of Early English Children's Books Publisher: Toronto Public Library Publication Date: 1981 Binding: Hardcover Condition: Very Good Edition: 1st Edition. All in immaculate unopened and unread condition, they have been stored in the original publishers carton since 1981. 35 facsimile volumes in 28 slipcases, plus the descriptive companion volume.

Box Dimensions 43 x 32 x 21 cm. London, Bodley Head, 1981 the originals date from the 1700s and 1800s. Various sizes, paginations and bindings (replicating the originals), housed in the original publisher's printed cardboard carton. A fine set in the original slipcases; the original packing carton shows wear. The 35 titles are: Orbis Sensualium Pictus; Goody Two-Shoes; A New Year's Gift for Little Masters & Misses; The Birth-Day Gift, or the Joy of a New Doll, from Papers cut by a Lady; The Death and Burial of Cock Robin; The Moving Adventures of Old Dame Trot and her Comical Cat; The Butterfly's Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast; The Peacock'At Home'; The Mansion of Bliss; Diamonds and Toads; Jack and Jill, and Old Dame Gill; Scripture Histories; A Visit to the Bazaar; The Ocean and its Inhabitants; The Traditional Faery Tales; The Gallant History of Bevis of Southampton; A Mournful Ditty of the Death of Fair Rosamund; The Sweet and Pleasant History of Patient Grissel; Hop-o'my-Thumb and the Seven League Boots; Old Nurse's Book of Rhymes, Jingles and Ditties; The New Picture Book; The Dog's Dinner Party; In Fairy Land; Sing-Song; The Alphabet of Old Friends; Puss in Boots; A Book of Nonsense; Under the Window; Cinderella; The Diverting History of John Gilpin; The Babes in the Wood; The Nursery'Alice'; The Baby's Own Aesop; The Adventures of Two Dutch Dolls; and Kate Greenaway's Calendar for 1884.