Aunt Louisa's Child's Delight: : comprising Rip Van Winkle, Yankee Doodle, Pocahontas, Putnam. : With twenty-four pages of illustrations. Printed in colors
New York: McLoughlin Brothers, 1875.
Illustrated by Thomas Nast and Justin H Howard illustrations. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+ with no dust jacket. Item #15560
Edgewear with rubbed corners and rear spine edge, gutter weakness, light tone, Christmas 1876 inscription, otherwise light wear. Still solid oversize hardcover. ; Notable for containing Thomas Nast's only political juvenile illustrations, the uncommon first edition of this delightful chromolith illustrated collection, also offers Nast illustrations for Rip Van Winkle and his cover paste-on illustration. Rip Van Winkle and Yankee Doodle are in verse. "Aunt Louisa's child's delight. $1.50 contains four standard stories--Rip Van Winkle, Yankee Doodle, Pocahontas, and Putnam--with twenty-four full-paged illustrations in colors. 4to. Cloth, beveled edges, embossed in black and gold, with fine chromatic illustration mounted on cover."--McLoughlin Bros., New York. Catalogue of toy books, games, &c. for 1875-'76. ; [54], [24] pl pages.
Price: $299.95






