[MINIATURE BOOKS]. My Pet Box of Books. NY: Appleton, [ca 1850s]. 12 vols. Original pictorial wrappers with hand-coloring; laid into original decorative box. Only one other such set has sold at auction in the last 40 years.
Sale 1022 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
May 4, 2022
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[MINIATURE BOOKS]. My Pet Box of Books. New York: Appleton, [ca 1850s].
12 volumes, 83 x 54 mm. Each chapbook 8pp., with hand-colored title vignette and illustration. Original pictorial wrappers with hand-coloring; laid into original decorative box (cover detached with old tape repair).
The 12 volumes include Stories of Military Heroes, Stories of Dogs, Child's Book of Fables, Stories of Wild Beasts, and Child's Book of Land Birds. RARE: According to American Book Prices Current, only one other such set has sold at auction in the last 40 years (the Doheny Copy, sold Christie's New York, 2 February 1989, lot 2070).
Collection of Richard Naish
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