Item #14328 Child's New Story Book; Or, Tales and Dialogues for Little Folks.

Child's New Story Book; Or, Tales and Dialogues for Little Folks.

New Haven: Babcock, 1849. Wraps. With the first story titled 'The Little Ship' about Captain Cook: "Let us fancy ... this little man standing on the deck of the ship to be the famous navigator, Captain Cook, going to find them (the Friendly Islands). With full page plate of children sailing a ship in a large water basin. 4 1/4 x 2 3/4", 16pp, ills, complete. Yellow paper wraps with title in black at decorative front cover, with children at play in the border; ad for Babcock's at rear cover. With a very narrow strip of damp stain at early pages, o/w very good. Item #14328

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