THE STORY BOOK, IN VERSE

New York: Kiggins & Kellogg, 1850. Very good.. First edition of this little chapbook collection of bucolic and moral tales in rhyme, from the third series of the Redfield's Toy Books series. 4.5'' x 3''. Original pictorial wrappers, saddle-stitched. Four full-page wood engraved illustrations with three smaller in-text illustrations. 16 pages, ads to rear wrapper. Contemporary owner name to inner front wrapper. Wrapper with light toning, scattered soil. Leaves with a bit of foxing and soil. A sound example.