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Reilly & Lee Co., 1905. Hardcover. Good. . Tiny book. Cover shows minor wear and rubbing, pages are tanned and shaken.

Six Volumes, 4" h x 3" w. Peter Rabbit is dated 1911 other five are 1905. Bound in original red paper covered boards with pictorial down the front covers that are surrounded by a stamped design of holly and berries. White paper inside aged with yellowish tint. each book has numerous full-page color and some black and white illustrations throughout, the only credited illustrator John R. Neill for Peter Rabbit. Introductions by L. Frank Baum. Publisher's ads at ends. A Very Good set, lacking the original slipcase, spines are rubbed and falling apart, binding on Cinderella is gone. Interior contents are good solid some pages do have pencil writing/ marks from a child SCARCE as a complete set. The tumultuous and complicated history of "Little Black Sambo" as a book and as a pejorative term adds a painful overlay to this otherwise charming Christmas stocking stuffer. Each miniature book has different page count, listed below. Fairy tales of Grimm -127 pages Fairy tales from Anderson - 126 pages Cinderella… Read More

Cambridge, England: The Reilly and Britton Co, 1907. First Editions. Hardcover. Good Plus. 16mo, 4.1 in. x 2.9 in. Red paper-covered boards with green holly decorations and paste-down color illustrations; left quarter of front cover in red cloth. Color and black-and-white illustrations throughout each book. Rubbing to extremities. Light soiling to all. Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty (1905), pp. 119, [5] (advertising). [Condition: Very Good] Fairy Tales from Andersen (1905), pp. 126. Boards have darkened with age. Light crease to front and back boards. Front corners rounded. Inscription to front flyleaf. [Condition: Good Only] Animal ABC/A Child's Visit to the Zoo (1907), pp. 124. Front corners rounded. Book a touch shaken. Front hinge tender. [Condition: Good] Little Black Sambo (1905) pp. 56, [5] (advertising). State 2 printing, with frontispiece oriented sideways. (Bienvenue 222) [Condition: Good Plus] Fairy Tales from Grimm (1906), pp. 127. [Condition: Good Plus] The Night Before Christmas… Read More

Chicago: Reilly & Britton,, 1911. Six Volumes, 32mo, 4" h x 3" w. The Night Before Christmas dated 1905, the rest, 1911. Bound in original red paper covered boards with pictorial paste downs to front covers that are surrounded by a stamped design of holly and berries. White end papers, each book with numerous full-page color and some black and white illustrations throughout, the only credited illustrator John R. Neill for Peter Rabbit. Introductions by L. Frank Baum. Publisher's ads at ends. A Very Good set, lacking the original slipcase, spines a bit rubbed, contents clean and unmarked, hinges solid. SCARCE as a complete set. The tumultuous and complicated history of "Little Black Sambo" as a book and as a pejorative term adds a painful overlay to this otherwise charming Christmas stocking stuffer. . Later Printings. Decorative Paper Covered Board. Very Good. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall.