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London, UK: Hubbard Publishing. Good condition-printing uneven/faint/No Dustjacket. 1897. 16mo., 12 pp. .

Chicago, IL: M. A. Donohue & Co, 1903. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Cox, Palmer. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. 159 pp; corners bumped, front hinge split, binding loose, some foxing; Green cloth boards, decorated and embossed on cover and spine as "J. Cole" by Emma Gillibrand (sic), and the only title appearing in the copyright is Gellibrand's as well, however, "J. Cole" occupies only the first 80 pages of this title - the remaining 79 pages being reprints of "Busy Brownies" and "Bonny Birds" both by E. Veale with the well-known Brownie illustrations of Palmer Cox. No title information or credit appears in the colophon regarding these two additional titles bound-in.

London: Hubbard Pub'g Co, 1897. Paperback. Good. [12] p.: chromolithographed illustrations; 15 cm. Wrapper title. Inside front wrapper is list of "The Celebrated Set of 12 Palmer Cox Primers." Lacking publication information, but consistent with others in this series published by Hubbard in 1897. Contains 5 short tales about animal characters: The Quarrel -- The Wolf's First Party -- The Dissatisfied Owl -- The Squirrel's Visitor -- Meddlesome Pater. Based on 6 illustrations by Palmer Cox, best known as the creator of the Brownie books. This was intended for use as a promotional booklet. The back wrapper has an illustration of a knight and jester holding a large broadside, with a brownie peeking out from under it. In this case, the broadside and the inside of the back wrapper have been filled in with advertising for Atmore & Son, purveyor of plum pudding and mincemeat at 110 Tasker St., Philadelpha, Pa. English immigrant Frederick B. Atmore was reportedly the first… Read More