Lady Golightly, and her cousins, the Grasshoppers. Or, Make Hay While the Sun Shines

[London]: Dean & Co., Threadneedle St., n.d., [1853 or before]. First edition, 8vo, pp. [16]; self-wrappers and wrappers included in the pagination; 9 hand-colored wood engravings; original pictorial wrappers; spine skillfully renewed. Wrappers and text somewhat dust-soiled with a few tiny marginal chips; all else very good and sound. Inscription at top of the title, a presentation to a youth from his grandfather dated June 4, 1853. Back wrapper prints an ad for 13 titles, including the present title and The New Mother Goose and the Golden Eggs, in "Grandpa Easy's New and Original Pictorial Books" series. OCLC records 3 copies of Lady Golightly: in the Osborne Collection at Toronto Public Library; Oxford, and at the University of Houston. These copies are dated "1845" and "[1845?]", respectively. Ten other copies are dated "1800-1855" with the note "Date of publication suggested by Brown's London Publishers and Printers, c. 1800-1870." Osborne I, 274. Item #55165

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