Flower Basket 1838 woodblock illustrations children's rare poetry chap book Canada lacking contrasting spine titles in

lacking contrasting spine titles in compartments

14 3/4" H x  8 7/8" W

10 1/2" H x 7 1/2" W

(perhaps for Dean's Toy Books)

a dealer who inspects thousands of antiquarian books a month could go for years never encountering one

Flower Basket 1838 woodblock illustrations children's rare poetry chap book Canada lacking contrasting spine titles in(Old Books, 19th Century Books, Americana, Children's Books, Illustrated Books, Chap Books, Woodcut Illustrations). The Flower Basket, or Poetry for Children. Published 1838, Providence, Rhode Island by Geo. E. Daniels. 23 pages. Text in English. 14 wood engraved images. Publisher's pictorial paper wrappers. Scarce pre 1850 juvenile American chap book. Several images with early amateur hand color. Book is over 150 years old and shows some signs of