Jack & The Beanstalk Giant killer c.1870’s McLoughlin color litho picture book Naples Wonderful cover and scarce item

Wonderful cover and scarce item

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the specific historical content they convey now secondary to their modern visual appeal as works of early modern cartooning art

An exceptional binding

Appleton's Journal : Literature

Jack & The Beanstalk Giant killer c.1870’s McLoughlin color litho picture book Naples Wonderful cover and scarce itemJack and The Bean Stalk. Published NY, c. 1865 75, McLoughlin Brothers. 24 pp. [counting covers]. Spine repaired long ago with cloth, some pages loose, rear cover w small bottom corner area of sticker paper loss. Much browsed and handled survival, assorted small minor age soiling, various signs of time and handling. The survival rate of 19th century paper juvenile books such as this is quite low, a minuscule percentage of those originally produced. So