[CHILDREN'S BOOKS -- ANTIQUARIAN] -- A group of 19 works of books for children, including:

IRVING, Washington. The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon. New York and London: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, The Knickerbocker Press, 1895. 2 volumes. Publisher’s blue cloth gilt, white cloth onlay; original maroon cloth dust jacket gilt. – JERROLD, Walter, editor. The Big Book of Fables. New York: Dodge Publishing Company, [1912]. 4to. Publisher’s red pictorial cloth gilt. – GAY, John. Fables by John Gay, With a Life of the Author and embellished with Seventy Plates. London: John Stockdale, 1793. 2 works in one volume. Early 19th-century calf gilt, green morocco lettering-piece gilt. – CARRYL, Guy Wetmore. Fables for the Frivolous (With Apologies to La Fontaine). New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1898. Publisher’s maroon pictorial cloth gilt, stamped in green. – DRUMMOND, William. The Satires of Persius Translated: With Notes. London: W. Bulmer and Co. for J. Wright, 1799. Contemporary brown diced russia gilt. – BOISARD, M. Fables. Paris: Pissot, 1779. 2 volumes. Half blue crushed levant gilt, marbled boards. Provenance: Henry W. Poor (bookplate). -- And 13 others. Together, 19 works in 21 volumes, 8vo (except where noted), illustrated, various 4to and 8vo sizes, various editions, condition generally fine, complete list available upon request.

Property from the Collection of Norman and Florence Blitch