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Lot 244
Sale 6286 - The Collected Library
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Mar 5, 2025
Lots Close
Mar 18, 2025
Timed Online / Chicago
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$192
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Lot Description
[CHILDREN'S BOOKS - STRUWWELPETER]. HOFFMANN, Heinrich (1809-1894). A group of 19 early English translations and pastiches, including:
1) Tom the Thief. New York: McLoughlin Bros., n.d. [ca 1870].
2) Carrie and the Candle. New York: McLoughlin Bros. n.d. [1870].
3) The Slovenly Boy. Cincinnati: Peter G. Thomson, 1882.
4) Freaks and Frolics of Little Girls and Boys. New York: McLoughlin Bros, 1887.
5) The English Struwwelpeter. London: Griffith, Farran, Browne & Co., n.d. [ca 1890].
6) Pauline and the Matches and Envious Minnie. New York: McLoughlin Bros., 1896.
7) Slovenly Kate. New York: McLoughlin Bros., 1898.
8) Slovenly Peter. Chicago: Donohue, Kenneberry & Co., 1896.
9) Struwwel Peter and Other Stories. New York: McLoughlin Bros., 1904.
10) Peter Teeter. Chicago: Thompson & Thomas, 1904.
11) Heedless Harry. New York: McLoughlin Bros., 1905.
12) The English Struwwelpeter. London: Dean's Rag Book Co., 1905. Rare cloth issue.
And 7 others. Together, 19 works in 19 volumes, all 8vo and 4to, all in original bindings, condition generally good. A complete list available upon request.
This lot is located in Chicago.