Description: 1863 FIRST EDITION SHAPE BOOK, LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD BY LYDIA VERY WITH A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS INSCRIPTION DATED 1867, MAKING TRULY AN AUTHENTICATED BOOK OF ITS TIME. The shape book in completely unrestored and original and overall in excellent condition. One of the finest example around and very notorious for having condition issues. Extremely rare to find one this beautiful and crisp. Please examine the detailed pictures. For your viewing pleasure, every page has been photographed for the listing. Please use all the additional detailed pictures as reference for condition. Book measures 2.5" x 6.75" and weighs .3 oz., 14 pages. "The 1863 shape book edition of Little Red Riding Hood written by Massachusetts school teacher and poet Lydia Very was one of the first shape books published in America. It is enlivened by fanciful illustrations commissioned by Prang and Company, one of the leading 19th century chromolithographic publishing houses that produced, in greeting cards, valentines, and children's books, the bright and dramatic images sought after by the American public".
Price: 499 USD
Location: Woodside, New York
End Time: 2024-11-21T16:12:18.000Z
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Language: English
Illustrator: Lydia Very
Special Attributes: 1st Edition
Author: Lydia Very
Publisher: Prang
Topic: Fairy Tales & Fantasy
Subject: Children's
Character Family: Little Red Riding Hood
Year Printed: 1863
Original/Facsimile: Original
