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Printed Paper Wrappers. Condición: Fine. Early English) A COLLECTION OF BIRDS & RIDDLES. By Miss Polly & Master Tommy. York: J. Kendrew, (n.d.; ca. 1820). 48mo - 2-5/8" x 3-7/8". Original pale yellow printed paper wrappers are in fine condition. 16pp. This collection of riddles is illustrated with fifteen woodcuts within text. The condition of the book is FINE.

32mo, pp. 16 including wrappers, illustrated with fifteen wood-engravings; clean and bright; stitched as issued in the original yellow printed wrappers; a very good copy. A charming York printed chapbook published by J. Kendrew, containing poems on various birds, interspersed with riddles and illustrated with appealing woodcuts. Osborne I. 57; Bryant, Dictionary of Riddles, p. 132; Meriton & Dumontet, 731; Gumuchian 1578; Jackson Bibliography of Romantic Poetry, 4774; OCLC locates copies at the Morgan, Bryn Mawr, the British Library, the V & A, the National Library of Scotland, York, Manchester, and Toronto.

Booklet. Condición: Near fine. 16 p. 10 cm. 15 woodcut illustrations. Pamphlet. Stitched binding. A chapbook of verses. Kendrew, a printer in York, was one of the most prominent printers of 19th century children's chapbooks until his death in 1841. This booklet is from his series of 24 16 p. halfpenny chapbooks. Osborne p. 57.