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Stone, Wilbur Macey. THE GIGANTICK HISTORIES OF THOMAS BOREMAN (signed). , 1933.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Portland, Maine 1933 first edition. Southworth Press. 40p. Illustrated. **Signed by Stone. Copy #101 of 250 printed. VG. Later glassine protective removable dj. Clean, no wear, no tears, no ownership marks.
Seller: Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents, Glen Head, NY, U.S.A.
Stone, Wilbur MacEy. The Gigantick Histories of Thomas Boreman,. The Southworth Press, E-270, 1933.
Price: US$74.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover. 12mo. Published by The Southworth Press, Portland, ME. 1933. 41 pgs. Copy #102 of 250 numbered and signed copies. SIgned by Wilbur Macey Stone on the limitation page. First edition/First Printing. Bound in cloth-backed boards, with a paper cover label. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Contains a bibliography of editions, illustrations, and a history of this 18th century English publisher of miniature children's books. Thomas Boreman (fl. 17301743) was one of the earliest English children's book publishers particularly dealing with animals. His bookshops were located around London Boreman published along with Richard Ware and Thomas Game from the 1730s. His Three Hundred Animals was the first, published ca 1730 and written for children. Boreman's earliest works included his 1740 Gigantick Histories, miniature books with illustrations and a list of subscribing readers, including the names of children as well as parents. He followed this two-volume publication with Curiosities in the Tower of London, with illustrations of animals in the Tower Zoo. His books were mainly compilations, often factually incorrect and printed with the aim of selling. EB; 41 pages
Seller: Last Exit Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Stylish signed limited first edition bibliography of Boreman's landmark early children's books. 8.5'' x 5.5''. Original gilt-lettered black cloth spine with marbled boards. Paper label mounted to front board. Black and white illustrations. 41, [1] pages. Edition of 250 copies; this copy no. 213. Signed by Stone at colophon. Light edgewear and bumping to corners.
Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: hardcover, very good with stain on upper front panel of cover, light wear. Number 28 of only 250 copies Signed by the authorl. Additionally inscribed by the author to H. Marion soliday, with her bookplate (Loose) laid in.
Seller: Winged Monkey Books, Arlington, VA, U.S.A.