The History of Jack Horner. Containing The Witty Pranks he played, From his Youth to his Riper Years Being pleasant for Winter Evenings. Printed and Sold in Aldermary Churth-Yard, Bow-Lane, London. Newly Imprinted For the Friends and Associates of Richard Abel & Company 1969
San Francisco: Richard Abel & Company; Lawton and Alfred Kennedy, Printers, 1969. Paperback. 24p., illustrated with facsimiles of a mid-18thC edition, and in fact, the entire original is in facsimile. A slim little softback in 7.5x4.5 inch tan wraps titled in medium brown, designed to resemble its 18thC precursor; not exactly "finepress" but quite nice: rubricated titlepage, front cover provided with a deckle-edge, a clean sound unmarked copy.
Cat.No: 314415
Price: $12.00
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