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[CHILDREN’S LITERATURE]. ROSENBACH, A.S.W. (1876–1952). Early American Children’s Books. Foreword by A. Edward Newton. Portland, ME: The Southworth Press, 1933. Large 4to. Numerous illustrations including several hand–colored [only in the Special Edition]. Original deluxe full blue pigskin pictorially stamped in blind on both covers, gilt–lettered spine, top edge gilt, others uncut (spine sunned with few spots of rubbing); original slipcase with printed label. Laid in with publisher’s prospectus. LIMITED EDITION, “SPECIAL” ISSUE, number 24 of 88 copies printed on Zerkall Halle paper and SIGNED BY ROSENBACH. [Included with the original chapbook:] The Tragi–Comic History of the Burial of Cock Robin. Philadelphia: Benjamin Warner, 1821. 16mo. Illustrated. Original drab wrappers (lower cover detached, some chipping along spine); folding cloth chemise; uniform full blue pigskin slipcase. A CHAPBOOK INCLUDED BY THE PUBLISHER WITH EACH COPY OF THE SPECIAL EDITION (see prospectus) and is almost never seen together.