ID 813781
Lot 193 | Mary's Lamb
Estimate value
$ 1 000 – 2 000
S.J. Hale, 1830
[HALE, Sarah Josepha (1788-1879).] "Mary's Lamb." In: The Juvenile Miscellany. Vol. 5. Boston: Putnam & Hunt, 1830.
The first appearance of "Mary Had a Little Lamb." Later in 1830, Hale would include the poem in her collection Poems for Our Children. Hale was an interesting character; in addition to being a children's author, she was a campaigner for the modern Thanksgiving holiday and for women's rights. See the Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes.
12mo (154 x 92mm). Engraved frontispiece (corners dampstained). Original wrappers (minor staining, paper backstrip lacking). Custom chemise and quarter morocco slipcase.
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