Mary`s Lamb

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Lot 193 | Mary's Lamb
Mary's Lamb

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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