[Rarebooks] FS: ca. 1879 children's book (w/ some chromolithograph Black stereotypes)

[Kenneth Karmiole]

(CHILDREN'S BOOKS) SIMPLE ADDITION AND NURSERY JINGLES. New York: McLoughlin Bros. No date (circa 1879). Lg. 8vo. (66)pp. With 27  brightly colored chromolithographs, 5 of which are double-page. Orig. green cloth, chromo of a humorous cat & mouse on the front cover. Some light text soiling, and extremities lightly frayed, but very good overall.                     $200.00 (trade discount allowed)
The first section, "Simple Addition, by a Little Nigger," has 6 chromos, including 2 double-page, all quite offensive.

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