CHAPBOOKS. The Pleasant and Delightful History of Jack and the Giants. Part the First, [Part the Second]. Hull: J. Ferraby...n.d. [c.1790]. 2 volumes. 12° (170 x 92mm). The final page of Part II a general advertisement for Old Ballads, Godly Patters, Histories and Children's Books. The same woodcut on both front covers; Part I with 5 stock woodcuts and some metal-cut decorations; Part II with 3 stock woodcuts and 2 decorative tail pieces. (Some foxing throughout. The two chapbooks sewn into a rough board cover by a previous owner.) With a note by Mrs. Moon confirming that the text of the History "follows very closely that given by the Opies in The Classic Fairy Tales (1974)". -- The History of Guy, Earl of Warwick. Derby: printed for J. Drewry, 1796. 12° (167 x 95mm). Woodcut on cover, with five woodcuts in text (stock blocks which have suffered much hard use. Some foxing throughout. The gathering loosely folded, unstitched.) (2)

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CHAPBOOKS. The Pleasant and Delightful History of Jack and the Giants. Part the First, [Part the Second]. Hull: J. Ferraby...n.d. [c.1790]. 2 volumes. 12° (170 x 92mm). The final page of Part II a general advertisement for Old Ballads, Godly Patters, Histories and Children's Books. The same woodcut on both front covers; Part I with 5 stock woodcuts and some metal-cut decorations; Part II with 3 stock woodcuts and 2 decorative tail pieces. (Some foxing throughout. The two chapbooks sewn into a rough board cover by a previous owner.) With a note by Mrs. Moon confirming that the text of the History "follows very closely that given by the Opies in The Classic Fairy Tales (1974)". -- The History of Guy, Earl of Warwick. Derby: printed for J. Drewry, 1796. 12° (167 x 95mm). Woodcut on cover, with five woodcuts in text (stock blocks which have suffered much hard use. Some foxing throughout. The gathering loosely folded, unstitched.) (2)

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