[PERRAULT, Charles (1628-1703)]. Cinderella; or, the history of the little glass slipper. York: printed for Wilson, Spence & Mawman n.d. [c.1795]. 32° (97 x 60mm). First and last leaves pastedowns; last page is advertisements "to all pretty little boys and girls". Woodcut on front pastedown, and 8 woodcuts in text. Blue floral embossed paper wrappers (worn). Included is a facsimile, published by the Huntington Library, of an early American edition of Cinderella, published in Philadelphia for Matthew Carey in 1800. Carey's book is clearly modelled on the York printing, or on a common ancestor. -- [LONGUEVILLE, Peter]. The English Hermit; or, the adventures of Philip Quarll...Adorned with cuts, and a map of the island, By Bewick. London: [i.e. York] printed for A. Millar, W. Law, and R. Cater; and Wilson, Spence, and Mawman, York. Anno 1798. 16° in eights (115 x 80mm). Collation: A-F8 (D3 signed D2). 24 oval woodcuts (some coloured by a child owner) and the map. Dutch flowered paper over boards. Provenance: Othwel (?) Mawdesley November 5 1800 (bis); Philip Quarl (!) his Book November 5 1803. A & M no.115. The wood engravings were probably cut by Bewick c.1785, later travelling to York (see previous lot). (2)

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[PERRAULT, Charles (1628-1703)]. Cinderella; or, the history of the little glass slipper. York: printed for Wilson, Spence & Mawman n.d. [c.1795]. 32° (97 x 60mm). First and last leaves pastedowns; last page is advertisements "to all pretty little boys and girls". Woodcut on front pastedown, and 8 woodcuts in text. Blue floral embossed paper wrappers (worn). Included is a facsimile, published by the Huntington Library, of an early American edition of Cinderella, published in Philadelphia for Matthew Carey in 1800. Carey's book is clearly modelled on the York printing, or on a common ancestor. -- [LONGUEVILLE, Peter]. The English Hermit; or, the adventures of Philip Quarll...Adorned with cuts, and a map of the island, By Bewick. London: [i.e. York] printed for A. Millar, W. Law, and R. Cater; and Wilson, Spence, and Mawman, York. Anno 1798. 16° in eights (115 x 80mm). Collation: A-F8 (D3 signed D2). 24 oval woodcuts (some coloured by a child owner) and the map. Dutch flowered paper over boards. Provenance: Othwel (?) Mawdesley November 5 1800 (bis); Philip Quarl (!) his Book November 5 1803. A & M no.115. The wood engravings were probably cut by Bewick c.1785, later travelling to York (see previous lot). (2)

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