![The Little Keepsake: or, Easy Lessons in Words of One Syllable. New Haven: S. Babcock, [c.1835]. 32° (90 x 56mm). 16pp. Wood-engraved title vignette and four full-page engravings, one of cricket. Original printed wrappers with decorative vignette.
[BABCOCK, Sidney]. The Sports of Childhood; or Pastimes of Youth. New Haven: S. Babcock, [c. 1840]. 32° (70 x 46mm). 8pp. Wood-engraved title vignette and four full-page engravings, one of cricket. Original printed pink wrappers with vignette of boy holding ball, modern custom-made pink box.
TWO RARE CHAPBOOKS published in New Haven, with the same cricket woodblock illustrating both. Neither in the bibliographies.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2014/CSK/2014_CSK_10766_0029_000(the_little_keepsake_or_easy_lessons_in_words_of_one_syllable_new_haven115815).jpg?w=1)
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The Little Keepsake: or, Easy Lessons in Words of One Syllable. New Haven: S. Babcock, [c.1835]. 32° (90 x 56mm). 16pp. Wood-engraved title vignette and four full-page engravings, one of cricket. Original printed wrappers with decorative vignette.
[BABCOCK, Sidney]. The Sports of Childhood; or Pastimes of Youth. New Haven: S. Babcock, [c. 1840]. 32° (70 x 46mm). 8pp. Wood-engraved title vignette and four full-page engravings, one of cricket. Original printed pink wrappers with vignette of boy holding ball, modern custom-made pink box.
TWO RARE CHAPBOOKS published in New Haven, with the same cricket woodblock illustrating both. Neither in the bibliographies.
[BABCOCK, Sidney]. The Sports of Childhood; or Pastimes of Youth. New Haven: S. Babcock, [c. 1840]. 32° (70 x 46mm). 8pp. Wood-engraved title vignette and four full-page engravings, one of cricket. Original printed pink wrappers with vignette of boy holding ball, modern custom-made pink box.
TWO RARE CHAPBOOKS published in New Haven, with the same cricket woodblock illustrating both. Neither in the bibliographies.
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