DEAN'S BOOKS, FOUR VOLUMES: LIVING NURSERY RHYMES; ...WONDERFUL TREBLE CHANGES; DAME CRUMP; ...DISSOLVING VIEWS

i) Wells, Mrs J. M. Little Folks Living Nursery-Rhymes Moving Pictures. London: Dean & Sons, [c.1870]. 4to (220 x 175mm.), 6 hand-coloured movable illustrations, 2pp. reviews and advertisements at rear and lower board, original blue cloth-backed pictorial boards, collector's blue cloth chemise and morocco-backed slipcase, browning, boards soiled, rubbed ii) Walter Wonderment's Wonderful Treble Changes. London: Dean & Sons, [c. 1860]. 4to (247 x 170mm.), 8 hand-coloured illustrations each with two lifting flaps, original pictorial boards, collector's brown cloth chemise and morocco-backed slipcase, spotting and browning, small tears at some folds, boards soiled, rubbed iii) Dame Crump and her Pigs. Their Deeds and Misdeeds. London: Dean & Sons, [c.1860]. 4to (253 x 165mm.), hand-coloured illustrations, cloth boards titled in gilt, yellow endpapers, spotting and browning, boards soiled, sunned, iv) Dean's New Book of Dissolving Views. London: Dean & Sons, [c. 1860]. 4to (265 x 183mm.), 6 wood-engraved hand-coloured illustrations by Edward Calvert, each with sliding slats operated by a lever producing an alternative view, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, orange endpapers with publisher's advertisements, collector's green cloth chemise and morocco-backed slipcase  spotting and browning, boards rubbed (4)

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