Author: Cadecott, Randolph (illustrator); Cowper, William.
Title: The Diverting History of John Gilpin + the Babes in the Woods [Facsimile Editions, Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, Toronto Public Library].
Description: London / Tokyo Bodley Head / Holp Shuppan, 1982. Facsimile ed. Each book: Paperback small square quarto, very good plus condition, colour plates (drawings), sepia (brown-tinted) drawings. Both in same cardboard slipcase. 30 + 31 pp. Facsimile edition. Two classic children's picture books in verse. The Diverting History of John Gilpin was written in 1878 by William Cowper. The Babes In the Wood was written in 1879. Both books have been beautifully illustrated by Randolph Caldecott. The two books share a cardboard slipcase. (One of a set of 35 handsome facsimiles in 28 slipcases.)

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