Three Little Kittens Susie Sunshine 1870’s Mcloughlin color litho picture book

Original antique juvenile book.

The Three Little Kittens- Susie Sunshine Series.

Published NY, McLoughlin Brothers, c.1865-78 (?likely): [12 pp. counting covers.], 6 full page color lithographed images.

Mostly clean, spine paper 60% split with loosening, actually still fairly fresh and clean example. Small corner chipping, signs of handling, etc.

Not to be confused with far more common early 20th century McLoughlin books of a similar title but which are completely different.

The survival rate of 19th century paper juvenile books such as this is very low, a minuscule percentage of those originally produced.

So even if it were “a lot”, it would still be very modest by most modern standards of production. Meaning the actual sales run of hand made books like this would have to be measured in low thousands, meaning survival rates probably below 100 per title, with variations of course depending upon factors such as size, title, orig. price, etc.

Therefore, all examples should be considered inherently scarce and worthy of acquisition on some level, given their actual comparative rarity, which is mostly invisible to the uninformed observer.

Measures c. 7 3/8" H x 5 1/4" W.

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