Mother Hubbard’s Dog story 1870’s McLoughlin chromolitho rare color picture book
Mother Hubbard’s Dog story 1870’s McLoughlin chromolitho rare color picture book Mother Hubbard’s Dog story 1870’s McLoughlin chromolitho rare color picture book Mother Hubbard’s Dog story 1870’s McLoughlin chromolitho rare color picture book Mother Hubbard’s Dog story 1870’s McLoughlin chromolitho rare color picture book Mother Hubbard’s Dog story 1870’s McLoughlin chromolitho rare color picture book Mother Hubbard’s Dog story 1870’s McLoughlin chromolitho rare color picture book Mother Hubbard’s Dog story 1870’s McLoughlin chromolitho rare color picture book
$ 150.00

Mother Hubbard's Dog. Aunt Louisa's Big Picture Series.

Published NY, 1865-80 by McLoughlin Bros.

24 pp. [counting covers], orig. full page strong chromolithographed images.

A scarce McLoughlin imprint of this classic story.

Nice example overall with excellent eye appeal.

Spine paper split, both covers detached and free, pages somewhat loosened (as typical) and lightly rubbed, assorted small age spotting or soiling, signs of handling, etc. Still, plates are all clean, color is rich and fresh, nice plates with small blank marginal soiling, short edge splits, signs of handling, nothing severe. Scarce title in any condition.

Nicer than you might expect for fragile juvenile paper booklets from the middle of the 19th century, so over 150 years old. The format, audience and approach is a precursor to modern comic books of the 1930's and then Golden Age on.

The survival rate of 19th century color paper juvenile books such as this is very low, a minuscule percentage (almost certainly under 10% in most cases, probably 1-5% of half of all those originally produced. Some issues scattered all over the place in publishing history may all but no longer exist as copies.

So even if it were “a lot” made then, 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, thus meaning survival rates probably below 100 -200 per title, with variations of course depending upon factors such as size, title, orig. price, condition, etc.

Therefore, all surviving examples of 19th century color juvenile books should be considered inherently scarce and worthy of acquisition on some level, their actual comparative rarity being mostly invisible to the uninformed observer.

Book measures c. 10 3/4“ H x 9 1/8“W.

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