Slovenly Peter's Story Book;

Containing The Dirty Child, The Little Glutton, Tom the Thief, Little Jacob, Sammy Tickletooth, Untidy Tom, Little Suck-a-Thumb, Johnny Sliderlegs, Carrie and the Candle, Rocking Philip.

by [Heinrich Hoffman] 

New York:  McLoughlin Bros., n.d. (ca. 1860) 

Hardback is overall in VERY GOOD- condition.

• Decorated covers with inset illustration panel, gilt ornament and black title. 
• Boards show some wear, smudges, aging, scuffing, edgewear.  Corners are worn, with exposed board.  See photos.
• Spine is sunned, faded with crushed ends.  See photos.
• Binding is secure. 
• Pastedowns and feps have some smudges, a few spots. 
• Illustrations are bright and clear.
• Title page, printed in blue ink, is tanned and stained.  See photos.  
• Interior exhibits some smudges, some small closed tears at foot.  See photos.  
• Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks.
• Text block edges have traces of publisher's ink to all edges. 
• PS2026.0730

44 pages. 5 x 7 3/8 inches

Published by McLoughlin Bros. in New York.  No date, circa 1860.  Publisher's leaf green boards; blind stamped bottom board, top board fully ornamented in black and gilt with illustrated plate laid on.  Boards show exposure and age with green ground faded to tan.  Interior is markedly fresh and unmarked.  The forty-eight color illustrations are vivid and crisp; each page is framed with a yellow border.  Covers are overall Very Good Minus, interior is Very Good.

This collection of cautionary tales for children, told in verse and richly illustrated, was written in German by Heinrich Hoffman in 1845 with the title Struwwelpeter.  Dr. Hofmann liked none of the children's books on the market, so he wrote his own book for his 3-year-old son.  Struwwelpeter was translated into English four years later and promptly became a favorite in English nurseries.  Slovenly Peter first appeared as a title in the United States in 1849, and new editions were issued at intervals in the years following.  Mark Twain famously penned his own verse translation of Hoffman's stories in 1891 while he and his family were in Berlin.       

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