A COLLECTION OF NURSERY BOOKS Comprising: KINGSLEY, C., The...

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A COLLECTION OF NURSERY BOOKS Comprising: KINGSLEY, C., The Water-Babies, New York (Dodd, Mead & Company), 1916; MAETERLINCK, M, The Children's Life of the Bee, New York (Dodd, Mead & Company), 1919; MORROW, E., Shannon, New York (The Macmillan Company) 1st edition 1941; including works by Thornton Burgess, Ring O'Roses, A Nursery Rhyme Picture Book with illustrations by L Leslie Brooke, Mother Goose, Tony Sarg's Alphabet, The War of the Wooden Soldiers, The Bad Little Rabbit, The Poets and The Children, A Child's Book of Myths and The Nutcracker Suite an Interpretation by Walt Disney Provenance: Dawesfield House, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA Lots 92 - 175 form part of the original contents of Dawesfield, Lewis Lane, Ambler, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania - an iconic American farmhouse built by Abraham Dawes and by descent through generations of the female line. It served as the Revolutionary Headquarters of General George Washington from 20th October until 2nd November, 1777.