History of Jack and the Bean-Stalk (The), 1807; bound with 3 others.

History of Jack and the Bean-Stalk (The), first separate printing, engraved hand-coloured frontispiece and 2 plates, 3pp. advertisements, closely trimmed with loss to signatures, B.Tabart, 1807 bound with The Life and Adventures of Tom Tackle, of London, Mariner, 3 engraved plates, closely trimmed at fore-margin, occasionally affecting text, Robert Bassam, 1798 and Richard Coeur de Lion, an Historical Tale, 3 hand-coloured engraved plates, closely shaved at head, occasionally touching headlines, Tabart, 1805 and Leigh (Edward) The History of the Twelve Caesars, woodcut frontispiece and several illustrations, occasional light damp-staining, closely shaved at head, occasionally touching headlines, Glasgow, 1784, together 4 works in 1 vol., occasional foxing or browning, contemporary calf, upper cover becoming loose, rubbed and worn, 12mo.

⁂ A good group of rare children's works most with only a handful of copies recorded.

Though believed to be over 4,000 years-old, the tale of Jack and the Beanstalk first appeared in print as The Story of Jack Spriggins and the Enchanted Bean in the 1734 second edition of Round About Our Coal-Fire, this 1807 edition is the first separate appearance of the story and the first time it was given the now-familiar title.