Rock a Bye Baby and other Rhymes.
No place or publisher, but would have been Clark & Co at this time, [circa 1885.] Yellow wraps SOFTCOVER with illustration of happy baby suspended by O. N. T. thread , inside cover an ad for thread and Milward's Helix Needles, on back cover, four spool logos and a weeping baby with "children cry for it" inside back /George A. Clark, sole agent; three centered stapled sheets making covers, front and back ads, and 8 illustrated pages; 3.1x4" Toploader small softcover advertizing.
Four charming heavy chromolithographs featuring O. N. T. (Our New Thread) All the rhymes work in the product name: Rock-a-bye baby, A-top of the tree, The baby is safe, as Safe as can be; For the cradle is fastened With O. N. T."
CONDITION: Good; no names or other marks, front cover lightly soiled as are most pages, also the chromos have shadows on the facing pages; spine nice, a few reading wrinkles. Item #21846
Price: $25.00