Merry Mice

[EPHEMERA] [JUVENILE] [ADVERTISING PREMIUM] [ILLUSTRATED]. Palmer COX, illustrator.

(9 x 6 3/8"); [32]pp; glazed color pictorial wrapper, illustration of anthropomorphic mice dancing and playing on the front, rear wrapper an ad for the "Book Department at Jordan, Marsh & Co." department store; two staple binding; b&w line illustrations with text; chipping and loss of wrapper at spine fold, spine fold fragile, age-toned wrapper; very good minus.

Baumgarten's bibliography notes the Hubbard Publishing Co., Philadelphia, as a publisher. It is reasonable to believe that they also printed this advertising premium for the Jordan, Marsh & Co. store. The rear wrapper advertises the Busy Brownies Series "with Illustrations by Palmer Cox, Author of 'The Brownies,'" stating a "Publisher's Price, 15 cents each" and "Our Price, 5 cents each. (If sent by Mail, Postage One cent.)." Jordan, Marsh & Co. was a Boston headquartered department store founded in 1841 and operated with multiple stores throughout New England. A Florida branch was the last store remaining and closed in 1991. (WIKIPEDIA)

The pamphlet includes 8 illustrated stories: The Interrupted Party, Lady Nibble's Ball, The Adventures of the Mice, The Narrow Escape, Grandmother Mouse's Tale, The Mice at School, The Candle Feast, and The Mouse's Easter Egg.