Copyright issued in 1856; no earlier printings recorded. 7 in OCLC. Blind embossed cloth 8vo with gilt-stamped title, 51pp. Frontispiece and 6 plates, with additional in-text illustrations. Binding shaken; fraying to extremities and sunning to cloth, Good overall. Attractive glazed endpapers in an unusual mauvish tone. New York school prize bookplate to pastedown, honoring "assiduous application, regular attendance, and correct deportment," awarded in May 1858. Great illustration of a witch riding off on a broomstick with a stolen baby.