Aunt Fanny's Fairy Tales: Blue Beard (cover title)

The Wonderful Story of Blue Beard (drop title). Printed wraps, 8 x 6.75 inches, with stitched reinforcement along the spine unraveling at the bottom half. [22] pages, including wraps; 6 plates with color applied by hand using stencils rather than lithography. Good with light soil and foxing, bumping to corners. One of the most popularly retold stories, this version doesn't skimp on gore and includes an illustration of one decapitated wife, captioned, "She found herself amidst the severed limbs and mutilated bodies of her husband's former wives. The scene was frightful!" Early McLoughlin publication with the imprint "McLoughlin Brothers, Manufacturers, 24 Beekman Street, New York—McLoughlin expanded to 30 Beekman in 1863. No copies of this edition in OCLC.