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One of 12 chapbooks, printed and sold by I. Marsden of Chelmsford, and priced at two pence. It is made of paper and printed in ink, with monochrome illustrations. The book is entitled 'Pretty Tales, containing Five Entertaining Stories, for the Amusement and Instruction of Little Children' by Timothy Teachwell.
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