FIRST EDITION. Large 8vo. Good copy. Red pebbled grain cloth boards with the title in gilt to upper board, and rule in blind to boards. Spine crumpled and pulled, some minor discolouration to boards, joints cracked and in need of attention, endpapers spotty, else good. Hand-coloured plates by Jane Blackburn. (listed in C M Yonge Tom Thumb 1855). This appears to be a later binding of a copy in the original printed boards, which had light blue endpapers. Coloured plates in order: 1. Title page. 2. How many sticks go to the nest of a Crow? 3. The nests now made, the eggs are laid. 4. Each Crow brings food to his mate so good. 5. The young Crow knows well how to chip the shell. 6. The Crows seek spoil from the plowman's toil. 7. The father good brings young ones food. 8. The farmer in rage, war doth rage. 9. Little care Crows for the Scare-Crows. 10. An old Crow eye doth mischief spy. 11. The farmer's gun the work hath done. 12. At day's decline, the Moon doth shine. 13. Home returning at the gloaming. 14. The Crows fly away but return the next day.