Ting–a–Ling by Frank R. Stockton. New York and Cambridge: Riverside Press for Hurd and Houghton, 1870. 8vo. Numerous plates and in text vignettes including the illustrated title–page by E.B. Bensell. Original pebbled terracotta cloth over beveled boards (BAL A cloth), stamped in blind and with gilt decorations (few tiny spots of fraying at foot and corners); cloth chemise; slipcase. Early indecipherable ownership signature on front endpaper.

First edition of the author’s first regularly published book, preceded only by a small pamphlet and a short story contribution. BAL 18866; Blanck, Peter Parley to Penrod p. 32.