Tales in Verse 1839 Mary Howitt 1st Amer. Illustrated Children's Book(Old Books, 19th Century Books, Children's Books, Illustrated Books). Tales in Verse, by Mary Howitt. Published 1839, by Boston, Weeks, Jordan, and Company. 172 pages. Text in English. Wood engraved frontispiece and half title. Illustrated throughout with small in text woodcuts. First American edition. Publisher's cloth binding, gilt title lettering. Binding remains clean, tight, and sound, spine uniformly sunned, covers with light staining or fading.