[CHILDREN'S BOOKS]. LINTON, William James (1812-1897). Bob-Thin or the Poorhouse Fugitive. [London?]: n.p., 1845. 8vo (244 x 153 mm). Lithographed title-page printed in red and black; illustrations throughout by Thomas Sibson, William Bell Scott, Edward Duncan and Linton. (Some minor marginal chipping.) Later half green morocco gilt (joints and extremities with slight wear). FIRST EDITION, originally published in Illuminated Magazine in September and October 1845, and later published by Linton at the Appledore Press in Hamden, Connecticut in 1897. RARE: according to online records, no copy of this work has appeared on the market at auction in the last 40 years.