The Old Stable or The Ragged Stableboy c.1840's Baptist children's chap book(Old Books, 19th Century Books, Americana, Children's Books, Illustrated Books, Chap Books, Christianity). The Old Stable. Published c. 1830 40's, Philadelphia by the American Baptist Publication Society. 8 pages. Text in English. Publisher's pictorial glossy pale orange paper wrappers. Quite a fresh example, relatively light rubbing, paper still clean with glossy surface (more typically found rubbed and worn down). Scarce pre 1850 juvenile American