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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Aunt Louisa's Child's Delight / c.1875 |
| Date | c.1875 |
| Record ID | 214072 |
| Collection Name | McLoughlin Collection |
| Reference | McLA926L888ch1875 |
| Theme | War and Revolution Race, Ethnicity and Racism Nationality and Place |
| Library of Congress Subject | Picture books for children Children's poetry Wit and humor Patriotism Indians of North America Generals War Fishing Firearms Dogs Husband and wife Bowling Dwarfs (Folklore) Sleep Revolution Declaration of Independence Ponies Tobacco Seafaring life Courtship Sailors Soldiers |
| Genre | History Narratives Poetry and Verse |
| Publisher | McLoughlin Bros |
| Places | New York |
| Illustrator | Nast, Thomas (1840-1902) |
| Document Type | Novel |
| Book Type | Chromolithographs Publishers' cloth bindings (Binding)--1875 Juvenile literature--1875 Poems--1875 Biographies Color printing (Printing)--Plates. |
| Size | [54] p., [2] leaves, [24] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 28 cm |
| Page Numbers | 54 , 2 leaves, 24 leaves of plates |
| Catalog Notes | Rip Van Winkle and Yankee Doodle are in verse. Spine title: Child's delight. "Aunt Louisa's child's delight. 1.50 contains four standard stories--Rip Van Winkle, Yankee Doodle, Pocahontas, and Putnam--with twenty-four full-paged illustrations in colors. 4to. Cloth, beveled edges, embossed in black and gold, with fine chromatic illustration mounted on cover."--McLoughlin Bros., New York. Catalogue of toy books, games, &c. for 1875-'76. Last page blank. In blue cloth. Copy in hand does not have the mounted illustration on upper cover (as issued?). Illustrations for Rip Van Winkle and Yankee Doodle signed by Thomas Nast; illustrations for Putnam signed by Justin H. Howard. Plates chromolithographed. "Rip Van Winkle. By George P. Webster."--p. [2]. Retold in verse by Webster. "Pocahontas; or, The Indian maiden. By Paul Pryor."--p. [27]. "Paul Pryor" is the pseudonym of E.T. Taggard. "The life of General Putnam. By Paul Pryor."--p. [44]. |
| Linked Documents |
Aunt Louisa's Charms for Children / c.1879 Aunt Louisa's Child's Delight / c.1882 Aunt Louisa's Germs of Kindness / c.1882 Aunt Louisa's Golden Gift / c.1879 Aunt Louisa's Oft Told Tales / c.1875 Aunt Louisa's Wee, Wee Stories / c.1874 Aunt Louisa's Fairy Legends / 1875 Aunt Louisa's Home Companion / c.1868-1870 Aunt Louisa's Golden Gift / c.1875 |
| Library/Archive | American Antiquarian Society |
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