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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Doings of the Alphabet / c.1881 |
| Date | c.1881 |
| Record ID | 215768 |
| Collection Name | McLoughlin Collection |
| Reference | McL-PamD657A4561881 |
| Theme | Education and Didactic Texts Nationality and Place |
| Library of Congress Subject | Children's poetry Picture books for children Country life Alphabet |
| Genre | Poetry and Verse |
| Publisher | McLoughlin Bros |
| Places | New York |
| Illustrator | Howard, Justin H |
| Document Type | Pamphlet |
| Book Type | Juvenile literature--1881 Alphabet books--1881 Poems--1881 Publishers' advertisements--New York (State)--New York Pictorial bindings (Binding) Color printing (Printing) Chromolithographs Presentation inscriptions (Provenance) |
| Size | [6] leaves, [6] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 27 cm |
| Page Numbers | 6 leaves, 6 leaves of plates |
| Catalog Notes | In verse. "Picture books for little children ... comprises fifty-eight kinds. ... Aunt Kate's series--new. Fifteen cents each. Six kinds."--publisher's advertisement, lower cover. The description of Aunt Kate's series matches that given in the Catalogue of McLoughlin Bros., toy books ([1882]), but sixty-three titles are listed in Aunt Louisa's big picture books (an alternative title for Picture books for little children). In the Catalogue of McLoughlin Bros., toy books ([1880]) fifty eight titles are listed in the entry for Aunt Louisa's big picture books, but Aunt Kate's series is priced at 12 1/2 cents each. Cover and plates chromolithographed. One illustration signed by Justin H. Howard. |
| Linked Documents |
The Doings of the Alphabet / c.1885-1899 The Doings of the Alphabet / c.1897 |
| Library/Archive | American Antiquarian Society |
| Copyright and Source Archive | Content compilation (c) 2020, by the American Antiquarian Society. All rights reserved. |
| Catalog Record Note | Catalog Records (c) 2020, by the American Antiquarian Society. All rights reserved. |