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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Story of Hans the Swapper |
| Date | c.1865 |
| Record ID | 217018 |
| Collection Name | Chapbooks |
| Reference | CLBoxC5552h1865 |
| Theme | Professions Nationality and Place Poverty, Debt and Welfare |
| Library of Congress Subject | Children's poetry German Barter Picture books for children Horses Cows Swine |
| Genre | Poetry and Verse |
| Publisher | L Prang & Company |
| Places | Boston |
| Document Type | Chapbook Accordion Book |
| Book Type | Juvenile literature--1865 Folk tales--1865 Poems--1865 Publishers' advertisements--Massachusetts--Boston Chapbooks--1865 Color printing (Printing) Boxed sets (Publishing) Printed wrappers (Binding) Accordion fold format (Binding) Chromolithographs |
| Size | 1 folded leaf ([12] p.) : ill. ; 11 cm |
| Page Numbers | 1 folded leaf ([12] p.) : |
| Catalog Notes | English-language version of the German folk-tale, "Hans im Glück," collected by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. In verse. Wrapper bears variant copyright date of 1865. Issued with five other titles (variously bearing copyright dates of 1864 and 1865), in an 8 x 12 x 6 cm. stiff-paper box. Cover top bears series title and design of a Christmas stocking and holly chromolithographed in red, green, and gold ink on a silver background, bordered by a blue frame with gold stars. Sides of box mottled. Text and illustrations chromolithographed. One leaf folded accordion-style to make twelve pages. Leaf consists of two sections pasted together; one folded into eight segments; the other folded into four segments. In glazed paper printed wrapper; wrapper printed in red ink. "Christmas stocking library"--series title, box top. Numbered list, inside box top. Publisher's advertisement, p. [4] of wrapper. |
| Linked Documents |
A Visit From Saint Nicholas / c.1864 / 3 Dame Duck’s Lecture Who Stole The Birds Nest In the Forest / 1 A Farm Yard Story Christmas Stocking Library / Box |
| 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. |