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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Tom Thumb's Alphabet / c.1852-1858 |
| Date | c.1852-1858 |
| Record ID | 505784 |
| Collection Name | Mcloughlin Competitors |
| Reference | McL-CompB002 |
| Theme | Professions Leisure and Play |
| Library of Congress Subject | Children's poetry Picture books Occupations Wit and humor Juvenile |
| Publisher | George Routledge & Co |
| Places | London |
| Document Type | Picture Book Alphabet Book |
| Book Type | Juvenile literature--1852 Alphabet books--1852 Poems--1852 Publishers' advertisements--England--London Color printing (Printing) Printed wrappers (Binding) Relief prints Hand colored illustrations. |
| Size | [8] leaves : col. ill. ; 25 cm |
| Catalog Notes | In verse. The firm of George Routledge & Co. was active in London between 1852 and 1858, when the firm was renamed Routledge, Warne & Routledge. Includes a double leaf picture of human figures featured in Tom Thumb's alphabet embodying individual letters. McLoughlin Brothers used a double-leaf alphabet comprised of various racial/ethnic groups in the 1880s. A similar design of "alphabet people" was used by Walter Crane for book endpapers; cf. Herbert Hosmer's handwritten note with copy in hand. Wrapper title. Series transposed from head of title. Wrapper printed in red and black ink. Textual wood engravings hand-colored. "New juvenile books. Aunt Mavor's toy books. Large 8vo, with coloured pictures and fancy covers ... 42. Tom Thumb's alphabet."--advertisement, p. [4] of wrapper. "Edmund Evans, engraver and printer, Raquet Court, Fleet Street."--foot of p. [4] of wrapper. |
| Linked Documents |
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| Library/Archive | American Antiquarian Society |
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