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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Old Dame and her Silver Sixpence, or The Little Pig / c.1851-1854 |
| Date | c.1851-1854 |
| Record ID | 530563 |
| Collection Name | McLoughlin Competitors |
| Reference | McL-CompC079 |
| Theme | Animals and Nature Leisure and Play |
| Library of Congress Subject | Children's poetry |
| Genre | Poetry and Verse Nursery Rhymes |
| Publisher | Frederick Warne & Co |
| Places | London |
| Illustrator | Absolon, John (1815-1895) |
| Document Type | Anthology |
| Book Type | Juvenile literature--1851 Nursery rhymes--1851 Fairy tales--1851 Ornate types (Type evidence) Pictorial cloth bindings (Binding)--1851 Gold stamped cloth (Binding) Grained cloth (Binding)--1851 Relief prints Publishers' copies (Provenance) Annotations (Provenance) |
| Size | [144] p. : ill. ; 18 cm |
| Catalog Notes | Includes six works with separate title pages, all published by Elton & Co., New York. All have series title "Pleasure books for children" at head of title page. Based on A treasury of pleasure books for young children (London, 1850), edited by Joseph Cundall. Elton & Co. published in New York from 1851 to 1854. "The house that Jack built. Illustrated with twelve drawings by John Absolon & Harrison Wier [sic]. And Maja's alphabet."--[24] p. with separate title page. "The courtship and wedding of the little man and the little maid. Illustrated with six drawings by John Absolon and The story of Simple Simon."--[24] p. with separate title page. Little man and maid attributed to Sir Charles Sedley. Peter the goatherd: the original Rip Van Winkle. Illustrated with six drawings, by Edward Wehnert. And The battle of Blenheim."--[24] p. with separate title page. The battle of Blenheim is by Robert Southey. a "The fox and the geese, an ancient nursery tale. Illustrated with six drawings, by Harrison Wier [sic]. And the story of Tom the piper's son."--[24] p. with separate title page. "The life and death of Jenny Wren. Illustrated with nine drawings, by Harrison Wier [sic]. And the story of a frog who would a wooing go."--[24] p. with separate title page. |
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| Library/Archive | American Antiquarian Society |
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