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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Swiss Family Robinson / 1912 |
| Date | 1912 |
| Record ID | 530913 |
| Collection Name | McLoughlin Collection |
| Reference | McL M473 S9798 1912 |
| Theme | Animals and Nature Women in Publishing Family and Relationships |
| Library of Congress Subject | Children's stories Adventure stories Shipwrecks Families Animals Natural history Women as authors |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Author | Mayo, Isabella Fyvie (1843-1914) |
| Publisher | McLoughlin Bros |
| Imprint | New York: McLoughlin Bros. |
| Places | United States |
| Illustrator | Wyss, Johann David (1743-1818) |
| Document Type | Novel |
| Book Type | Juvenile literature--1912 Robinsonades Color printing (Printing)--Plates Publishers' cloth bindings (Binding)--1912 Pictorial cloth bindings (Binding)--1912 Gold stamped cloth (Binding) Black stamped cloth (Binding) Relief prints |
| Size | 112 p., [6] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 25 cm |
| Page Numbers | 112 p., [6] leaves of plates col. ill. 25 cm |
| Additional Notes | Text mainly in words of one syllable. Likely a rewriting by Isabella Fivie Mayo of the one-syllable word version by Lucy Aikin (used the pseudonym "Mary Godolphin"). "No. 3466.--Swiss Family Robinson. Retail 40c, by mail 55c[.] Size, 8 x 9 3/4 inches[.] This book contains 112 pages and 6 colored pictures. The covers are of cloth and stamped in colors. Put up in 1/2 dozens."--McLoughlin Bros.' catalogue, ca. 1912, p. 93. Photographic illustration of cover in catalog entry matches that of copy in hand, which has an inscription dated 1912. Text printed in double columns. Plates printed in color by a relief process (zinc etching). |
| Catalog Notes | Text mainly in words of one syllable. Likely a rewriting by Isabella Fivie Mayo of the one-syllable word version by Lucy Aikin (used the pseudonym "Mary Godolphin"). "No. 3466.--Swiss Family Robinson. Retail 40c, by mail 55c[.] Size, 8 x 9 3/4 inches[.] This book contains 112 pages and 6 colored pictures.The covers are of cloth and stamped in colors. Put up in 1/2 dozens."--McLoughlin Bros.' catalogue, ca. 1912, p. 93. Photographic illustration of cover in catalog entry matches that of copy in hand, which has an inscription dated 1912. Text printed in double columns. Plates printed in color by a relief process (zinc etching). |
| American Antiquarian Society Copy Notes | American Antiquarian Society copy inscribed: Sumner Jenkins. Jan. 11, 1912; Sumner Jenkins, R.F.D. #2, Ballston Spa, N.Y., Oct. 2, 1916. |
| Linked Documents |
The Swiss Family Robinson / c.1880 The Swiss Family Robinson / c.1883 |
| 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. |