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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Beauty But Skin Deep / c.1867 |
| Date | c.1867 |
| Record ID | 215986 |
| Collection Name | McLoughlin Collection |
| Reference | McL-PamE46B38481867 |
| Theme | Family and Relationships Gender and Sex Morality, Manners and Consequences |
| Library of Congress Subject | Poetry Beauty Personal Pride and vanity Children's accidents Children's parties Mice Women as authors |
| Genre | Poetry and Verse Fiction |
| Author | Elliott, Mary (c.1792-) |
| Publisher | McLoughlin Bros |
| Places | New York |
| Document Type | Pamphlet |
| Book Type | Relief prints Moral tales Hand-colored illustrations Printed wrappers (Binding) Juvenile literature--1867 Poems--1867 Publishers' advertisements--New York (State)--New York Color printing (Printing) Publishers' copies (Provenance) |
| Size | 29, [3] p. : ill. ; 20 cm |
| Page Numbers | 29, 3 |
| Catalog Notes | Caption title. Copy in hand lacks title leaf and p. [1-2] of wrapper. Imprint statement transcribed from foot of p. [3-4] of wrapper. Variant issues: issue in hand has part of the text of the poem, "The mouse's petition" printed on p. [30], and the text of another poem, "Always learning" on p. [31]. In another issue, the full text of the poem, "The mouse's petition" is printed on p. [30]-31. "Mrs. Elliott's series. McLoughlin Brothers, manufacturers of toy books for children."--publisher's advertisement, p. [4] of wrapper. Publisher's advertisement includes "Mother's series,--New." McLoughlin Bros. was in business at 30 Beekman St., New York, from 1863 to 1869. The McLoughlin Bros. catalogue for 1867 lists Mother's series as "new." "Mrs. Elliott's stories[.] A series of 4to. cap. 32 page. Colored toys. 6 kinds. Covers printed in colors ... Beauty but skin deep ... per gross, 15.00"--List of toy books manufactured for Wm. H. Hill, Jr. & Co. ... by McLoughlin Bros. (1867). Advertisement transcribed from a typescript copy of this catalog held at the American Antiquarian Society. Last page blank; pasted to printed wrapper. Page 27 misnumbered 25. Wood-engraved illustrations have cream-colored tint; colored by hand (with stencils?). Signed: Smith sc. "The mouse's petition. ... Always learning."--poems, p. [29-31]. |
| Library/Archive | American Antiquarian Society |
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