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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Bessie On Her Travels |
| Date | 1876 |
| Record ID | 219025 |
| Collection Name | Theme Based Selections |
| Reference | CL Box B5596 1870 |
| Theme | Travel Women in Publishing |
| Library of Congress Subject | Children's stories Voyages and travels Play African Americans Girls Women as authors Savannah (Ga) Newport (RI) Travel literature |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Author | Mathews, Joanna Hooe (1849-1901) |
| Publisher | Robert Carter & Brothers John Wilson and Son |
| Places | United States; New York |
| Document Type | Novel |
| Book Type | Juvenile literature--1870 Travel literature Publishers' advertisements--New York (State)--New York Boxed sets (Publishing) Color printing (Printing) Publishers' cloth bindings (Binding)--1870 Relief prints Presentation inscriptions (Provenance) |
| Size | 376, [8] p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm |
| Additional Notes | By Joanna H Mathews ; [Two Lines Of Verse] |
| Catalog Notes | Issued with five other titles in a 19 x 19 x 13 cm. stiff-paper box. Box cover transcribed, "The Bessie books by Joanna H. Mathews. At the sea side. In the city. Her friends. Among the mountains. At school. On her travels. New York: Robert Carter & Brothers, 530 Broadway." Box cover printed in red and black ink. Cover also bears a wood engraving of children floating toy boats on a stream. Copyright 1870 by Robert Carter and Brothers. "Press of John Wilson and Son."--title page verso. In blue cloth. "The Bessie books ... six vols. in a neat box, 7.50; or, sold separately ... VI. Bessie's travels. ... 1.25"--series list, p. [2]. Publisher's advertisements, [8] p. at end. Advertisements numbered [1], 3-8, [1]. |
| Library/Archive | American Antiquarian Society |
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