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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Giant Hands / c.1874 |
| Date | c.1874 |
| Record ID | 215559 |
| Collection Name | McLoughlin Collection |
| Reference | McL-PamC953G43481874 |
| Theme | Morality, Manners and Consequences Nationality and Place |
| Library of Congress Subject | Picture books for children Young men Mothers and sons Work ethic Ghouls and ogres Farm life Country life |
| Genre | Fables Folklore, Myths and Legends |
| Author | Crowquill, Alfred |
| Publisher | McLoughlin Bros |
| Places | New York |
| Illustrator | Crowquill, Alfred |
| Document Type | Pamphlet |
| Book Type | Juvenile literature--1874 Allegories Publishers' advertisements--New York (State)--New York Printed wrappers (Binding) Color printing (Printing) Relief prints Chromolithographs |
| Size | 16 p. : ill. ; 26 cm |
| Page Numbers | 16 |
| Catalog Notes | Allegorical tale of a poor young man aided by a pair of giant hands. Title, imprint and series statement transcribed from p. [1] of printed wrapper. Series title transposed from head of title. At head of series title: Price five cents each. Written and illustrated by Alfred Henry Forrester (i.e., "Alfred Crowquill"). Advertisement, p. [4] of wrapper, mentions Big picture series, 35 kinds, price 25 cents each; Gilt cover picture books, price 15 cents, royal 8vo., four full page pictures, printed in colors, and Ancient nursery rhymes, mediaeval style, set to music, long 12mo., gilt back grounds and brilliant oil colors, price 10 cents each. The trade catalogue, McLoughlin Bros., New York. Catalogue of toy books, ... for 1875-'76 lists 50 titles in the Big picture series; and the description for Ancient nursery rhymes mentions a bigger 8vo format, so issue in hand probably pre-dates 1875. Wrapper printed in red and black ink. Wrapper illustration chromolithographed. Wood engravings signed "Holcomb-Davis sc. NY" (i.e., Alfred G. Holcomb and John Parker Davis). |
| Library/Archive | American Antiquarian Society |
| Copyright and Source Archive | Content compilation (c) 2020, by the American Antiquarian Society. All rights reserved. |
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