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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Happy Days of Childhood / c.1865-1868 |
| Date | c.1865-1868 |
| Record ID | 217030 |
| Collection Name | Mcloughlin Competitors |
| Reference | CL-PamH2525D27581865 |
| Theme | Women in Publishing Nationality and Place Poverty, Debt and Welfare |
| Library of Congress Subject | Picture books Conduct of life Country life Child labor Italian Americans Orphans Gardening Flowers Squirrels Poor Charity Work ethic Women as authors |
| Author | Flora, Cousin |
| Publisher | Sheldon & Company |
| Places | New York |
| Document Type | Pamphlet |
| Book Type | Juvenile literature--1865 Publishers' advertisements--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Publishers' advertisements--Maryland--Baltimore Color printing (Printing) Pictorial bindings (Binding) Printed wrappers (Binding) Relief prints Hand colored illustrations Bookplates (Provenance) Publishers' copies (Provenance) |
| Size | [16] p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm |
| Catalog Notes | Includes the text of a letter supposedly written by Martin Luther to his son John Luther. Title and imprint statement transcribed from p. [1] of wrapper. Issued earlier under the title New stories, by Cousin Flora. "Fisher & Brother, publishers, no. 12 North Sixth Street, Philadelphia. Fisher & Denison, no. 64 Baltimore Street, Baltimore."--publisher's advertisement, p. [4] of wrapper., one copy in hand. Fisher & Brother was located at 12 North Sixth St., Philadelphia, between 1862 and 1868. Between 1865 and at least 1868, Alfred J. Fisher was listed in Baltimore directories as a member of Fisher & Denison and living in New York. Another copy has a publisher's advertisement for Fisher & Brother only. Wrapper printed in red and green ink. Pages [2-15] numbered 1-14. Even-numbered rectos. First and last page blank; pasted to wrapper. Wood-engraved illustrations hand-colored under the direction of the publisher. "Pleasure books. Royal octavo ... printed and colored on all sides ... Happy days of childhood"--series title and list, p. [4] of wrapper. Wood engravings are hand-colored. |
| 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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