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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Happy Play-Time: A Picture Story Book / 1879 |
| Date | 1879 |
| Record ID | 507497 |
| Collection Name | McLoughlin Competitors |
| Reference | McL-CompC020 |
| Theme | Leisure and Play Animals and Nature |
| Library of Congress Subject | Children's poetry Picture books for children Play Steam Birds Natural theology Circus Children's accidents Animal welfare |
| Genre | Poetry and Verse Pictorial Works |
| Publisher | George Routledge & Co |
| Places | London |
| Illustrator | Small, William (1843-1929) Gilbert, John (1817-1897) Houghton, Arthur Boyd (1836-1875) Swain, Joseph (1820-1909), engraver Wentworth, F T G |
| Document Type | Picture Book |
| Book Type | Juvenile literature--1879 Poems--1879 Publishers' advertisements--England--London Publishers' advertisements--New York (State)--New York Trans-Atlantic imprints (Publishing) Color printing (Printing) Pictorial bindings (Binding) Half-cloth bindings (Binding)--1879 Chromolithographs Relief prints Publishers' copies (Provenance) |
| Size | [32] p. : ill. ; 22 cm |
| Catalog Notes | George Routledge George Routledge & Sons, a London publisher, opened their New York office at 416 Broome St. in 1867, and stayed there through about 1880. According to the British Library, Happy-play time is part of the Day dawn library; a British copyright receipt for Happy play-time is dated 1879. Cover chromolithographed. Illustrations signed William Small, F. Wentworth, T.G., John Gilbert, Swain (i.e., Joseph Swain), "Dalziel," J.W., J.N.L., A. Houghton, "C.P.& G. sc.," and J. Cooper. "New and beautifully illustrated books for children 1878--the holidays--1879 ... George Routledge & Sons, London and New York."--advertisement, back cover. |
| 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. |