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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | King Alfred and Othere (The Discoverer Of The North Cape) / 1872 |
| Date | 1872 |
| Record ID | 512956 |
| Collection Name | McLoughlin Competitors |
| Reference | McL-CompB030 |
| Theme | Travel |
| Library of Congress Subject | Picture books for children Children's songs Children's poetry Seafaring life Voyages and travels Explorers |
| Genre | Poetry and Verse |
| Author | Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth (1807-1882) |
| Publisher | Nimmo, William P |
| Places | London |
| Document Type | Picture Book |
| Book Type | Juvenile literature--1872 Poems--1872 Ballads Songs Publishers' advertisements--Scotland--Edinburgh Trans-Atlantic imprints (Publishing) Color printing (Printing) Color printing (Printing)--Plates Pictorial bindings (Binding) Printed wrappers (Binding) Chromolithographs Publishers' copies (Provenance) |
| Size | [8] p., [4] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 20 x 29 cm |
| Catalog Notes | Music, verse, and pictures. "Music composed by B. Hobson Carroll. Poetry by H.W. Longfellow."--p. [2]. Cover title. Series from head of title. "Issued in the United States by kind permission of Messrs. J.R. Osgood & Co., publishers."--p. [3]. James R. Osgood was active as a publisher in Boston between 1871 and 1877. According to the Bibliography of American literature, King Alfred and Othere was listed as part of Marcus Ward's royal illuminated legends series in the Publishers' circular and booksellers' record (London) on Nov. 16, 1872. At head of cover, "Price one shilling." At foot of cover, "Marcus Ward & Co." Marcus Ward & Co. operated in London and Belfast. First and last page blank; pasted to cover. Cover and plates lithographed in color. "Amusement and instruction for the young. ... The royal illuminated legends ... Each story, or legend, is illustrated with a set of brilliant pictures, designed in the quaint spirit of Mediaeval times, and printed in colors and gold. ..."--advertisement, back cover. |
| Library/Archive | American Antiquarian Society |
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