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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Little Bessie's Picture Book, or, Pictures and Stories in the Easiest Words: With Many Pictures |
| Date | 1865 |
| Record ID | 566425 |
| Collection Name | Theme based Selections |
| Reference | CL-Backlog 1620 |
| Theme | Morality, Manners and Consequences Leisure and Play Gender and Sex |
| Library of Congress Subject | Picture books Children's stories Conduct of life Play School children Seasons Pets Women in science Telescopes |
| Genre | Pedagogical Texts |
| Description | Collective title from cover.;Cover printed in red and black ink.;Last page blank.;Illustrations hand-colored under the direction of the publisher.;"Little Bessie's big type books."--Series from head of p. [3].;"Little Bessie's picture book: or, Pictures and stories in the easiest words. : With many pictures."--30, [2] p., 1st and 2nd count, with separate title page.;"Little Bessie's stories and pictures, of words of three and four letters. With many pictures."--[34] p., 3rd count, with separate title page.;"Little Bessie's tiny stories; or Easy tales in easy words. With many pictures."--p. [35]-62, [2] p. 3rd and 4th count.;"New toy books. Splendidly illustrated and all brightly colored. ... Little Bessie's big-type books. Stories in single syllables. Printed in type 1/4 inch high. Profusely illustrated with pictures. 6 kinds. sq. 12mo."--lower cover. |
| Publisher | Davis, Porter & Co |
| Imprint | Philadelphia: Davis, Porter & Co., 1865 |
| Places | United States |
| Document Type | Primer |
| Book Type | Juvenile literature--1865 Readers Primers (Instructional books)--1865 Publishers' advertisements--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Color printing (Printing) Quarter bindings (Binding) Printed boards (Binding) Gold tooled leather (Binding) Fillet tools (Binding) Relief prints Hand-colored illustrations. |
| Size | 30, [2], 62, [2] p. : col. ill. ; 17 cm |
| Page Numbers | 30, [2], 62, [2] p. : col. ill. ; 17 cm |
| Additional Notes | Little Bessie's Big Type Books. |
| Catalog Notes | Collective title from cover. Cover printed in red and black ink. Last page blank. Illustrations hand-colored under the direction of the publisher. "Little Bessie's big type books."--Series from head of p. [3]. "Little Bessie's picture book: or, Pictures and stories in the easiest words. : With many pictures."--30, [2] p., 1st and 2nd count, with separate title page. "Little Bessie's stories and pictures, of words of three and four letters. With many pictures."--[34] p., 3rd count, with separate title page. "Little Bessie's tiny stories; or Easy tales in easy words. With many pictures."--p. [35]-62, [2] p. 3rd and 4th count. "New toy books. Splendidly illustrated and all brightly colored. ... Little Bessie's big-type books. Stories in single syllables. Printed in type 1/4 inch high. Profusely illustrated with pictures. 6 kinds. sq. 12mo."--lower cover. |
| American Antiquarian Society Copy Notes | American Antiquarian Society copy lacks frontispiece (p. [1-2]). |
| 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. |