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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Little Man and Little Maid / c.1870 |
| Date | c.1870 |
| Record ID | 218458 |
| Collection Name | McLoughlin Collection |
| Reference | McL-PamL778M2661870a |
| Theme | Family and Relationships |
| Library of Congress Subject | Children's poetry Picture books for children Courtship Weddings |
| Genre | Poetry and Verse |
| Publisher | McLoughlin Bros |
| Places | New York |
| Document Type | Pamphlet |
| Book Type | Juvenile literature--1870 Poems--1870 Publishers' advertisements--New York (State)--New York Color printing (Printing) Pictorial bindings (Binding) Printed wrappers (Binding) Relief prints Publishers' copies (Provenance) |
| Size | [16] p. : ill. ; 16 cm |
| Page Numbers | 16 |
| Catalog Notes | In verse. Title, imprint statement, and series transcribed from p. [1] of wrapper. Series transposed from head of wrapper. Caption title: The courtship and wedding of the little man and the little maid. Attributed to Charles Sedley by Horace Walpole. Cf. Oxford companion to children's literature, 1984. "Uncle Frank's series. 16mo. Colored toys--8 pages. ... Price 6 cents each."--publisher's advertisement, p. [4] of wrapper. Another issue dated ca. 1863-1869 has an advertisement for "Uncle Franks' series" listing a price of 5 cents each. Variant issues noted: issue in hand has a picture of the little man on his knees proposing to the little maid on p. [6]. Another issue has a picture on p. [6] of the little woman at the window speaking to the little man standing outside. Illustrations are conjugate with printed text. Pictorial design, p. [1] of wrapper, printed in red and black ink. Textual illustrations designed by Harrison Weir. |
| Linked Documents |
Little Man and Little Maid / 1863-1870 |
| 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. |