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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | My First ABC Book, and Progressive Primer / c.1865-1868 |
| Date | c.1865-1868 |
| Record ID | 545843 |
| Collection Name | McLoughlin Competitors |
| Reference | McL-CompB129 |
| Theme | Education and Didactic Texts Nationality and Place Professions |
| Library of Congress Subject | Children Picture books for children Animals Occupations Farm life Play Weddings Families African Americans Mills and mill-work Soldiers |
| Publisher | Fisher & Brother |
| Places | Philadelphia |
| Illustrator | Cardell, William Samuel (1780-1828) |
| Document Type | Primer Alphabet Book |
| Book Type | Juvenile literature--1865 Primers (Instructional books)--1865 Publishers' advertisements--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Publishers' advertisements--Maryland--Baltimore Color printing (Printing) Pictorial bindings (Binding) Printed wrappers (Binding) Relief prints Publishers' copies (Provenance) Hand colored illustrations. |
| Size | [16] p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm |
| Catalog Notes | Pages divided horizontally between pictures with captions on top, a list of words of two, three, four, five, and six letters in the middle, and reading lessons at the foot. Multi-syllabic words divided. Cover title; series and edition transposed from head of title. a "Fisher & Brother ... no. 12 N. Sixth Street, Philadelphia, Fisher & Denison, no. 64 Baltimore Street, Baltimore. ..."--p. [4] of wrapper. Fisher & Brother was located at 12 N. Sixth St., Philadelphia between 1862 and 1868; Fisher & Denison was located at 64 Baltimore St., Baltimore between 1865 and 1871. Pagination: [1], 1-14, [1]; even-numbered rectos. First and last page blank; pasted to wrapper. Cover printed in red, green and black ink; illustrations hand-colored under the direction of the publisher. Illustrations on upper third of the pages have the following captions: A mansion house. Dog and cat. The milkmaid. The farmer. The marriage. Ruins of a castle. A rat. A chicken cock. Man and woman. Cow and dog. Cat and mouse. Malt house. The kite. Father and daughter. Poor old man. The watch. Father and son. My daughter. Uncle Tom. Mother's darling. "The miller's boy."--p. [14]. "The soldier's child."--p. [15]. "Home picture books. Royal octavo, 6 kinds, 2 of each kind in the dozen, 16 pages each, printed and splendidly colored. ... My first A B C book and progressive primer. ..."--p. [4] of wrapper. |
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