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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | My New A, B, C, and Great Big Primer / c.1862-1864 |
| Date | c.1862-1864 |
| Record ID | 546296 |
| Collection Name | McLoughlin Competitors |
| Reference | McL-CompB131 |
| Theme | Education and Didactic Texts |
| Library of Congress Subject | Picture books for children Counting Time Religion |
| Publisher | Fisher & Brother |
| Places | Philadelphia |
| Document Type | Primer Alphabet Book |
| Book Type | Juvenile literature--1862 Alphabet books--1862 Primers (Instructional books)--1862 Publishers' advertisements--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Publishers' advertisements--Maryland--Baltimore Printed wrappers (Binding) Relief prints Hand colored illustrations Publishers' copies (Provenance) |
| Size | [16] p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm |
| Catalog Notes | Most pages divided horizontally between pictures with captions on top, a list of words one or two syllables in the middle, and reading lessons at the foot. Multi-syllabic words divided. Cover title; series transposed from head of title. Caption title: The home primer. Fisher & Brother was located at 12 N. Sixth St., Philadelphia between 1862 and 1868, and at 64 Baltimore St., Baltimore between 1855 and 1864. Pagination: [1], 1-14, [1]; even-numbered rectos. First and last page blank; pasted to wrapper. "Let us learn to count."--p. [5]. "Time. ... Come, let us see what o'clock it is."--p. [15]. "Fisher & Brother's Great big toy books, twelve kinds, sixteen pages each, printed and splendidly colored on all sides. No blank pages. ...My new a, b, c, and great big primer. ..."--advertisement, p. [4] of wrapper. |
| 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. |