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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Pretty Toy Books for Good Girls / c.1858 |
| Date | c.1858 |
| Record ID | 220489 |
| Collection Name | McLoughlin Collection |
| Reference | McL-PamP9427T7561858 |
| Theme | Leisure and Play |
| Library of Congress Subject | Juvenile literature Gift books Publishers' copies |
| Publisher | McLoughlin Bros |
| Places | New York |
| Document Type | Pamphlet |
| Book Type | Juvenile literature--1858 Books for girls Gift books--1858 Lithographs Publishers' copies (Provenance) |
| Size | [1] leaf : ill. ; 18 cm |
| Page Numbers | 1 leaf |
| Catalog Notes | A fragment; probably part of a series of shaped toy gift books. Apparently, this book was part of the personal archive of McLoughlin Bros. Vice President Charles E. Miller, and could have been published by the McLoughlin firm, although no publisher is mentioned in the issue in hand. McLoughlin Bros. was first listed in the New York city directory in 1858, and published in New York until its sale to Milton Bradley in 1920. The dress of girls depicted in this issue is characteristic of the 1850s and 1860s. No mention of this series could be found in available McLoughlin catalogues, but the List of toy books manufactured ... by McLoughlin Bros. (1867) contains the notice, "We have in hand a large assortment of little books for school rewards, which we hope to make very acceptable and so cheap, that they will have a large sale." Features a pictorial design composed of a badminton racket, ball, shuttle cock, and girl. All of these motifs are present in various issues of this series of shaped books. "Prettily shaped toy-books, with original tales, for good girls" --series title and list of For a good girl.--p. [8] of The school prize ([New York? 1858?]). |
| Library/Archive | American Antiquarian Society |
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