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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Sara Crewe, Or, What Happened At Miss Minchin's [First Edition] |
| Date | 1888 |
| Record ID | 140714 |
| Collection Name | Theme Based Selections |
| Sub Collection | Important Authors/Titles/Illustrators |
| Reference | First Eds. Burnett Copy 1 |
| Theme | Crime and Punishment Family and Relationships Poverty, Debt and Welfare Women in Publishing |
| Library of Congress Subject | Children's stories Girls Poor Social classes Boarding schools Orphans Child abuse East Indians Women as authors |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Description | Later published in a lengthened version under the title A little princess: being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told for the first time. With a half-title. Copyright 1888 by Charles Scribner's Sons. "Press of J.J. Little & Co., Astor Place, New York.". Verso of title page. Illustrated by Reginald B. Birch. Illustrations produced by a photomechanical process. "By the same author. Little Lord Fauntleroy ...". Advertisement, p. [2]. Publisher's advertisements, p. [2-17], at end. |
| Author | Burnett, Frances Hodgson (1849-1924) |
| Publisher | Charles Scribner's Sons JJ Little & Co |
| Places | United States; New York |
| Illustrator | Burnett, Frances Hodgson (1849-1924) Birch, Reginald B (1856-1943) |
| Document Type | Novel |
| Book Type | Juvenile literature--1888 Juvenile novels Publishers' advertisements--New York (State)--New York Publishers' cloth bindings (Binding)--1888 Gold stamped cloth (Binding) Black stamped cloth (Binding) Photomechanical prints Authors' presentation inscriptions (Provenance) Presentation inscriptions (Provenance) |
| Size | 83, [17] p. : ill. ; 22 cm |
| Page Numbers | 83, [17] p. : ill. ; 22 cm |
| Additional Notes | New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1888 |
| Catalog Notes | Later published in a lengthened version under the title A little princess: being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told for the first time. With a half-title. Copyright 1888 by Charles Scribner's Sons. "Press of J.J. Little & Co., Astor Place, New York."--verso of title page. Illustrated by Reginald B. Birch. Illustrations produced by a photomechanical process. "By the same author. Little Lord Fauntleroy ..."--advertisement, p. [2]. Publisher's advertisements, p. [2-17], at end. |
| American Antiquarian Society Copy Notes | American Antiquarian Society copy 1 given in memory of Roswell Skeel, Jr. Bound in brown cloth with red, black and gilt ink on cover. First edition, first state: advertisement, p. [2] at end, describes Little Lord Fauntleroy as being in the fortieth thousand of printing. Copy has slip pasted into front flyleaf inscribed: Yours sincerely, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Washington D.C.;American Antiquarian Society copy 2 in grey cloth with red, black and gilt ink on cover. First edition, second state: advertisement, p. [2] at end, describes Little Lord Fauntleroy as being in the forty-third thousand of printing. The gift of Charles Henry Taylor, 1933. Inscribed: Hazel from Mama. Christmas 1888. |
| Library/Archive | American Antiquarian Society |
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