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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Happy Family / 1 |
| Date | c.188- |
| Record ID | 532190 |
| Collection Name | Theme Based Selections |
| Reference | CL-Pam H2525 F198 1881 F |
| Theme | Animals and Nature |
| Library of Congress Subject | Picture books Animals Rabbits Birds Cats Goats Dogs Menageries |
| Genre | Life Skills Texts |
| Description | Cover title.;Peter G. Thomson was active as a printer, publisher, and bookseller in Cincinnati from 1877 until 1889. See Walter Sutton, The western book trade, (1961), p. 339. McLoughlin Brothers bought Thomson out of the picture book business in 1884; see Robert J. Buck, Trailblazers of the Thomson Gamble family (1948), p. 15.;Text printed in double columns.;Cover included in pagination.;Illustrations signed by J.B. Geyser. Cover and full-page illustrations printed in color by a relief process. "These toy books are printed from wood blocks ..."--p. [4] of wrapper.;"Big picture books for little children, twenty-five cents each ... The happy family. ..."--series, p. [4] of wrapper. There are also ads for Cinderella fairy book, Aladdin wonder book, and Santa Claus gift book; the American Antiquarian Society has a copy of the last title published by Peter G. Thomson with an imprint date of 1881. |
| Publisher | Thomson, Peter Gibson (1851-1931) |
| Places | United States; Cincinnati |
| Illustrator | Geyser, J B (1851-1931) |
| Document Type | Pamphlet |
| Book Type | Juvenile literature--1881 Publishers' advertisements--Ohio--Cincinnati Color printing (Printing) Printed wrappers (Binding) Pictorial bindings (Binding) Relief prints |
| Size | [16] p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm |
| Page Numbers | [16] p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm |
| Additional Notes | Big picture books for little children (Peter G. Thomson). [Cincinnati : Peter G. Thomson, between 1881 and 1884] |
| Catalog Notes | Cover title. Peter G. Thomson was active as a printer, publisher, and bookseller in Cincinnati from 1877 until 1889. See Walter Sutton, The western book trade, (1961), p. 339. McLoughlin Brothers bought Thomson out of the picture book business in 1884; see Robert J. Buck, Trailblazers of the Thomson Gamble family (1948), p. 15. Text printed in double columns. Cover included in pagination. Illustrations signed by J.B. Geyser. Cover and full-page illustrations printed in color by a relief process. "These toy books are printed from wood blocks ..."--p. [4] of wrapper. "Big picture books for little children, twenty-five cents each ... The happy family. ..."--series, p. [4] of wrapper. There are also ads for Cinderella fairy book, Aladdin wonder book, and Santa Claus gift book; the American Antiquarian Society has a copy of the last title published by Peter G. Thomson with an imprint date of 1881. |
| American Antiquarian Society Copy Notes | American Antiquarian Society copy inscribed: Sonny Berner. |
| Linked Documents |
The Happy Family / 2 |
| 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. |