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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Hare & Tortoise & Other Fables / c.1870-1883 |
| Date | c.1870-1883 |
| Record ID | 512817 |
| Collection Name | McLoughlin Competitors |
| Reference | McL-CompB027 |
| Theme | Morality, Manners and Consequences Temperance and Addiction |
| Library of Congress Subject | Picture books for children Children's poetry Animals Pride and vanity Animal welfare Avarice Gluttony Judges Wit and humor Juvenile |
| Genre | Poetry and Verse Fables |
| Author | Friswell, James Hain (1825-1878) |
| Publisher | Marcus Ward & Co |
| Places | London |
| Illustrator | Evans, Edmund (1826-1905) |
| Document Type | Picture Book |
| Book Type | Juvenile literature--1870 Fables--1870 Poems--1870 Publishers' advertisements--England--London Publishers' advertisements--Ireland--Belfast Publishers' advertisements--Northern Ireland--Belfast Color printing (Printing) Printed wrappers (Binding) Pictorial bindings (Binding) Relief prints Chromolithographs Publishers' copies (Provenance) |
| Size | [12] p. : col. ill. ; 20 x 29 cm |
| Catalog Notes | Pictures with accompanying poems by J. Hain Friswell. Cover title. Series from head of title. At head of cover, "Price one shilling; or, mounted on linen, two shillings." At foot of cover, "Marcus Ward & Co., color printers, Royal Ulster Works, Belfast." "Marcus Ward & Co., 67 & 68, Chandos Street, Covent Garden, W.C. ..."--foot of back cover. Marcus Ward & Co. was located at 67 & 68 Chandos St., London, between 1870 and 1883, when the firm's name changed to Marcus Ward & Co. Ltd.; cf. Philip A.H. Brown, London publishers and printers c. 1800-1870. Cover and illustrations on p. [2-3] and [10-11] printed in color by a relief process. Illustrations on p. [6-7] (the centerfold) are lithographed in color. Plates signed, "Marcus Ward & Co." "Marcus Ward's new picture books for young folks. ...Marcus Ward's picture-fables, from Aesop.--In four books ..."--advertisement, back cover. |
| Library/Archive | American Antiquarian Society |
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