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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Medley, For Boys and Girls / c.1852 |
| Date | c.1852 |
| Record ID | 219153 |
| Collection Name | Alphabet Books |
| Reference | CL-PamM4882F6921852 |
| Theme | Education and Didactic Texts Animals and Nature |
| Library of Congress Subject | Sunday school literature Poetry Picture books Animals |
| Genre | Pedagogical Texts Poetry and Verse |
| Publisher | Leviathan Printing Establishment |
| Places | Dexter; Me |
| Document Type | Pamphlet Alphabet Book |
| Book Type | Juvenile literature--1852 Alphabet books--1852 Poems--1852 Readers Publishers' paper bindings (Binding) Relief prints Presentation inscriptions (Provenance) |
| Size | 1 v. (various pagings) : ill. ; 17 cm |
| Catalog Notes | A collection of six titles, each issued with separate title page bearing the imprint statement, "Leviathan Printing Establishment: Dexter, Me." Collective title and imprint statement transcribed from p. [1] of printed paper cover. In 1852, Joseph Freeman Witherell moved to Dexter, Me. and founded the Leviathan Printing Establishment. Cf. Plummer, Stanley. A history of the town of Dexter, 1801-1901, 1976 reissue, p. 26. Pagination: 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16 p. "The funny alphabet."--16 p. (first count). In verse. "Witherell, the printer, found this W so wide, that in order to print it he turned it on its side."--p. 14 (first count). "Book about beasts."--16 p. (second count). "Stories about dogs"--16 p. (third count). "The child's guide to happiness, designed for the use of children in Sabbath schools. "Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding."--16 p. (fourth count). Multi-syllabic words divided. "Rhymes chimes and jingles."--16 p. (fifth count). "Sayings of the little folks. Selected principally from the Knickerbocker magazine. "The child is father of the man."--16 p. (sixth count). |
| Library/Archive | American Antiquarian Society |
| Copyright and Source Archive | Content compilation (c) 2020, by the American Antiquarian Society. All rights reserved. |
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