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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Robber Kitten / 1897 |
| Date | 1897 |
| Record ID | 426608 |
| Collection Name | McLoughlin Collection |
| Reference | McL B188 R6311 1897 |
| Theme | Crime and Punishment Travel Morality, Manners and Consequences |
| Library of Congress Subject | Children's poetry Picture books for children Cats--Juvenile poetry Brigands and robbers--Juvenile poetry Violence--Juvenile poetry Bicycles--Juvenile poetry Children's accidents--Juvenile poetry Goats--Juvenile poetry Color printing Shaped books Printed wrappers Pictorial bindings Publishers' copies Annotations Firearms Chickens Dogs Murder Cycling Swine Police |
| Genre | Poetry and Verse |
| Author | Ballantyne, Robert Michael (1825-1894) |
| Publisher | McLoughlin Bros |
| Places | New York |
| Illustrator | Howard, Charles J |
| Document Type | Pamphlet |
| Book Type | Juvenile literature--1897 Poems--1897 Color printing (Printing) Shaped books (Printing) Printed wrappers (Binding) Pictorial bindings (Binding) Chromolithographs Publishers' copies (Provenance) Annotations (Provenance) Labels (Provenance) |
| Size | [16] p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm |
| Page Numbers | 16 |
| Additional Notes | Poem by Robert M. Ballantyne. Shaped book cut in the shape of the standing robber kitten reaching for his sword. "No. 77.--The robber kitten--shaped. Size, 5 1/2 x 10 3/4 inches. This book contains fourteen pages, of which six and the cover are in full colors. The balance is filled up with the text of the story in verse, and illustrations in black and white [AAS copy small illustrations are colored in red and black ink.] The cover is by lithographic process in colors and gold."--McLoughlin Bros.' catalogue (1897), p. 27. Cover included in pagination. Cover and illustrations chromolithographed. Illustrations signed: H [i.e., Charles J. Howard?]. "Bennie the 'scorcher.'"--poem, p. [11-15]. |
| Catalog Notes | Poem by Robert M. Ballantyne. Shaped book cut in the shape of the standing robber kitten reaching for his sword. "No. 77.--The robber kitten--shaped. Size, 5 1/2 x 10 3/4 inches. This book contains fourteen pages, of which six and the cover are in full colors. The balance is filled up with the text of the story in verse, and illustrations in black and white [AAS copy small illustrations are colored in red and black ink.] The cover is by lithographic process in colors and gold."--McLoughlin Bros.' catalogue (1897), p. 27. Cover included in pagination. Cover and illustrations chromolithographed. Illustrations signed: H [i.e., Charles J. Howard?]. "Bennie the 'scorcher.'"--poem, p. [11-15]. |
| American Antiquarian Society Copy Notes | American Antiquarian Society copy belonged to the McLoughlin Bros., inc. business archives; it was purchased from dealer Justin G. Schiller in 1997. Has label, "Plate House copy." Also has a blank paper label partially covering the copyright statement. Inscribed: Box 247. |
| Library/Archive | American Antiquarian Society |
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