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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Story of the Three Bears / 1851 |
| Date | 1851 |
| Record ID | 221656 |
| Collection Name | McLoughlin Collection |
| Reference | McL-Pam T53 S887 1851 |
| Theme | Morality, Manners and Consequences Crime and Punishment Animals and Nature |
| Library of Congress Subject | Children's stories Children's poetry Bears--Juvenile literature Girls--Juvenile literature Printed wrappers Publishers' advertisements--New York Theft Boys Jews Shepherds |
| Genre | Fantasy and Fairy Tales |
| Publisher | McLoughlin Bros |
| Places | New York |
| Illustrator | Weir, Harrison (1824-1906). Mason, Walter George (1820-1866). Greenaway, John (1816-1890), engraver. Wright, W (fl.1846-1857), engraver |
| Document Type | Pamphlet |
| Book Type | Relief prints Printed wrappers (Binding) Juvenile literature--1851 Folk tales--1851 Nursery rhymes--1851 Publishers' advertisements--New York (State)--New York |
| Size | [24] p. : col. ill. ; 17 cm |
| Page Numbers | 24 |
| Additional Notes | Pleasure books. Series transposed from head of title page. The text and pictures originally appeared in A treasury of pleasure books for young children (1850), edited by Joseph Cundall. Cundall states, "'The story of the three bears' is a very old nursery tale, but it was never so well told as by the great poet Southey, whose version I have (with permission) given you, only I have made the intruder a little girl instead of an old woman. This I did because I found that the tale is better known with Silver-Hair, and because there are so many other stories of old women."--p. [v] of an 1853 issue of A treasury of pleasure books for young children. "McLoughlin New York"--pictorial design, title page. "[--]lin, publisher."--foot of lower cover. John McLoughlin published as an individual in New York from 1851 to 1858, when McLoughlin Bros. was first listed in the New York city directory. In printed wrapper. "Illustrated with six drawings by Harrison Weir. Engraved by W.G. Mason and Greenaway & Wright."--illustration statement, 1850 issue of The story of the three bears, in an 1850 issue of A treasury of pleasure books for young children. Engravings in that issue are identical to the engravings in the issue in hand. Wood engravings hand-colored. |
| Catalog Notes | Series transposed from head of title page. The text and pictures originally appeared in A treasury of pleasure books for young children (1850), edited by Joseph Cundall. Cundall states, "'The story of the three bears' is a very old nursery tale, but it was never so well told as by the great poet Southey, whose version I have (with permission) given you, only I have made the intruder a little girl instead of an old woman. This I did because I found that the tale is better known with Silver-Hair, and because there are so many other stories of old women."--p. [v] of an 1853 issue of A treasury of pleasure books for young children. "McLoughlin New York"--pictorial design, title page. "[--]lin, publisher."--foot of lower cover. John McLoughlin published as an individual in New York from 1851 to 1858, when McLoughlin Bros. was first listed in the New York city directory. In printed wrapper. "Illustrated with six drawings by Harrison Weir. Engraved by W.G. Mason and Greenaway & Wright."--illustration statement, 1850 issue of The story of the three bears, in an 1850 issue of A treasury of pleasure books for young children. Engravings in that issue are identical to the engravings in the issue in hand. Wood engravings hand-colored. "Mother Goose and her son Jack."--p. [17-22]. "History of Little Bo-Peep."--p. [23-24]. "Pleasure books for children. Twelve kinds. Price 6 1/4 cents plain--12 1/2 cents colored. ... Story of the three bears"--p. [4] of wrapper. |
| American Antiquarian Society Copy Notes | American Antiquarian Society copy is the gift of Herbert H. Hosmer. Lacks most of p. [1-2] of wrapper. Pages [3-4] of wrapper mutilated, with some loss of publisher's name. Inscribed: Willie. |
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| 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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