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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Two Friends: or A Visit to the Sea-Shore: In Monosyllables |
| Date | 1850 |
| Record ID | 221592 |
| Collection Name | School Books |
| Reference | CL T274 T969 1850a |
| Theme | Travel Leisure and Play Family and Relationships |
| Library of Congress Subject | 1-3 syllable books Children's stories Seafaring life--Juvenile literature Aunts--Juvenile literature Boys--Juvenile literature Publishers' paper bindings Dialogues Readers Colored paper printings Color printing Bookplates Presentation inscriptions |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Author | Teller, Thomas (1804-1872) |
| Publisher | Babcock, S |
| Places | Connecticut |
| Document Type | Primer |
| Book Type | Relief prints Publishers' paper bindings (Binding) Juvenile literature--1850 Dialogues Readers Publishers' advertisements--Connecticut--New Haven Colored paper printings (Printing) Color printing (Printing) Bookplates (Provenance) Presentation inscriptions (Provenance) |
| Size | 64 p. : ill. ; 15 cm |
| Page Numbers | 64 |
| Additional Notes | Lossing, Benson John (1813-1891), engraver. |
| Catalog Notes | In dialogue form. "This story is all told in words of one syllable."--"To my young readers."--title-page verso, signed by "Thomas Teller" (i.e., George Tuttle), and dated at Roseville Hall, 1845. "New Haven. Published by S. Babcock. Chapel Street."--imprint statement, cover. Sidney Babcock was located at various Chapel St. locations between 1845 and 1863. "Teller's tales. New series. Number five."--series title, upper cover. The American Antiquarian Society holds several other titles in this series with inscriptions dated 1848. One copy of The two friends has an inscription dated 1850. In printed stiff-paper cover. Cover printed in colored ink. Title-page wood engraving signed by Benson J. Lossing. Publisher's advertisement, lower cover. |
| American Antiquarian Society Copy Notes | American Antiquarian Society copy A in beige stiff-paper cover printed in orange ink. This copy is the gift of Ruth E. Adomeit (1995), and bears her bookplate. Inscribed: John Elliot Walker's book, May 26th 1850 ; John E. Walker, present ; John Elliott Walker, his book, February 21, 1852 ; Robor Wether. American Antiquarian Society copy B in light blue stiff-paper cover printed in dark blue ink. Inscribed: James W. Hill, Sherborn Mass. |
| 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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