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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Wonderful Chicken; and Other Funny Stories and Pictures / c.1865-1866 |
| Date | c.1865-1866 |
| Record ID | 493496 |
| Collection Name | McLoughlin Competitors |
| Reference | McL-CompB152 |
| Theme | Morality, Manners and Consequences |
| Library of Congress Subject | Picture books for children Children's poetry Wit and humor Juvenile Conduct of life Parent and child Roosters School attendance Fishing Winter Geese Weddings |
| Genre | Poetry and Verse |
| Publisher | Davis, Porter & Co |
| Places | Philadelphia |
| Document Type | Pamphlet |
| Book Type | Juvenile literature--1865 Poems--1865 Cautionary tales Printed wrappers (Binding) Pictorial bindings (Binding) Relief prints Hand colored illustrations Publishers' copies (Provenance) |
| Size | [16] p. : ill. ; 24 cm |
| Catalog Notes | In verse; written in the style of Heinrich Hoffmann. Caption title: The crow-biddy. Davis, Porter & Co. published in Philadelphia between 1865 and 1866. Wood engravings hand-colored under the direction of the publisher. "We have just published a series of new books expressly to amuse children, while, at the same time, they inculcate excellent principles of morality and correct behavior. ... The Slovenly Peter series. They are in quarto form (size, 8 by 10 inches,) and from their size we are enabled to make the illustrations very large; and having them colored in bright colors ... Each volume contains from 20 to 30 illustrations, and is sold for 25 cents. ... The story of the wonderful crow biddy. ... Those who desire to have the whole series neatly bound, can obtain them at the same price as for the paper covers, by inquiring for A laughter book for very little people; and Comical pages for little folks. Each in one volume 4to., cloth gilt, for 1.50."--p. [4] of wrapper. |
| 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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