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Book/Printed MaterialLearning to think : consisting of easy and entertaining lessons, designed to interest and assist in ... Weber, C.J. Abbott, VIa2 In original publisher's binding: red morocco-grain cloth with the series title inside a circle decorated with water plants and animals stamped in blind on both boards. Title in...
- Contributor: Abbott, Jacob - Lossing & Barritt - Harper & Brothers
- Date: 1856
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Book/Printed MaterialThe mansion of happiness : an instructive moral and entertaining amusement. A board game that folds to the shape of a book. The paper fastener holds a counter and the instructions (1 sheet). The spaces on the game board are numbered from 1...
- Contributor: Seitz, Gustav W. - Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress) - W. & S.B. Ives (Firm)
- Date: 1843
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Book/Printed MaterialThe tales of Peter Parley about America : with engravings.
Peter Parley First edition. Page 144 misnumbered 142. Signatures: [1]⁸ 2-9⁸. Shoemaker 29051 Blanck, J. Peter Parley to Penrod, p. 1 Haviland, V. Yankee Doodle's literary sampler, p. 48-56 "The story of America"--P. 138-144....- Contributor: Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold) - Hogan, Francis Joseph
- Date: 1827
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Book/Printed MaterialThe life of George Washington : with curious anecdotes, equally honourable to himself and exemplary to ... Shaw & Shoemaker 16702 Haviland, V. Yankee Doodle's literary sampler, p. 40-44 LC copy has inscription: John Barton's book, 1810. LAC ecr 2019-04-25 no edits (1 card)
- Contributor: Weems, M. L. (Mason Locke) - Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1808
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Book/Printed MaterialBaseball A B C.
Baseball ABC | Base-ball A. B. C. Cover title. In illustrated paper cover; Illustrations printed in color by a relief process (zinc etching). Guide to baseball literature, edited by A. Grobani, lists this title, clothbound, p. 185, 15-2. LC...- Contributor: Juvenile Collection (Library of Congress) - McLoughlin Bros - McLoughlin Bros., Inc
- Date: 1885
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Book/Printed MaterialThe book of trades. Title vignette. In original publisher's binding: Green cloth with illustration of a blacksmith stamped in gilt on upper board. Title and decoration in gilt on spine. NUC pre-1956, 66:369 Also available in...
- Contributor: Miller, Edward W. - McGirr, Newman F.
- Date: 1847
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Book/Printed MaterialThe juvenile national calendar, or, A familiar description of the U.S. government.
Juvenile national calendar | Familiar description of the U.S. government Date of printing suggested by Shoemaker. Written and illustrated by John Latrobe. Cf. Semmes, J.E. John H.B. Latrobe and his times, 1917, p. 103. Shoemaker 16755 Illustrations in LC copy are hand...- Contributor: Ash & Mason - Latrobe, John H. B. (John Hazlehurst Boneval) - Lucas, Fielding
- Date: 1824
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Book/Printed MaterialThe book of the cat : with facsimiles of drawings in colour Printed on one side of leaf only. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
- Contributor: Bonsall, Elisabeth Fearne - Juvenile Collection (Library of Congress) - Humphrey, Mabel - Bonsall, E. F.
- Date: 1903
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Book/Printed MaterialRip Van Winkle Illustrated t.p.; all edges gilt. Haviland, V. Yankee Doodle's literary sampler, p. 293-303 Williams, S.T. Washington Irving, p. 127 NC1075.M6 Copy 3 formerly shelved in Reserve Storage. vj18 2004-01-23 LAC ael 2019-09-04...
- Contributor: Merrill, Frank T. - Irving, Washington - Cassino, Samuel Edson
- Date: 1888
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Book/Printed MaterialChildren of our town Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
- Contributor: Wells, Carolyn - Juvenile Collection (Library of Congress) - Squire, Maud Hunt - Mars, E. (Ethel)
- Date: 1902
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Book/Printed MaterialMcGuffey's newly revised eclectic primer, with pictorial illustrations.
McGuffey's smaller eclectic primer, with 100 engravings "Intended as an introduction to McGuffey's eclectic first reader"--Preface. Clark, Austin, Maynard & Co. was publishing in New York between 1860 and 1862. Cf. 19th cent. Amer. children's book trade directory, AAS...- Contributor: Blair, Maude - Clark, Austin, Maynard & Co - McGuffey, William Holmes - McGuffey Reader Collection (Library of Congress) - W.B. Smith & Co
- Date: 1860
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Book/Printed MaterialEasy and instructive lessons for children. Also, The ladder to learning, or, A selection of fables ... Shaw & Shoemaker 6214 Welch, D.A. Amer. children's books, 303 Haviland, V. Yankee Doodle's literary sampler, p. 25 LC copy imperfect: all after p. 48 wanting. LAC knj 2019-10-08 no edits (1...
- Contributor: Goodale, Ezekiel - Manning & Loring
- Date: 1804
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Book/Printed MaterialThe illustrated primer, or, The first book for children : designed for home or parental instruction ...
Illustrated primer | First book for children | Pictorial primer | At head of title: Take it home | Take it home George F. Cooledge & Brother published at 323 Pearl St., New York, from 1844 to 1871. Cf. Pomeroy. First and last leaves pasted to illustrated yellow paper wrapper. Publisher's advertisement on p....- Contributor: Baker, William J. - Anderson, Alexander - George F. Cooledge & Brother
- Date: 1844
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Book/Printed MaterialThe New-England primer improved : for the more easy attaining the true reading of English, to ... Signatures: A-E⁸. LC copy imperfect: margins worn, all leaves reinforced, leaves C4 and C5 mended with some loss of text. Final leaf supplied from a reprint of the 1777 ed. ESTC W36250...
- Contributor: Westminster Assembly
- Date: 1773
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Book/Printed MaterialGobolinks, or shadow-pictures for young and old
Gobolinks | Shadow-pictures for young and old Bound in decorated paper boards. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.- Contributor: Paine, Albert Bigelow - Stuart, Ruth McEnery - Juvenile Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1896
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Book/Printed MaterialThe school song book : adapted to the scenes of the school room : written for ... BAL 6796 Checklist Amer. imprints, 24785 Haviland, V. Yankee Doodle's literary sampler, p. 163 Includes "Mary's lamb." First line: Mary had a little lamb. Two illustrations signed Anderson, one signed Grattan. LC...
- Contributor: Allen & Ticknor - Anderson, Alexander - Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell
- Date: 1834
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Book/Printed MaterialThe raven Title vignette by Elihu Vedder. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LAC knj 2020-01-27 update (1 card)
- Contributor: Doré, Gustave - Vedder, Elihu - Stedman, Edmund Clarence - Poe, Edgar Allan
- Date: 1884
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Book/Printed MaterialMother West Wind "where" stories, Also available in digital form.
- Contributor: Burgess, Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo)
- Date: 1918
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Book/Printed MaterialJimmy Crow Throughout the text some of the nouns are presented graphically. In original publisher's binding: tan cloth, illustrated cover stamped in red and black. LC copy is a copyright deposit: Two copies received...
- Contributor: Dana Estes & Company - Foster, Edith Francis
- Date: 1902
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Book/Printed MaterialThrough fairy halls of my bookhouse,
My bookhouse through fairy halls Lettered on back: My bookhouse: Through fairy halls, three. Illustrated t.-p. and lining-papers in colors. Many illustrations are signed, and include the following names: Maud-Miska Petersham, Garada Clark. LC copy is a...- Contributor: Bookhouse for Children, Publishers - Miller, Olive Beaupré - Riley, Garada Clark - Petersham, Miska - Petersham, Maud
- Date: 1920
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Book/Printed MaterialThe History of insects. Title vignette. Woodcut illustrations and title vignette. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LAC sba 2020-03-13 update (1 card) LAC ael 2022-03-17 no edits (1 card)...
- Contributor: Miniature Book Collection (Library of Congress) - Wood, Samuel
- Date: 1813
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Book/Printed MaterialA little pretty pocket-book : intended for the instruction and amusement of little Master Tommy, and ... A reprint of the London edition originally published by John Newbery in 1744. Signatures: A⁸(-A1) B-G⁸ H⁸(-H8). Bookseller's advertisements, p. [123]-[124]. Evans 20459 Rosenbach, A.S.W. Children's books, 120 Haviland, V. Yankee Doodle's...
- Contributor: Thomas, Isaiah
- Date: 1787
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Book/Printed MaterialMarmaduke Multiply In verse. Blakeman & Mason were at the above address in 1862. Americanized edition of a work originally published in England in 3 parts, in 1816 and 1817. The rhyme "4 times...
- Contributor: Blakeman & Mason
- Date: 1862
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Book/Printed MaterialThe puzzling-cap : a choice collection of riddles, in familiar verse, with a curious cut to ... First and last leaves mounted on covers. Shaw & Shoemaker 9225 Welch, D.A. Amer. children's books, 1085.5 Rosenbach, A.S.W. Children's books, 309 Haviland, V. Yankee Doodle's literary sampler, p. 123-124 LAC sba...
- Contributor: Adams, John - Miniature Book Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1805
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Book/Printed MaterialThe history of little Goody Twoshoes, otherwise called Mrs. Margery Twoshoes : with the means by ... Variously attributed to Oliver Goldsmith, Giles Jones, Griffith Jones, and John Newbery. Signatures: [A]⁸ B-K⁸. Evans 20412 Rosenbach, A.S.W. Children's books, 118 Welch, D.A. Amer. children's books, 463.4 Haviland, V. Yankee Doodle's...
- Contributor: Thomas, Isaiah - Jones, Griffith - Jones, Giles - Newbery, John - Goldsmith, Oliver
- Date: 1787
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Book/Printed MaterialGoody Two-Shoes : illuminated with ten pictures. "With illustrations by W.H. Thwaites, engraved by the best artists"--Cover. In an illustrated stiff paper wrapper, with an advertisement on p. [4] for the series. Copyright 1855. Signatures: A-B⁸. Last page blank....
- Contributor: Hooper, Edward - Bobbett, Albert - Thwaites, William H. - Brown, Loomis & Co - Orr, Nathaniel
- Date: 1855
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Book/Printed MaterialRed Riding Hood A little girl meets a hungry wolf in the forest on her way to visit her grandmother.
- Contributor: L. Prang & Co - Very, Lydia L. A. (Lydia Louisa Anna)
- Date: 1863
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Book/Printed MaterialThe Boston cries ; and, The story of the little match-boy
Story of the little match-boy | Little match-boy Page [1] (blank) mounted inside front cover. The cries are on p. [2], [5], [7], [9], [11], [13], the story on [4], [6], [8], [10], [12], [14]. John C. Riker published at...- Contributor: Riker, John C. - Brown, Samuel E. - Worcester, Fernando Edwards
- Date: 1844
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Book/Printed MaterialThe twelve magic changelings
12 magic changelings "Cut-outs for children of Mary and her little lamb, Humpty Dumpty and the egg, Tom the piper's son and his pig, The town mouse and the country mouse, Silverhair and the little...- Contributor: Juvenile Collection (Library of Congress) - Glen, M. A.
- Date: 1907
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Book/Printed MaterialRagged Dick, or, Street life in New York with the boot-blacks
Ragged Dick | Street life in New York with the boot-blacks "Contributed as a serial story to the pages of the Schoolmate ... during the year 1867"--P. vii, preface, dated: New York, April 1868. Copyright 1868. First edition of Alger's first rags-to-riches story....- Contributor: Loring, Aaron Kimball - Kinnersley, Augustus F. - Alger, Horatio
- Date: 1868
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Book/Printed MaterialThe secret garden A ten-year-old orphan comes to live in a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors and discovers an invalid cousin and the mysteries of a locked garden.
- Contributor: Juvenile Collection (Library of Congress) - Burnett, Frances Hodgson
- Date: 1911
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Book/Printed MaterialDenslow's Humpty Dumpty
Humpty Dumpty Cover title. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy has ownership signature of Gareth Olmstead Clark. Adv. on p. [4] of cover for Denslow's picture...- Contributor: Denslow, W. W. (William Wallace) - Juvenile Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1903
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Book/Printed MaterialElsie Dinsmore First edition. Added t.p. has address: 506 Broadway, which is correct. Illustrations signed: Fay & Cox. In original publisher's binding: brown cloth over boards, with blind-stamped medallion in the center of the...
- Contributor: Finley, Martha - Fay & Cox - Dodd, Moses Woodruff
- Date: 1867
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Book/Printed MaterialThe cheerful cricket and others
Cheerful cricket Illus. t.p. in color. Ornamental borders. "Six of these stories are here reprinted by courtesy of 'The Churchman,' New York." Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.- Contributor: Marks, Jeannette Augustus - Juvenile Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1907
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Book/Printed MaterialThe tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle "Copyright 1905"--Verso of t.p. Illustrated endpapers. LC copy is a copyright deposit. Two copies received Sep 23, 1905. Copyright entry May 24, 1905 class a ... 117645 copy A. Formerly classified: PZ10.3.P47...
- Contributor: Potter, Beatrix - Frederick Warne and Co - Frederick Warne (Firm)
- Date: 1905
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Book/Printed MaterialThe wonder clock, or, Four & twenty marvellous tales, being one for each hour of the ...
Wonder clock | Four & twenty marvellous tales, being one for each hour of the day Illustrated title page. Also available in digital form.- Contributor: Pyle, Howard - Pyle, Katharine - Harper & Brothers
- Date: 1888
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Book/Printed MaterialStories from Hans Andersen Hans Christian Andersen (1805-75) is perhaps Denmark's best known author. A prolific writer of plays, novels, travel books, and an autobiography, he is mainly remembered for his 156 fairy tales and stories,...
- Contributor: Dulac, Edmund - Juvenile Collection (Library of Congress) - Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian)
- Date: 1911
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Book/Printed MaterialThe Arabian nights : their best-known tales Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Recat. to AACR2: vj15 09-10-98 LAC ael 2020-09-03 no edits (2 cards)
- Contributor: Parrish, Maxfield - Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith - Juvenile Collection (Library of Congress) - Rogers, Bruce - Patterson, Mary Marvin Breckinridge - Smith, Nora Archibald - Pforzheimer Bruce Rogers Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1909
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Book/Printed MaterialThe story of the three little pigs Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Pub. date from Something about the author, v. 17. LAC ael 2020-09-10 update (1 card)
- Contributor: Juvenile Collection (Library of Congress) - Brooke, L. Leslie (Leonard Leslie)
- Date: 1904
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Book/Printed MaterialA wonder book for girls and boys Added t.p., illustrated in colors; title page in red and black. The colored plates are mounted on paper within gilt-printed frames. "Two hundred and fifty copies printed"--P. [iv]. Haviland, V. Yankee Doodle's...
- Contributor: Hawthorne, Nathaniel - Riverside Press (Cambridge, Mass.) - Crane, Walter
- Date: 1893
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