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Title

  • A little pretty pocket-book : intended for the instruction and amusement of little Master Tommy, and pretty Miss Polly : with two letters from Jack the giant-killer, as also a ball and pincushion, the use of which will infallibly make Tommy a good boy, and Polly a good girl : to which is added, A little song-book, being a new attempt to teach children the use of the English alphabet, by way of diversion

Names

  • Thomas, Isaiah, 1749-1831, printer

Created / Published

  • Printed at Worcester, Massachusetts : by Isaiah Thomas, and sold, wholesale and retail, at his bookstore, 1787.

Headings

  • -  Readers (Primary)--Early works to 1800
  • -  Games--Early works to 1800
  • -  Etiquette for children and teenagers--Early works to 1800
  • -  United States--Massachusetts--Worcester

Genre

  • Juvenile literature--1787

Notes

  • -  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 literary sampler, p. 68-79
  • -  ESTC W13628
  • -  LAC sba 2020-03-13 no edits (1 card)
  • -  LAC seg 2022-03-03 update (2 cards)
  • -  LAC nsk 2022-03-15 no edits (2 cards)
  • -  LAC ael 2022-03-17 no edits (2 cards)

Medium

  • [7], 8-122, [2] p. (last leaf blank) : ill. (woodcuts) ; 11 cm. (24mo)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • PZ6 .L7375 1787
  • PZ6 .L7375

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 22005880

OCLC Number

  • 9192994

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Thomas, Isaiah, Printer. A little pretty pocket-book: intended for the instruction and amusement of little Master Tommy, and pretty Miss Polly: with two letters from Jack the giant-killer, as also a ball and pincushion, the use of which will infallibly make Tommy a good boy, and Polly a good girl: to which is added, A little song-book, being a new attempt to teach children the use of the English alphabet, by way of diversion. Printed at Worcester, Massachusetts: by Isaiah Thomas, and sold, wholesale and retail, at his bookstore, 1787. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/22005880/.

APA citation style:

Thomas, I. (1787) A little pretty pocket-book: intended for the instruction and amusement of little Master Tommy, and pretty Miss Polly: with two letters from Jack the giant-killer, as also a ball and pincushion, the use of which will infallibly make Tommy a good boy, and Polly a good girl: to which is added, A little song-book, being a new attempt to teach children the use of the English alphabet, by way of diversion. Printed at Worcester, Massachusetts: by Isaiah Thomas, and sold, wholesale and retail, at his bookstore. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/22005880/.

MLA citation style:

Thomas, Isaiah, Printer. A little pretty pocket-book: intended for the instruction and amusement of little Master Tommy, and pretty Miss Polly: with two letters from Jack the giant-killer, as also a ball and pincushion, the use of which will infallibly make Tommy a good boy, and Polly a good girl: to which is added, A little song-book, being a new attempt to teach children the use of the English alphabet, by way of diversion. Printed at Worcester, Massachusetts: by Isaiah Thomas, and sold, wholesale and retail, at his bookstore, 1787. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/22005880/>.