"The wonderful adventures of Humpty Dumpty, in two volumes. Issued late in fall of 1869"--Publisher's advertisement, p. [4] of wrapper., By Clement Clarke Moore., Imperfect: original wrappers repaired with cloth., Pagination includes p. [2] and [3] of wrappers., Plates chromolithographed., and Wrapper title.
Publisher:
McLoughlin Bros New York,
Subject (Topic):
Children's poetry, Christmas--Juvenile poetry, Picture books for children, and Santa Claus--Juvenile poetry
"Copyright 1888"--At foot of front wrapper. McLoughlin Bros. was located at 623 Broadway, New York, between 1886 and ca. 1892., "Richard André" is the pseudonym of William Roger Snow., BEIN Shirley +2013: Original wrappers., Full-page illustrations with verse captions., Text and illustrations chromolithographed., and Wrapper title. Subtitle and illustration statement appear between the words "land" and "& water" on front wrapper.
Publisher:
McLoughlin Bros.,
Subject (Name):
André, R. (Richard), 1834-1907, ill and McLoughlin Bros., inc, publisher
Subject (Topic):
Picture books for children and Voyages and travels--Juvenile poetry
Old nurse's library ; 3. and Old nurse's little library
Description:
"Henry B. Ashmead, Philadelphia. Nos. 1102 & 1104 Sansom Street."--publisher's advertisement, p. [4] of printed wrapper. Henry Buckley Ashmead published at 1102 & 1104 Sansom St., Philadelphia, from 1861 to at least 1876., "Old nurse's little library"--series title, p. [1] of wrapper; series list, p. [4] of wrapper., Attributed to Henry Bursill in NUC., BEIN Shirley 4868: Original wrappers., Pagination includes p. [2] and [3] of wrapper., and Wrapper printed in red and blue ink.
Publisher:
Henry B. Ashmead, Philadelphia.,
Subject (Topic):
Games, Picture books for children, and Shadow-pictures
Leaping -- Swinging -- Playing at see-saw -- Ned and Ann looking at pictures through a glass -- Walking with a go-cart -- Rolling the hoop -- Whipping the top -- Shooting the arrow -- Flying the kite -- Blowing bubbles -- Playing at shuttlecock -- Playing the drum -- Spinning -- [untitled picture of a girl and a woman]., Not in Shoemaker., Original blue wrappers., and Pictures, each with a title below; preceded by an alphabet.
Publisher:
Printed by G.J. Loomis and Co.,
Subject (Topic):
Amusements--Juvenile literature, Amusements--Pictorial works, and Picture books for children
A chapbook of Cries, with hand-colored illustrations: The frontispiece shows a street scene in front of John Harris's shop with St. Paul's Cathedral in the background where a fashionable lady and a boy talk to a street-vendor selling goods from his basket. The shop window shows Harris sold medicines as well being a lending library and bookseller. The chapbook includes images and cries of a Georgian street vendors --- chimney sweeps, milkmaids, fish-women, watercress sellers, men making and selling mats and brooms or repairing chairs, sellers of cat and dog meat, swords and standards, nosegays and florists, sellers of live geese and chickens, foods like Banbury cakes or hot gingerbread, potatoes, strawberries, fresh fish, eels, lobsters and flounder, rabbits, matches, and a newspapers, and ending with two watchmen in front of the Watch-House. On the back wrapper is an advertisement for seven other works, "new editions of the following celebrated little works" each priced 1s, 6d.
Alternative Title:
Cries of London and Description of the cries of London
Description:
Title from printed title page., Published with yellow wrappers, the upper cover printed with the title and imprint surrounded by a single fillet border. On the verso: publisher's list of new editions., and With an inscription on flyleaf. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
John Harris, St. Paul's Church-Yard
Subject (Geographic):
England, London., and London
Subject (Topic):
Cries, Cities and towns, Occupations, Peddlers, Children's poetry, Picture books for children, and Street vendors
