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The child's own story book, or, Tales and dialogues for the nursery

Title
The child's own story book, or, Tales and dialogues for the nursery / by Mrs. Jerram (late Jane Elizabeth Holmes).
Author
Jerram, Mrs. (Jane Elizabeth Holmes)
Publication
Philadelphia : George S. Appleton, 148 Chestnut St. ; New York : D. Appleton & Co., 200 Broadway, 1845.

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Additional Authors
  • Appleton, George Swett, 1821-1878
  • D. Appleton and Company, publisher.
  • Children's Room Collection.
Description
192 p., [7] leaves of plates : ill.; 15 cm.
Summary
Seventy stories, from one to five pages in length.
Alternative Title
Tales and dialogues for the nursery
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Juvenile literature – Pennsylvania – Philadelphia – 1845.
  • Juvenile literature – New York (State) – New York – 1845.
Note
  • Engraved frontispiece and [6] plates.
  • "The childs own story book"--Added engraved t.p.
  • Author's dedication, p. [3]; Preface, p. [5]-6; Contents, p. [9]-10.
Provenance (note)
  • Inscribed: in graphite, on free upper end leaf, "Ms. Gertrude Oatman. Buffalo Oct 1846".
Binding (note)
  • In original publisher's gilt stamped blue cloth boards, with a a vignette of three children and a woman in gilt on upper board; title stamped in gilt on spine.
Call Number
*KH 1845 Jerram 13-371
OCLC
2775388
Author
Jerram, Mrs. (Jane Elizabeth Holmes)
Title
The child's own story book, or, Tales and dialogues for the nursery / by Mrs. Jerram (late Jane Elizabeth Holmes).
Imprint
Philadelphia : George S. Appleton, 148 Chestnut St. ; New York : D. Appleton & Co., 200 Broadway, 1845.
Edition
1st American, from the 3rd London ed.
Provenance
Inscribed: in graphite, on free upper end leaf, "Ms. Gertrude Oatman. Buffalo Oct 1846". NN
Binding
In original publisher's gilt stamped blue cloth boards, with a a vignette of three children and a woman in gilt on upper board; title stamped in gilt on spine. NN
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Added Author
Appleton, George Swett, 1821-1878, publisher.
D. Appleton and Company, publisher.
Children's Room Collection.
Research Call Number
*KH 1845 Jerram 13-371
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