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| Title | Uncle Buncle's visit to Little Johnny Green (pp. 1-2) |
| Author | Edgar, Robert, writer of children's stories. |
| Publisher | Dean & Son
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| Publisher Location | England -- London |
| Publication Date | ca. 1850-1856 |
| Printer | Unknown
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| Illustrator | Unknown
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| Image Production Process | Relief prints--wood engravings
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| Notes | Illustrated with hand colored wood engravings.
Probable publication date range based on presumed date (1850) of another Uncle Buncle title listed in Gumuchian (5361) and inscription date seen on another copy. Uncle Buncle's series described as "copy book size--with large coloured engravings"; includes inscription in ink: "To his day, Jones, 1856".
A story in verse about a good little boy who behaves well both at school and at home.
The text reads: "O! have you not heard of little John Green, the best little boy that was ever seen? He knows all his letters as soon you shall see, from that fountain of learning, the famed A, B, C."
The illustration depicts a schoolroom with students and teacher. |
| Contextual Notes | Thomas Dean's publishing company was located at Threadneedle Street from c. 1800-1855, at Ludgate Hill from 1856-1870, and at Fleet Street from 1871-1890. He published under the name Thomas Dean from c. 1800-1810, as Dean and Munday from 1811-1842, as Dean & Company from 1843-1846, and as Dean & Son from 1847 onward. |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Boys -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile poetry. |
| Category | Manners and social etiquette
Moral instruction
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| Language | English |
| Digital Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection |
| Digital ID Number | CHL0302 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection. PR4639.E376 U538 1850z |
| Object Type | Book
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| Physical Description | 14 p. (some numbered): illustrated; 20 x 16 cm. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original book at 400-600 dpi in TIFF format using a ScanMaker 6800, resized and enhanced using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm's software JPEG2000 Extension. 2008. |
| Exhibit Checklist | Exhibit checklist A.37 |
