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Aunt Louisa's London toy books: The alphabet of games and sports (cover)
Aunt Louisa's London toy books: The alphabet of games and sports (cover)
TitleAunt Louisa's London toy books: The alphabet of games and sports (cover)
AuthorValentine, Laura B.J., 1814-1899
PublisherFrederick Warne & Company
Publisher LocationEngland--London
Publication Datec. 1880
PrinterKronheim & Company
IllustratorUnknown
Image Production ProcessRelief prints
NotesIllustrated with relief prints in colors by Kronheim and Co. of London.
Yellow cover with blue floral motif border. All pages have blank versos.
Part of the series: "Aunt Louisa's London Toy Books".
Price above title: "One shilling; or, mounted with linen, two shillings.
In this book the alphabet refers to illustrations depicting scenes from games and sports such as Blind Man's Bluff and Whip-Top.
Contextual NotesAunt Louisa was a pseudonym for Laura B. J. Valentine. Valentine was the general editor of Frederick Warne & Company's juvenile publishing department.
Subjects (LCSH)Alphabet rhymes; Games -- Juvenile literature; Sports -- Juvenile literature
CategoryAlphabet books
LanguageEnglish
Digital CollectionChildren's Historical Literature Collection
Digital ID NumberCHL0797
RepositoryUniversity of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division
Repository CollectionChildren's Historical Literature Collection PE1155.A4642 1880
Object TypeBook
Physical Description6 leaves and [6] leaves: illustrated; 27 x 23 cm.
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned 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 ChecklistExhibit Checklist B.20
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