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| Title | The good child's ABC (cover) |
| Author | Unknown |
| Publisher | Read & Company
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| Publisher Location | England--London |
| Publication Date | Between 1847 and 1867 |
| Printer | Read & Company
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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. This copy is in repaired publisher's printed pictorial stiff red wrappers.
Printed on the cover above the title: Uncle Pippin's Series of Toy and Story Books. Read's Series of Children's Books, Coloured, Price 6d on paper.
The cover has illustrations of an arrow, rooster, bell, butterfly, cat, axe, ship, anchor, bee, and a parrot. |
| Contextual Notes | Read & Company was located at Johnson's Court on Fleet Street from 1847-1967. Dates established from Brown, P. London publishers and printers c. 1800-1870, p. 155. |
| Subjects (LCSH) | English language -- Alphabet -- Juvenile poetry; English language -- Alphabet -- Pictorial works; Alphabet -- Juvenile literature; Alphabet books -- Specimens |
| Category | Alphabet books
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| Language | English |
| Digital Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection |
| Digital ID Number | CHL0847 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection. PE1155.G66 1847 |
| Object Type | Book
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| Physical Description | 14 p.: illustrated; 27 x 18 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 B.34 |
