| Descript |
[16] p. : ill. ; 14 cm |
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Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 17757
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| Note |
In verse |
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Cover title: Jack and the bean stalk. The history of Mother Twaddle, and the marvellous atchievements of her son Jack. Illustrated with fifteen engravings. By H.A.C. Philadelphia: Published and sold wholesale by Wm. Charles, and may be had of all the booksellers. 1809 price 25 cents |
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The London edition gives the author's intials as, "B.A.T." |
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Metal-engraved text and illustrations throughout. Illustrations are presumably by William Charles. Cf. Weiss, Harry B. William Charles, early caricaturist, engraver and publisher of children's books, New York, 1932 |
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Publisher's advertisement, back cover |
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Shaw & Shoemaker 17757 |
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Welch, d'A.A. Amer. children's books, 144 |
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Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series |
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Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 17757) |
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Children's poetry
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Picture books for children
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Young men -- Juvenile poetry
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Mothers and sons -- Juvenile poetry
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Jews -- Juvenile poetry
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Giants -- Juvenile poetry
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Weddings -- Juvenile poetry
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Juvenile literature -- 1809. rbgenr
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Fairy tales -- 1809. rbgenr
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Poems -- 1809. rbgenr
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Publishers' advertisements -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
rbgenr
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| Alt Author |
B. A. T
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Charles, William, 1776-1820, engraver
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| Vari Title |
Jack and the beanstalk
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