Aunt Louisa's Child's Delight: : comprising Rip Van Winkle, Yankee Doodle, Pocahontas, Putnam. : With twenty-four pages of illustrations. Printed in colors
by Nast, Thomas, and Justin H. Howard (Illustrators), George P. Webster, Washington Irving, Paul Pryor [pseudonym of E T Taggard] (texts), McLoughlin Bros, Inc (Publisher)
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Plymouth, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: McLoughlin Brothers. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1875. First Edition. Hardcover. Edgewear with rubbed corners and rear spine edge, gutter weakness, light tone, Christmas 1876 inscription, otherwise light wear. Still solid oversize hardcover. ; Notable for containing Thomas Nast's only political juvenile illustrations, the uncommon first edition of this delightful chromolith illustrated collection, also offers Nast illustrations for Rip Van Winkle and his cover paste-on illustration. Rip Van Winkle and Yankee Doodle are in verse. "Aunt Louisa's child's delight. $1.50 contains four standard stories--Rip Van Winkle, Yankee Doodle, Pocahontas, and Putnam--with twenty-four full-paged illustrations in colors. 4to. Cloth, beveled edges, embossed in black and gold, with fine chromatic illustration mounted on cover."--McLoughlin Bros., New York. Catalogue of toy books, games, &c. for 1875-'76. ; [54], [24] pl pages .
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- Bookseller
- Mike's Library (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15560
- Title
- Aunt Louisa's Child's Delight: : comprising Rip Van Winkle, Yankee Doodle, Pocahontas, Putnam. : With twenty-four pages of illustrations. Printed in colors
- Author
- Nast, Thomas, and Justin H. Howard (Illustrators), George P. Webster, Washington Irving, Paul Pryor [pseudonym of E T Taggard] (texts), McLoughlin Bros, Inc (Publisher)
- Illustrator
- Thomas Nast and Justin H Howard illustrations
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- McLoughlin Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1875
- Keywords
- Rip Van Winkle, Yankee Doodle, Pocahontas, Israel Putnam, Juvenile Poetry, Patriotic Americana, Chromoliths, Illustration Art - United States - 19th Century, Political Satire - Illustrations
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