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Grandpapa's adventures : and other stories

Title
Grandpapa's adventures : and other stories / by Mrs. George Cupples.
Author
Cupples, Ann Jane, 1839-1898.
Publication
London ; New York : T. Nelson and Sons, [Between 1871 and 1879]

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Additional Authors
  • Bonner, G. W. (George Wilmot), 1796-1836
  • Hoddle
  • Wilson, F. H.
  • Borders, J. F.
  • Dalziel, John Sanderson, 1839-1937.
  • Thomas Nelson & Sons, publisher.
  • Children's Room Collection.
Description
[34] p. : [32] ill. (wood-engravings); 17 cm.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Juvenile literature – New York (State) – New York – 1878.
Note
  • "With a picture on every page."
  • Issued in illustrated boards; title and author integrated into chromolith. ill. on front cover; publisher's advertisement on back cover.
  • A list of author's other books on p. [2]
  • A picture book, with a page of letterpress for each ill.
  • At foot of front cover: Thomas Nelson & Sons 42 Bleecker Street, New York. Publishers are listed in the New York directories from 1863-1879, but occupied 42 Bleecker Street only from 1871-1879.
  • Advertisement includes: The "bright eye" series (18 titles); The "Edmond Darley" series / by Mrs. George Cupples (6 titles); "Stories about animals" series / by Mrs. George Cupples (12 titles).
  • Illustrations engraved by Hoddle, Bonner, J.S. Dalziel after designs by F.H. Wilson, J.F. Borders.
Provenance (note)
  • Inscribed: in red ink, on upper free end leaf, "From Gilbert to his brother Arthur Reeder on 26 of June 1878".
Binding (note)
  • Bound in color printed paper boards.
Contents
On sick leave -- Tiger-hunting -- Pleasant companions -- Runaway horses -- The enraged stag --The squire's garden -- Resisting temptation -- Grandpapa's bee-hive -- Grandpapa's presents -- Gerty's pictures -- The galvanic battery -- The watch-dog -- Fishing -- The old house -- Grandpapa's soldiers --Snaring birds -- The little orphans -- Grandpapa's mamma -- A kind friend -- Outward bound -- A sad parting -- The old pilot -- An old hulk -- The friendly lighthouse -- A waterspout at sea -- Wrecked -- On the look-out -- The walrus -- The sleeping turtle -- The seal -- On a raft -- Mamma as a little girl.
Call Number
*KH 1871 Cupples 13-286
OCLC
80842686
Author
Cupples, Ann Jane, 1839-1898.
Title
Grandpapa's adventures : and other stories / by Mrs. George Cupples.
Imprint
London ; New York : T. Nelson and Sons, [Between 1871 and 1879]
Provenance
Inscribed: in red ink, on upper free end leaf, "From Gilbert to his brother Arthur Reeder on 26 of June 1878". NN
Binding
Bound in color printed paper boards. NN
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Added Author
Bonner, G. W. (George Wilmot), 1796-1836, engraver.
Hoddle, engraver.
Wilson, F. H., ill.
Borders, J. F., ill.
Dalziel, John Sanderson, 1839-1937.
Thomas Nelson & Sons, publisher.
Children's Room Collection.
Research Call Number
*KH 1871 Cupples 13-286
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