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Amusement for good children, by G.S.C. Or, An exhibition of comic pictures, / by Bob Sketch.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sketch, Bob.
- Series:
- Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 14352.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Children's stories.
- Picture books for children.
- Conduct of life--Juvenile fiction.
- Conduct of life.
- Wit and humor, Juvenile.
- Ghost stories.
- Fashion--Juvenile fiction.
- Fashion.
- Theater--Juvenile fiction.
- Theater.
- Circus--Juvenile fiction.
- Circus.
- Clowns--Juvenile fiction.
- Clowns.
- Animal welfare--Juvenile fiction.
- Animal welfare.
- Barbers--Juvenile fiction.
- Barbers.
- Older women--Juvenile fiction.
- Older women.
- Street vendors--Juvenile fiction.
- Street vendors.
- Genre:
- Juvenile literature -- 1808.
- Booksellers' advertisements -- Maryland -- Baltimore.
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 51 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations ; 17 cm
- Edition:
- (Second edition.).
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore: : Printed & sold by Warner & Hanna, at the Bible and Heart Office., 1808.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Contents:
- The monitor giving good advice
- The good and ill-natured man
- The ghost
- The prejudice of fashion
- Two belles, one of the past and the other of the present age
- The riding of two horses at a time
- Harlequin, Columbine and Pero
- John Gilpin and the clown
- For the amusement, of our little readers, we here introduce the facetious history of John Gilpin [By William Cowper; in verse]
- The dancing dogs
- The barber's shop
- The old apple woman
- The handsome bow of Master Robert Sketch.
- Notes:
- Title vignette has caption: Be merry and wise.
- Error in paging: p. 49 misnumbered 29.
- "May be had at Warner & Hanna's; corner of S. Gay & Market Sts. the following youthful and entertaining books ..."--advertisement, p. [52].
- 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. 14352).
- Contains:
- Cowper, William, 1731-1800. John Gilpin.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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