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The book of riddles.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 24897.
- Concord toy ; no. 2.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Picture books for children.
- Children's poetry.
- Bookstores--Juvenile literature.
- Bookstores.
- Genre:
- Juvenile literature -- 1812.
- Riddles.
- Poems -- 1812.
- Physical Description:
- 23 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations ; 10 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Concord [N.H.]: : Published and sold by Daniel Cooledge, at his book-store--1812. Geo. Hough, printer., [1812]
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Contents:
- A clock
- A wind-mill
- A candle
- Time
- A key
- A bottle of ale
- A drum
- A pair of scales
- The mole
- A top
- A squirrel
- The tide
- A flea
- Bees
- A crown
- A monkey
- Bible.
- Notes:
- In verse, with pictures.
- "Not as a great admirer of riddles, ... I have selected some that appeared innocent, for my little friends ..."--Introductory note, p. [2], signed: S.W. [i.e., Samuel Wood]. This collection contains many poems also issued by Samuel Wood under the title The book of riddles.
- Cover title: Concord toy. No. 2. The book of riddles.
- Has frontipsiece wood engraving of Daniel Cooledge's bookstore.
- Pages [1] and [24] blank.
- 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. 24897).
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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