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Tom Thumb's play-book : to teach children their letters as soon as they can speak. Being a new and pleasant method to allure little ones in the first principles of learning.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Thumb, Tom.
Contributor:
Kneeland, John, 1729-1795, printer.
Adams, Seth, 1740-1782, printer.
Series:
Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
English language--Alphabet.
English language--Alphabet--Juvenile literature--Early works to 1800.
English language.
Readers (Primary)--Early works to 1800.
Readers (Primary).
Genre:
Juvenile literature -- 1771.
Alphabet books -- 1771.
Catechisms.
Prayers.
Physical Description:
31 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 32⁰
Place of Publication:
Boston : Printed and sold by Kneeland and Adams, in Milk-Street, 1771.
System Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
text file
Notes:
"Apparently the imprint given by Evans was his assumption from an adv."--Shipton & Mooney.
First and last leaves pasted to wrapper.
Includes a Scripture catechism, graces, and prayers.
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns
Reproduction of original from Library of Congress.
Cited in:
Evans, 12250
Welch, D.A. Amer. children's books, 13184
Rosenbach, A.S.W. Children's books, 71
English Short Title Catalog, W2751.
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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