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LIBRA - Gulliver's Travels Collection Gulliver 516
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Geoffrey Denison Gulliver's Travels Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Gulliver, Lemuel (Fictitious character)--Fiction.
Gulliver, Lemuel.
Gulliver, Lemuel (Fictitious character).
Conduct of life.
Voyages, Imaginary.
Voyages, Imaginary--Fiction.
Children's literature.
Children--Conduct of life--Juvenile literature.
Children.
Children--Conduct of life.
Conduct of life--Juvenile literature.
Natural history--Juvenile literature.
Natural history.
Games--Juvenile literature.
Games.
Science--Juvenile literature.
Science.
Geography--Juvenile literature.
Geography.
Adventure and adventurers--Juvenile literature.
Adventure and adventurers.
Children's stories.
Children's poetry.
Genre:
Fiction.
Voyages, Imaginary.
Penn Provenance:
Denison, Geoffrey (former owner)
Traister, Daniel (donor) (LibraRare copy)
Physical Description:
160 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Place of Publication:
Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, [1958]
Summary:
A collection of world literature, old and new, for children, volume contains fiction, poetry, historical adventures, games, fairy tales, nature, science, and geography sections.
Contents:
Gulliver in Lilliput / Jonathan Swift ; abridged for young people
House that Jack built
Giddy-ap, giddy-ap! / Charlotte Steiner
Cinderella / Charles Perrault
Everybody lends Jerry Muskrat a hand / Thornton Burgess
Story book of wheels / Maud and Miska Petersham
Napoleon, the Corsican boy / Smith Burnham
Fishes of the shallow sea
Dick and the canal boat / Sanford Tousey
Let's visit France.
Notes:
Gulliver in Lilliput illustrated by Lawrence Beall Smith.
Gulliver in Lilliput text adapted from Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's travels in Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy Book ...
Title, imprint and volume number from table of contents page on endpapers.
Local Notes:
Purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2009.
Penn Libraries LibraRare copy has dustjacket retained.
OCLC:
768211415

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