Lois Lenski Collection of Early American Children's Literature

Details

Who's responsible?: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries (Repository)
How much has been digitized?: Only a part of this collection has been digitized.
Where can I find more information?: No finding aid available.
Topics: Book Arts
Women's History
Subject headings: Literature
Contributing Institution: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries

Pages

: A Catechism, the answers of which consist of two lines in rhyme; 8 p. ; 13 cm.

: A most familiar explanation of the Assemblies Shorter catechism; 144 p. ; 12 cm. Signatures: A B C D E F G H . In contemporary calf.

: A new history of Blue Beard; 30, [2] p. : ill. ; 11 cm. Toy book. Adapted from the story by Charles Perrault. Imperfect; first and last leaves and wrappers lacking.

: Adventures of Goody Two Shoes.; 15 p. [i.e. [8] leaves] : col. ill. ; 18 cm. In verse. Cover title. Caption title: The history of Goody Two Shoes. Printed on one side of leaves. First and last leaves are paste-downs. Illustrations are hand colored. Printed and illustrated wrapper; advertisements on back cover.

: Adventures of the little woman; 8 leaves : col. ill. ; 19 cm. Cover title. In verse. Illustrations are hand colored. Printed and illustrated blue wrappers; advertisements on back cover. First and last leaves are paste-downs. Copy 2 varies: no imprint, pale yellow wrapper with no advertisements, hand coloring varies, first and last leaves are free.

: Adventures of the little woman; 8 leaves : col. ill. ; 19 cm. Cover title. In verse. Illustrations are hand colored. Printed and illustrated blue wrappers; advertisements on back cover. First and last leaves are paste-downs. Copy 2 varies: no imprint, pale yellow wrapper with no advertisements, hand coloring varies, first and last leaves are free.

: Beasts, birds and fishes; [30] p. : ill. ; 17 cm. In verse. First and last leaves are paste-downs. Paper covers printed and illustrated in color; advertisements on back cover.

: Book of riddles; [16] p. : ill. ; 12 cm. Toy book. Publication dates are of "The gem and gazette", advertised on back cover. Printed and illustrated yellow wrappers.

: Characters of Christ, in Scripture; 16 p. : ill. ; 99 mm. Toy book; in prose and verse. Printed and illustrated pink wrappers. Bound with: The little peace-maker, and 17 other English chapbooks.

: Child's book of pictures; 8 p. : ill. ; 89 mm. Toy book. Imprint on wrapper: Hallowell : Glazier, Masters & Smith. Printed and illustrated paper wrappers.

: Cock Robin's courtship and marriage; 23 p. : ill. ; 11 cm. In verse. Dutch gilt wrappers; first and last leaves are paste-downs.

: Cries of the metropolis, or, Humble life in New York.; [16] p. : ill. ; 24 cm. In verse and prose. Cover title. At head of title: Part I. Printed within ornamental borders. Imperfect; some pages bound in out of sequence; wrappers and [2] p. lacking; title and imprint from photocopy of wrapper from American Antiquarian Society copy. NcGU

: Divine songs.; 32 p. ; 99 mm. Toy book. Caption title. Imprint from colophon. Includes ""Moral songs"" (p. [26]-32). Wrappers lacking. NcGU Bound with: The little peace-maker, and 17 other English chapbooks.

: Dr. Doddridge's principles of the Christian religion; 14, [1] p. : ill. ; 12 cm. Date of publication from publisher's address. First and last leaves pasted to wrappers. In plain orange paper wrapper.

: Dyche's progressive spelling book / Thomas Dyche.; [10] p. : ill. ; 18 cm. Cover title. Woodcut portrait of Dyche on cover signed: O. Jewitt. First and last leaves are paste-downs. Printed and illustrated pink wrapper; advertisements on back cover.

: Every thing out of its place; 31 p. : ill. ; 99 cm. Toy book. Printed olive-gray (C112) wrappers; advertisements on back cover. Bound with: The little peace-maker, and 17 other English chapbooks.

: Golden primer; [13] p. : ill. ; 27 cm. Cover title. Illustrations signed "W.G. Mason Sc," possibly Walter G. Mason. Illustrations are hand colored. Printed and illustrated wrapper; advertisements on back cover.

: Good boy's present, or, Henry and his papa; [8] leaves : col. ill. ; 18 cm. In verse. Cover title. Date of publication from Osborne. Illustrations are hand colored. Printed and illustrated tan wrapper.