A Pleasing Toy.

ID 16176
Title A Pleasing Toy.
Contributors
Signed Author Adelaide. [p. 27]
Pseudonym
Firms
Self-published No
Volumes 1
Pagination 27
Date of Publication 1819
Edition Statement
Edition Number 8
Date of First Publication 1811
Imprint Published by Samuel Wood & Sons, no. 261, Pearl-Street; And Samuel S. Wood & Co. No. 212, Market-st. Baltimore.
Colophon
Copyright Statement
Location of Printing New York City US
Format
Length (cm) 11
Width (cm)
Price (pound)
Price (shilling)
Price (pence)
Total Price (in pence)
Non-UK Price
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Sources
Shelfmarks
Notes Presumed eighth edition. AAS Notes: Wood engravings by Alexander Anderson; cf. Pomeroy.
Last page blank.
"Beasts, birds, and fishes."--poem, p. 23-27, signed: Adelaide.
Shaw, R.R. American bibliography,
Welch, D.A. Bibliography of American children's books printed prior to 1821,
Pomeroy, J.R. Alexander Anderson, 1775-1870,
Upgraded
American Antiquarian Society copy lacks frontispiece, p. [1-2], 1st count.Part of the Helen & Benjamin Tighe Collection of American Children's Books. The collection is the gift to AAS of Elisabeth Ball, 1969. Inscribed: The property of Orson [--], Steal not this book for fear of shame, for heare you see the owner's name.
Hand-Verified No
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O'Keeffe, Adelaide. A Pleasing Toy.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 16176, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/16176. Accessed 2025-10-29.

O'Keeffe, Adelaide. A Pleasing Toy. New York City: Samuel Wood and Sons [261 Pearl Street], Samuel S. Wood & Co., 1819.

O'Keeffe , A. (1819). A pleasing toy. New York City: Samuel Wood and Sons [261 Pearl Street] Samuel S. Wood & Co.

O'Keeffe, Adelaide. A Pleasing Toy. New York City: Samuel Wood and Sons [261 Pearl Street], Samuel S. Wood & Co., 1819. 

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