A Pleasing Toy.

ID 16177
Title A Pleasing Toy.
Contributors
Signed Author Adelaide. [p. 27]
Pseudonym
Firms
Self-published No
Volumes 1
Pagination 27
Date of Publication 1820
Edition Statement
Edition Number 9
Date of First Publication 1811
Imprint Published by S. Wood and Sons, 261 Pearl Street.
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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Notes Presumed ninth edition. Date of Publication tentative. AAS Notes: In verse.
Earlier editions were printed by Samuel Wood between 1811 and 1815, and by S. Wood & Sons in 1817 and 1819. This edition includes two cuts not used in the earlier editions.
Last page blank.
Includes wood engravings by Alexander Anderson.
"Birds, beasts, and fishes."--poem, p. 23-27, signed, "Adelaide" (i.e., Adelaide O'Keefe). See Christina Duff Stewart's The Taylors of Ongar (1975), v. 1, p. 5.
Shoemaker, R.H. Checklist of American imprints for 1820-1829,
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 1 in a wallpaper wrapper featuring a pattern of vertical stripes and spirals. Inscribed: Elizabeth Sprague.
American Antiquarian Society copy 2 in a wallpaper wrapper featuring a pattern of diamonds and circles. The gift of Ruth E. Adomeit, 1995; bears her bookplate. Inscribed: Caroline A. Procter; Caroline Procter's book, Pepperell Mass.; Steal not this book ... [owner's verse].
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O'Keeffe, Adelaide. A Pleasing Toy.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 16177, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/16177. Accessed 2025-11-05.

O'Keeffe, Adelaide. A Pleasing Toy. New York City: Samuel Wood and Sons [261 Pearl Street], 1820.

O'Keeffe , A. (1820). A pleasing toy. New York City: Samuel Wood and Sons [261 Pearl Street]

O'Keeffe, Adelaide. A Pleasing Toy. New York City: Samuel Wood and Sons [261 Pearl Street], 1820. 

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