The children in the wood an instructive tale by Clara English.

ID 17408
Title The children in the wood an instructive tale by Clara English.
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Signed Author An instructive tale by Clara English.
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Self-published No
Volumes 1
Pagination 64
Date of Publication 1803
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Date of First Publication 1801
Imprint Publish'd by J. Johnson.
Colophon
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Location of Printing Philadelphia US
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Length (cm) 17
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Notes Shaw-Shoemaker item 8397 is unavailable.
AAS Notes:
Early American imprints, second series (no. 8397). (Identical with S4165 except that it lacks imprint on p. [63]. Misdated by S/S from defective copy.)
A version of the story in which an old woman finds the children in the wood and places them in a school of industry.
Contains metal-engraved illustrations that appear on the same pages as printed text. The title page is wholly engraved.
Without colophon. Another issue has colophon: Printed by Budd & Bartram.
Mistakenly dated 1805 by Shaw.
Last page blank.
"A ballad. The children in the wood, or The Norfolk gentleman's last will and testament."--p. 57-63.
Shaw, R.R. American bibliography,
Welch, D.A. Bibliography of American children's books printed prior to 1821,
Catalogued
American Antiquarian Society copy the gift of Stephen Salisbury, 1897. Inscribed: Stephen Salisbury Jr.
Hand-Verified No
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Attempted Verification No

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English, Clara. The children in the wood an instructive tale by Clara English.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 17408, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/17408. Accessed 2024-05-06.

English, Clara. The children in the wood an instructive tale by Clara English. Philadelphia: Jacob Johnson, 1803. 

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  author={English,Clara},
  year={1803},
  title={The children in the wood an instructive tale by Clara English.},
  publisher={Jacob Johnson},
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