The good child's delight.

ID 18110
Title The good child's delight.
Contributors
Signed Author Anonymous
Pseudonym
Firms
Self-published No
Volumes 1
Pagination 28
Date of Publication 1801
Edition Statement
Edition Number
Date of First Publication
Imprint H. Ranlet
Colophon
Copyright Statement
Location of Printing Exeter 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 AAS Notes:
The only known copy lacks the first four pages (including the title page) and all pages after page 28. Title transcribed from caption, p. [5].
By Dorothy Kilner.
Apparently the second American edition. Imprint date supplied by Welch.
"[The] following books, for the entertainment and instruction of children, are sold by H. Ranlet, Exeter."--advertisement, p. [28].
Shaw, R.R. American bibliography,
Welch, D.A. Bibliography of American children's books printed prior to 1821,
Catalogued
Condition reviewed
American Antiquarian Society copy formerly owned by C. Richard Whittemore; cf. letter from d'Alté A. Welch to Whittemore, Dec. 14, 1963, now in the AAS Manuscripts Department. Lacks p. 1-4 (including title page), all after p. [28], and most of wrapper.
Hand-Verified No
Verified No
Attempted Verification Yes

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Kilner, Dorothy. The good child's delight.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 18110, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/18110. Accessed 2025-10-30.

Kilner, Dorothy. The good child's delight. Exeter: Henry Ranlet, 1801.

Kilner , D. (1801). The good child's delight. Exeter: Henry Ranlet.

Kilner, Dorothy. The good child's delight. Exeter: Henry Ranlet, 1801. 

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  author={Kilner,Dorothy},
  year={1801},
  title={The good child's delight.},
  publisher={Henry Ranlet},
  address={Exeter},    }

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