Cobwebs to catch flies. Or Dialogues in short sentences. Adapted to children from the age of three to eight years.

ID 18314
Title Cobwebs to catch flies. Or Dialogues in short sentences. Adapted to children from the age of three to eight years.
Contributors
Signed Author Anonymous
Pseudonym
Firms
Self-published No
Volumes 1
Pagination 119
Date of Publication 1811
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Imprint Published by Johnson & Warner, no. 147, Market Street. 1811. Sweeny & M'Kenzie, printers.
Colophon
Copyright Statement
Location of Printing Philadelphia US
Format
Length (cm) 13
Width (cm)
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Price (pence)
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Notes AAS Notes:
Text written with words containing a graduated number of letters from three letters to six letters and beyond.
By Ellenor Fenn, who used the pseudonym "Mrs. Lovechild."
Dedicated to "Mrs. E****d F****."
On. p. 77, the second "7" not struck. Last page blank.
Includes images of an early merry go round (p. 90) and ferris wheel (p. 92).
Shaw, R.R. American bibliography,
Welch, D.A. Bibliography of American children's books printed prior to 1821,
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Condition reviewed
American Antiquarian Society copy some illustrations hand-colored by a former owner. Lacks p. 17-18, 21-22, 25-28, 33-34, 61-64; p. 19-20, 35-36, 47-48, 59-60 mutilated. The gift of David M. Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2018. Inscribed: Miss Sarah B. Stump's, Oakington; Grandmother learnt to read in this; Miss E. Ingalls; Mary Stump [--].
Hand-Verified No
Verified No
Attempted Verification Yes

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Fenn, Ellenor. Cobwebs to catch flies. Or Dialogues in short sentences. Adapted to children from the age of three to eight years.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 18314, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/18314. Accessed 2024-04-17. 

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  author={Fenn,Ellenor},
  year={1811},
  title={Cobwebs to catch flies. Or Dialogues in short sentences. Adapted to children from the age of three to eight years.},
  publisher={Jacob Johnson & Benjamin Warner \& },
  address={Philadelphia},    }

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