A visit to London, containing a description of the principal curiosities in the British metropolis. By S.W. Author of The visit to a farm-house, and The puzzle for a curious girl. With six copper plates. A New Edition, with additions and improvements.

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Title A visit to London, containing a description of the principal curiosities in the British metropolis. By S.W. Author of The visit to a farm-house, and The puzzle for a curious girl. With six copper plates. A New Edition, with additions and improvements.
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Signed Author By S.W. Author of The visit to a farm-house, and The puzzle for a curious girl.
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Volumes 1
Pagination 111
Date of Publication 1817
Edition Statement A New Edition, with additions and improvements.
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Date of First Publication 1808
Imprint Published by Benjamin Warner, no. 147, Market-St. Sold also at his store in Richmond, Virginia. Wm. Greer. Printer
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Location of Printing Philadelphia US
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Length (cm) 15
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Notes NYPL attributes the title to Sarah Scudgell Wilkinson
From AAS: Includes a description of Darton's bookshop (Darton's Juvenile Library) on p. 82-87. Also includes a description of London street noises, p. 164-165.
Caption title: An excursion to London.
By Elizabeth Kilner, who used the pseudonym "S.W." Cf. M. Moon, Tabart's juvenile library (1990), p. 69-74.
"[Lydia R.] Bailey printed the covers only."--Nipps.
Last page blank.
Shaw, R.R. American bibliography,
Welch, D.A. Bibliography of American children's books printed prior to 1821,
Nipps, K. Lydia Bailey,
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Kilner, Elizabeth. A visit to London, containing a description of the principal curiosities in the British metropolis. By S.W. Author of The visit to a farm-house, and The puzzle for a curious girl. With six copper plates. A New Edition, with additions and improvements.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 21723, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/21723. Accessed 2025-11-07. 

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