Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
A little pretty pocket-book : intended for the instruction of amusement of little Master Tommy, and pretty Miss Polly. With two letters from Jack the Giant-Killer : as also a ball and pincushion : the use of which will infallibly make Tommy a good boy, and Polly a good girl : To which is added, A little song-book, being a new attempt to teach children the use of the English alphabet, by way of diversion.
Call Number
Hamilton 115s
Eng 18 8136
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/jm214s73x
Publisher
Printed at Worcester, Massachusetts : By Isaiah Thomas, and sold wholsesale and retail at his bookstore, MDCCLXXXVII [1787]
Language
English
Date Created
1787-1744
Extent
122, [2] p. : ill. (woodcuts) ; 11 cm.
References
Hamilton, S. Amer. book illustrators (1968), 115
Welch, D. A. Amer. children's books, 778.2
Evans, 20459
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
A reprint of Newbery's ed., originally published in London in 1744; title first published in USA by Hugh Gaine in 1762 as "A Little Pretty Book" (cf. Hamilton).
"Rules for behaviour in children" on p. [94]-122.
Includes woodcut and poem about baseball ("base-ball") on p. 43 (the first such mention, according to Hamilton).
Bookseller's advertisements on last [2] p.
Signatures: [A]-H8(H7-8 blank; incl. front.).
Illustrations: Woodcut frontis., captioned "Instruction with Delight," on front pastedown, with 64 small woodcuts at the head of most selections; woodcut and printer's device tailpieces.
Binding Note
Princeton copy 1: 19th century sheep binding, guilt- and blind-stamped; marbled paste downs and end papers.
Princeton copy 1: Within 20th century slip-case.
Princeton copy 2: Contemporary brown wrapers.
Princeton copy 2: Within pale blue slipcase.

Discovery Information

Subject
Children's poetry—18th century
Games—Juvenile literature
Etiquette for children and teenagers
Courtesy—Juvenile literature
Readers

Physical Characteristics

File Count
141

Institutional Information

Collection
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/3c7a7fcf-6496-41a6-a69d-db6cd1a86eaa/manifest