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The Swiss family Robinson : in words of one syllable

Title
The Swiss family Robinson : in words of one syllable, 1912 / abridged and adapted from the original story by I.F.M.
Publication
New York : McLoughlin Bros, 1912.
Physical Description
1 online resource (1 volume (112 pages)) : illustrations (colour).
Local Notes
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Notes
AMDigital Reference: McL M473 S9798 1912.
"Record ID: 530913"--Home page.
"Additional Notes: Text mainly in words of one syllable. Likely a rewriting by Isabella Fivie Mayo of the one-syllable word version by Lucy Aikin (used the pseudonym "Mary Godolphin"). "No. 3466.--Swiss Family Robinson. Retail 40c, by mail 55c[.] Size, 8 x 9 3/4 inches[.] This book contains 112 pages and 6 colored pictures. The covers are of cloth and stamped in colors. Put up in 1/2 dozens."--McLoughlin Bros.' catalogue, ca. 1912, p. 93. Photographic illustration of cover in catalog entry matches that of copy in hand, which has an inscription dated 1912. Text printed in double columns. Plates printed in color by a relief process (zinc etching)."--Home page.
Based on original story by Johann David Wyss.
"American Antiquarian Society Copy Notes: American Antiquarian Society copy inscribed: Sumner Jenkins. Jan. 11, 1912; Sumner Jenkins, R.F.D. #2, Ballston Spa, N.Y., Oct. 2, 1916."--Home page.
"Catalog Record Note: Catalog Records (c) 2020, by the American Antiquarian Society. All rights reserved"--Home page.
Electronic reproduction. Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2020. Digitized from a copy held by the American Antiquarian Society and made available by Adam Matthew Digital.
American Antiquarian Society
Description based on online resource; title from scanned document's title page (viewed on February 24, 2021).
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Variant and related titles
Children's literature and culture. Adam Matthew.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 13, 2023
Series
Children's literature and culture.
Children's literature and culture
Audience
Juvenile.
Genre/Form
Children's stories.
Also listed under
Wyss, Johann David, 1743-1818. Swiss family Robinson.
Adam Matthew Digital (Firm), digitiser.
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