Beauty But Skin Deep / c.1867-1869 : Pamphlet. c.1867-1869.

Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, New York : McLoughlin Bros, 2020.

31 pages, 1 unnumbered page : color illustrations ; 19 cm

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"Title and imprint statement transcribed from p. [1] of printed wrapper. Variant issues: issue in hand has the full text of the poem, "The mouse's petition" printed on p. [30]-31. In another issue, the text of "The mouse's petition" appears on p. [30], but the text of another poem, "Always learning" appears on p. 31. "Mrs. Elliott's series. McLoughlin Brothers, manufacturers of toy books for children."--publisher's advertisement, p. [4] of wrapper. Publisher's advertisement includes "Mother's series,--New." McLoughlin Bros. was in business at 30 Beekman St., New York, from 1863 to 1869. The McLoughlin Bros. catalogue for 1867 lists Mother's series as "new." "Mrs. Elliott's stories[.] A series of 4to. cap. 32 page. Colored toys. 6 kinds. Covers printed in colors ... Beauty but skin deep ... per gross, $15.00"--List of toy books manufactured for Wm. H. Hill, Jr. & Co. ... by McLoughlin Bros. (1867). Advertisement transcribed from a typescript copy of this catalog held at the American Antiquarian Society. Last page blank; pasted to printed wrapper. Pagination includes [4] leaves of plates. Wood-engraved illustrations have cream-colored tint; colored by hand (with stencils?). Signed: Smith Jr. "The mouse's petition."--poem, p. [30]-31."

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