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The history of the house that Jack built

to which is added The tabby cat's adventure, and The lame pigeon

by C.C. Hatheway, publisher John Babcock and Son, publisher S. Babcock & Co. & printer Sidney's Press

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: JuvenilePrimary source
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In printed wrapper Woodcuts: frontispiece, illustrations A cumulative nursery rhyme Rhyme begins on frontispiece page, which is included in pagination Includes publishers' advertising matter (listing "Sunday School books") on page [4] of printed wrapper First and last leaves pasted-down to wrappers The history of the house that Jack built -- The boys and cat -- Compassion Catalogued Boston Public Library (Jordan Collection) copy bound in tan printed paper wrapper. Printed on wove papers. Includes former owner's autograph at head of title page in black ink script, along with second-hand price in pencil script. Includes markings in black ink on page [4] of wrapper. Wrappers detached from gatherings. Housed in protective archival envelope

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends.

  • Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive matched “Tales”. Retained metadata contains “Tales” in the subject metadata.

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    • “Tales”· in subject

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to which is added The tabby cat's adventure, and The lame pigeon

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1824-01-01T00:00:00ZNew-Haven : Published by J. Babcock and Son ; Charleston, S.C. : S. Babcock and Co., 329 King-StEnglish—Public digitized item

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  • Contributing institution: Boston Public Library
  • Digitization sponsor: Boston Public Library
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
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