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Tom Thumb's play-thing : with the life of the author : containing, among other adventures, his surprising escape out of the cow's belly
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Tom Thumb's play-thing : with the life of the author : containing, among other adventures, his surprising escape out of the cow's belly

Date1784
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Tom Thumb's play-thing : with the life of the author : containing, among other adventures, his surprising escape out of the cow's belly. Contains: ''The life and adventures of Tom Thumb''; an alphabet rhyme beginning with ''A was an ape''; six rhyming couplets; ''The reward of learning and virtue, exemplified in the history of Master and Miss Verygood''. Imperfect: the Dutch flowery paper covers are mutilated. The title-page bears the date 1794 in manuscript. Undated. Date from publisher's address, cf. P.A.H. Brown's London publishers and printers p. 124.
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    Hardcover books
    Dimensions28 p.
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      ProvenanceGift of F.A. Warren
      CollectionOsborne Collection of Early Children's Books
      Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
      Object Number37131032429508D
      he pretty and entertaining history of Tom Thumb : with his wonderful escape from the cow's belly : adorned with wood cuts
      he pretty and entertaining history of Tom Thumb : with his wonderful escape from the cow's belly : adorned with wood cuts
      Unknown
      1870
      The life and surprising adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, mariner : containing a full and particular account how he lived twenty-eight years in an un-inhibited island on the coast of America : how his ship was lost in a storm, and all his companions drowned; and how he was cast upon the shore by the wreck : with a true relation how he was at last miraculously preserved by pyrates
      The life and surprising adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, mariner : containing a full and particular account how he lived twenty-eight years in an un-inhibited island on the coast of America : how his ship was lost in a storm, and all his companions drowned; and how he was cast upon the shore by the wreck : with a true relation how he was at last miraculously preserved by pyrates
      Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731
      approximately 1750
      Tom Thumb's folio, or, A new penny play-thing for little giants
      Tom Thumb's folio, or, A new penny play-thing for little giants
      Carnan, Thomas, -1788
      1768
      Tom Thumb's play-thing. Part the second
      Tom Thumb's play-thing. Part the second
      Howard and Evans
      1809
      Tom Thumb's folio, or, A new penny play-thing for little giants
      Tom Thumb's folio, or, A new penny play-thing for little giants
      J. Kendrew, Colliergate
      1815
      The life and most surprising adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, mariner : who lived eight and twenty years in an uninhabited island on the coast of America, near the mouth of the great river Oroonoque : with an account of his deliverance thence, and his after surprising adventures ...
      The life and most surprising adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, mariner : who lived eight and twenty years in an uninhabited island on the coast of America, near the mouth of the great river Oroonoque : with an account of his deliverance thence, and his after surprising adventures ...
      Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731
      1798
      Life's grand: Todd Publicover, 20, the youngest man aboard the Cape Aspy, Tim Parks (middle) and Larry Wentzell give a thumbs-up to life after their narrow escape from drowning
      Life's grand: Todd Publicover, 20, the youngest man aboard the Cape Aspy, Tim Parks (middle) and Larry Wentzell give a thumbs-up to life after their narrow escape from drowning
      Loek, Dick
      2/3/1993
      Narrative of the adventures and escape of Moses Roper from American slavery, with an appendix containing a list of places visited by the author in Gre(...)
      Narrative of the adventures and escape of Moses Roper from American slavery, with an appendix containing a list of places visited by the author in Gre(...)
      Roper, Mose
      1849
      The surprising travels and adventures of Baron Munchausen : in Russia, the Caspian Sea, Iceland, Turkey, Egypt, Gibraltar, up the Mediterranean, on the Atlantic Ocean, and through the centre of Mount Ætna, into the South Sea : a voyage into the moon and dog star, with many extraordinary particulars relative to the cooking animals in those planets, which are there called the human species : a sequel, containing his expediton into Africa, his being buried in a whirlwind of sand, feasts on live bulls, builds a bridge from thence to Great Britain, supported by a single arch, visits the islands in the South Sea, &c. &c. and raises the hull of the Royal George, &c. &c. : humbly dedicated to Mr. Bruce, the Abyssinian traveller, &c
      The surprising travels and adventures of Baron Munchausen : in Russia, the Caspian Sea, Iceland, Turkey, Egypt, Gibraltar, up the Mediterranean, on the Atlantic Ocean, and through the centre of Mount Ætna, into the South Sea : a voyage into the moon and dog star, with many extraordinary particulars relative to the cooking animals in those planets, which are there called the human species : a sequel, containing his expediton into Africa, his being buried in a whirlwind of sand, feasts on live bulls, builds a bridge from thence to Great Britain, supported by a single arch, visits the islands in the South Sea, &c. &c. and raises the hull of the Royal George, &c. &c. : humbly dedicated to Mr. Bruce, the Abyssinian traveller, &c
      Corbould, H. (Henry), 1787-1844
      1851
      Veteran snowshoer: Ralph Bice of Kearney, who has been a snowshoer for 75 of his 81 years, says rawhide from white cows is more durable than rawhide from red cows.
      Veteran snowshoer: Ralph Bice of Kearney, who has been a snowshoer for 75 of his 81 years, says rawhide from white cows is more durable than rawhide from red cows.
      Power, John
      2/6/1981
      Nurse Dandlem's little repository of great instruction : containing the surprising adventures of little Wake Wilful, and his deliverance from the Giant Grumbolumbo
      Nurse Dandlem's little repository of great instruction : containing the surprising adventures of little Wake Wilful, and his deliverance from the Giant Grumbolumbo
      J. Lumsden & Son
      1815
      Out to pasture: Farmer Joe Rittenhouse may take his dozen cows out to pasture each day, but he's not about to let anyone do that to him
      Out to pasture: Farmer Joe Rittenhouse may take his dozen cows out to pasture each day, but he's not about to let anyone do that to him
      Dunlop, Al
      n.d.