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The toy-shop

Date1840
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The toy-shop. A penny chapbook with green printed covers, each bearing the number 17 and a woodcut above a poem. Rhymes: The moon--frontispiece; Aaron (child reading)--p. [5]; Gun--p. 9. Illustration of merry-go-round--p. 23.
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    Medium
    Chapbooks
    Dimensions23 p.
    Language
      CollectionOsborne Collection of Early Children's Books
      Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
      Object Number37131053610150D
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      Darrell, Dick
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      Book cover; marbled
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