Amusement for good children, by G.S.C. Or, An exhibition of comic pictures, / by Bob Sketch

Amusement for good children, by G.S.C. Or, An exhibition of comic pictures, / by Bob Sketch.

Author/creator	Sketch, Bob
Included Work	Cowper, William, 1731-1800. John Gilpin.
Included Work	Sketch, Bob, illustrator.
Format	Electronic and Book
Edition	(Second edition.).
Publication Info	Baltimore : Printed & sold by Warner & Hanna, at the Bible and Heart Office, 1808.
Description	51 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations ; 17 cm
Supplemental Content	Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition
Subject(s)	Children's stories. Picture books for children. Conduct of life--Juvenile fiction. Wit and humor, Juvenile. Ghost stories. Fashion--Juvenile fiction. Theater--Juvenile fiction. Circus--Juvenile fiction. Clowns--Juvenile fiction. Animal welfare--Juvenile fiction. Barbers--Juvenile fiction. Older women--Juvenile fiction. Street vendors--Juvenile fiction.

Series	Early American imprints. Second series no. 14352. ^A575643
Contents	The monitor giving good advice -- The good and ill-natured man -- The ghost -- The prejudice of fashion -- Two belles, one of the past and the other of the present age -- The riding of two horses at a time -- Harlequin, Columbine and Pero -- John Gilpin and the clown -- For the amusement, of our little readers, we here introduce the facetious history of John Gilpin [By William Cowper; in verse] -- The dancing dogs -- The barber's shop -- The old apple woman -- The handsome bow of Master Robert Sketch.
General note	Title vignette has caption: Be merry and wise.
General note	Error in paging: p. 49 misnumbered 29.
General note	"May be had at Warner & Hanna's; corner of S. Gay & Market Sts. the following youthful and entertaining books ..."--advertisement, p. [52].
References	Shaw & Shoemaker 14352
References	Welch, d'A.A. Amer. children's books, 143.2
Other forms	Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction note	Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 14352).
Genre/form	Juvenile literature 1808.
Genre/form	Booksellers' advertisements Maryland Baltimore.

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