Gaffer Goose's golden plaything : being a new collection of entertaining fables. : Intended as a present for all those good girls and boys who behave according to the following rules: That is, do as they are bid, come when they are called, and shut the door after them.
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Exeter [N.H.] : Printed and sold by Norris & Sawyer, 1808. |
| Description | 29 pages, 3 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 10 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition |
| Subjects |
| Series | Early American imprints. Second series no. 15082. ^A575643 |
| Contents | The hare and the tortoise -- The war horse and loaded ass -- The frog and the ox -- The wolves and the sick ass -- The jackdaw and the sheep -- The peacock's complaint -- The ape and her two young ones -- The thunny and the dolphin -- The fox and the wolf -- The dove and the ant -- The lark and her young ones -- The lion and the frog -- The river fish and the sea fish -- The shepherd turned merchant -- The snail and butterfly -- The rose. |
| General note | Pages [1] and [32] blank; pasted to printed wrapper. |
| General note | "New books for children, printed and sold wholesale and retail, by Norris & Sawyer ..."--advertisement, p. [30-31]. "Gaffer Goose's golden plaything." is listed, with "Price 6 cents." |
| References | Shaw & Shoemaker 15082 |
| References | Welch, d'A.A. Amer. children's books, 428.3 |
| 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. 15082). |
| Genre/form | Juvenile literature 1808. |
| Genre/form | Fables 1808. |
| Genre/form | Gift books 1808. |
| Genre/form | Publishers' advertisements New Hampshire Exeter. |
| Genre/form | Chapbooks 1808. |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |