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Book/Printed Material A day in a child's life

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About this Item

Title

  • A day in a child's life

Names

  • Foster, Myles Birket, 1851-1922, composer
  • Greenaway, Kate, 1846-1901, illustrator
  • Evans, Edmund, 1826-1905, engraver, printer
  • Coolidge, Elizabeth Sprague, 1864-1953, donor
  • Meyer, E. R., donor
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • London, Broadway, Ludgate ; New York, 9 Lafayette Place : George Routledge and Sons, [1881]

Headings

  • -  Children's songs

Notes

  • -  Nine illustrated songs.
  • -  Schuster, T.E. Printed Kate Greenaway, 66
  • -  Thomson, S.R. Kate Greenaway, 31
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1986
  • -  LAC knj 2019-08-26 update (1 card)
  • -  LAC ael 2019-09-05 update (1 card)
  • -  LAC sba 2020-03-05 update (1 card)
  • -  LAC ddw 2022-04-25 no edits (1 card)
  • -  Copy 4 previously classified: NC1115.G65

Medium

  • 29 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • M1997.F76 D3 1881
  • M1997.F76 D3 1881 Copy 2 First edition, fourth issue, See Schuster, T.E. Printed Kate Greenaway, 66, 1b; Gift of Elizabeth S. Coolidge, Aug. 31, 1940.
  • M1997.F76 D3 1881 Copy 3 First edition, first issue, See Schuster, T.E. Printed Kate Greenaway, 66, 1a; Given in memory of Margit H. Meyer by her father, Dr. E.R. Meyer, Rochester, New York.
  • M1997.F76 D3 1881 Copy 4 First edition, first issue, See Schuster, T.E. Printed Kate Greenaway, 66, 1a.
  • PZ5.G725 Ch First edition, first issue, See Schuster, T.E. Printed Kate Greenaway, 66, 1a. In case lettered: Kate Greenaway. Children's books with: Harte, Bret. The queen of the Pirate Isle. London [1886].

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 01000698

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Greenaway, Kate, Illustrator, Edmund Evans, Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, E. R Meyer, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. A Day in a Child's Life. composeds by Foster, Myles Birket [London, Broadway, Ludgate ; New York, 9 Lafayette Place: George Routledge and Sons, 1881] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/01000698/.

APA citation style:

Greenaway, K., Evans, E., Coolidge, E. S., Meyer, E. R. & Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. (1881) A Day in a Child's Life. Foster, M. B., comp [London, Broadway, Ludgate ; New York, 9 Lafayette Place: George Routledge and Sons] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/01000698/.

MLA citation style:

Greenaway, Kate, Illustrator, et al. A Day in a Child's Life. comp by Foster, Myles Birket [London, Broadway, Ludgate ; New York, 9 Lafayette Place: George Routledge and Sons, 1881] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/01000698/>.