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The history of Mother Twaddle, and the marvellous atchievments [sic] of her son Jack / by H.A.C.

Author/creator H. A. C.
Other author/creatorB. A. T.
Other author/creatorCharles, William, 1776-1820, engraver.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoPhiladelphia : Published and sold wholesale by Wm. Charles, 1809.
Description16 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 14 cm
Supplemental Content Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition
Subject(s)
Series Early American imprints. Second series no. 17757. ^A575643
General noteIn verse.
General noteCover title: Jack and the bean stalk. The history of Mother Twaddle, and the marvellous atchievements of her son Jack. Illustrated with fifteen engravings. By H.A.C. Philadelphia: Published and sold wholesale by Wm. Charles, and may be had of all the booksellers. 1809 price 25 cents.
General noteThe London edition gives the author's intials as, "B.A.T."
General noteMetal-engraved text and illustrations throughout. Illustrations are presumably by William Charles. Cf. Weiss, Harry B. William Charles, early caricaturist, engraver and publisher of children's books, New York, 1932.
General notePublisher's advertisement, back cover.
References Shaw & Shoemaker 17757
References Welch, d'A.A. Amer. children's books, 144
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic 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. 17757).
Genre/formJuvenile literature 1809.
Genre/formFairy tales 1809.
Genre/formPoems 1809.
Genre/formPublishers' advertisements Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Other title Jack and the beanstalk.

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