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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 and Book
Publication InfoExeter [N.H.?]. : Printed and sold by Henry Ranlet, 1801.
Description29 pages, 3 unnumbered pages : illustrations
Supplemental Content Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition
Subject(s)
Series Early American imprints. Second series no. 50219. ^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"New books for children, printed and sold wholesale and retail, by Henry Ranlet ..."--advertisement, p. [30-31].
General note"Gaffer Goose's Golden plaything. Price five cents."--p. [30].
References Shaw & Shoemaker 50219
References Welch, d'A.A. Amer. children's books, 428.2
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. 50219).
Genre/formJuvenile literature 1801.
Genre/formFables 1801.
Genre/formGift books 1801.
Genre/formChapbooks 1801.
Genre/formPublishers' advertisements New Hampshire Exeter.

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