Street cries.
Cries, The, of New-York. **H_99D.20 New York. The Harbor Press. 1931. (8), 62, (1) pp. Illus. 16 cm. A reprint of the earliest known edition, 1808, published by Samuel Wood, and called “the first distinctly American picture book.”
Each peddler’s cry is followed by text on his trade and the price of the
commodity.
Public Library, May 2, 1932.
This card was printed at the Boston Drio2 — Street cries. — Prices. aa — New York, City. Bus. assoc. — Wood, Samuel, of New York, publisher. — Books for the young. Imprints before
1850. Reprints. — Picture books for children. — Peddling and itinerant industries.