Title: A present to children. /
Authors: Sproat, Nancy,; Anderson, Alexander,; Atwood, Julia J.,; Samuel Wood & Sons,; Samuel S. Wood & Co.,
Date: 1816
Publisher: Published by Samuel Wood and Sons, No. 261 Pearl-Street ;
Physical description: 29, [1] p. : ill. (wood engravings) ; 13 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: A
Contents: Winter -- To Adeline, on her birth day -- Tommy True -- Night -- The child's meditation -- Dialogue between Agnes and her mother -- Spring -- Lines.
Notes: In verse. By Nancy Sproat. According to New York city directories, Samuel Wood & Sons published at 261 Pearl St. from at least 1816 to 1835. Rare Book copy: Manuscript date of 1823 on front fly leaf and t.p. In printed stiff-paper wrapper. Wood-engraved illustrations signed "A" (i.e., Alexander Anderson). Not in Shaw & Shoemaker. Not in Shoemaker. Not in Checklist Amer. imprints. Includes publishers' advertisement, p. [4] of wrapper.
Subject headings (LCSH): Birthdays--Juvenile poetry.; Chapbooks, American.; Children's poetry.; Children--Conduct of life--Juvenile poetry.; Conduct of life--Juvenile poetry.; Fiction.; Poetry.; Seasons--Juvenile poetry.