• Take your choice!, or, A peep at my playmates / by Pat Playful.

Created:
  • 1822-01-01T00:00:00Z
Date:
  • 1822
Collections:
Edm rights:
  • No Known Copyright
Identifier:
  • ark:/88435/2801pk677
Title:
  • Take your choice!, or, A peep at my playmates / by Pat Playful.
Language:
  • English
Call number:
  • Eng 18 / Harris 3515
Extent:
  • [16] p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. (hand-colored wood engravings) ; 18 cm.
Format:
  • Book
Type:
  • Poetry
Description:
  • Series statement from rear wrapper.
  • "A, Arthur Aimwell, of right takes the rule, / By letter as Chief of the Boys of our School; ... B is Bob Booby,--how sulky his look! / Whom nobody loves, for he loves not his book; ... C is Charles Careful, whom none can surpass, / So clever, he's now at the head of our class; ..."--P. [3-4]
Publisher:
  • London : Printed for J. Harris and Son, corner of St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1822 (London : Printed by S. and R. Bentley, Dorset-Street, Fleet-Street)
Subject:
  • Boys—Conduct of life—Juvenile poetry
  • Alphabets
  • Alphabet rhymes
  • Alphabet books
  • Poetry
Range label:
  • Logical
  • Front cover
  • Title page
  • A B / Arthur Aimwell Bob Booby
  • C D / Charles Careful Do-little
  • E F / Tom Easy Frank Fretful
  • G H / George Gossip Hal Hardy
  • I J K / Idler Jem Jolly Kit Kindly
  • L M / Louis Lively Mark Meanwell
  • N O / Ned Novice Oliver Odd-one
  • P Q / Peter Peevish Querist
  • R S / Roger Random Sam Sop
  • T U V / Tim Trusty Usury Vicary Vainlove
  • W X / Wiseboy Xerxes
  • Y Z / Yawner Zachariah The Zany
Creator:
  • Playful, Pat
Contributor:
  • J. Harris and Son
Author:
  • Playful, Pat
Alternative:
  • Peep at my playmates
References:
  • Moon, M. Harris (1992), 663(1)
Binding note:
  • Pub. buff decorated wrapper with 31-item series list on p. [3] of wrapper.
Location:
  • Special Collections Eng 18 / Harris 3515
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