Slovenly Peter, or, Cheerful stories and funny pictures for good little folks.

Date:

[190-?]

Author:

Hoffmann, Heinrich, 1809-1894.

Collecting Area:

Mathes Childrens Literature

Call Number:

YH H699 S5 1900z local

Publisher:

John C. Winston Co.

Physical Description:

96 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:

Last two leaves are printer's blanks.

Curator Notes:

Winston (Phil), n.d., [perhaps a 1930's printing]; ostensibly a translation of Struwwelpeter 'with colored illustrations after the original style' but only every other two-page spread is colored; three-quarters of this edition, after the tale of Flying Robert, includes stories and illustrations that are American imitations of Hoffmann; spine and front cover titles and vignettes stamped in gold on red cloth, front cover design blind stamped

Subjects:

Children Conduct of life Juvenile poetry, Children's poetry, Stencil work Specimens, Children Conduct of life, Children's poetry, and Stencil work

Genres/Forms:

Juvenile works, Poetry, Specimens, Stories in rhyme, Stories in rhyme. lcgft, and Publishers' cloth bindings (Binding) Pennsylvania Philadelphia 1900. rbbin