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Cataloging Record for The Sailor Boy, a Children's Movable Book

CL-Pam    The Sailor boy. -- [New York] : Published by T.W. Strong, no. 98
S132      Nassau St., N.Y., [1864?]
B7894       1 folded sheet ([16] p.) : col. ill. ; 11 cm.
1864        In verse. With pictures.
            1 leaf cut in the shape of a circle folded into eight
          wedge-shaped leaves to form sixteen pages. Inner eight pages
          bear the text. 
            Outer eight pages bear printed color wood engravings 
          illustrating the text. Outer pages folded so that the
          illustration of the poem's hero, captioned "Powder boy" 
          is face up.
            Title and imprint statement transcribed from two adjacent
          pages of text: printed near the center of the circle.
            Copyright 1864 by T.W. Strong. Thomas W. Strong was located 
          at 98 Nassau St., New York, between 1843 and 1866. Copyright
          statement appears just below the title and imprint statement,
          just above the center of the circle.
            Not cited in Ann R. Montanaro's Pop-up and movable books: a
          bibliography (1993).

            1. Toy and movable books.  2. Picture books for children.
          3. Children's poetry.  4. Boys--Juvenile poetry.  5. Sailors--
          Juvenile poetry.  6. War--Juvenile poetry.  7. United
          States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, 
          Juvenile--Juvenile poetry.