Identity area
Reference code
IE CA CP/3/197/115
Title
The child’s guide to knowledge
Date(s)
- 1900 (Creation)
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Item
Extent and medium
480 pp; printed
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Name of creator
(24 November 1900-26 July 1970)
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Scope and content
A copy of ‘The child’s guide to knowledge / being a collection of useful and familiar questions and answers on every-day subjects adapted for young persons, and arranged in the most simple and easy language’ (London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co., 1900).
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Physical characteristics and technical requirements
The volume is in very poor condition. The spine binding has partially disintegrated and the text block is exposed. Several pages are also loose or badly frayed. Careful handling of the item is required.
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Note
A digital copy of the publication can be read online at https://archive.org/details/childsguidetokno00umph/mode/2up