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<p>[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 509178, member: 33"]There's a 1903 McLoughlin Bros. catalogue that comes up in archive.org that gives a little info about the book. It cost 50 cents at the time. I believe that they reprinted their own books for a long time so all this proves is that the latest date it could have been published was 1903.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is a black-and-white illustration of the cover: <a href="https://archive.org/details/mcloughlinbrothe00mclo/page/56" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archive.org/details/mcloughlinbrothe00mclo/page/56" rel="nofollow">https://archive.org/details/mcloughlinbrothe00mclo/page/56</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>McLOUGHLIN BROS.’ CATALOGUE.</b></p><p><b>HALF BOUND BOOKS-Continued. </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>No. 788 — CHRISTMAS </b></p><p><b>CHIMES. </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Size, 834 x 10 34 inches. </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>This book contains 144 pages of </b></p><p><b>good stories and pictures and a </b></p><p><b>colored frontispiece. Each page </b></p><p><b>has a fancy border in red. </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>The covers are in full colors and </b></p><p><b>gold and varnished. Cloth back </b></p><p><b>stamped in gold. </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Put up in 34 dozens</b>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 509178, member: 33"]There's a 1903 McLoughlin Bros. catalogue that comes up in archive.org that gives a little info about the book. It cost 50 cents at the time. I believe that they reprinted their own books for a long time so all this proves is that the latest date it could have been published was 1903. There is a black-and-white illustration of the cover: [URL]https://archive.org/details/mcloughlinbrothe00mclo/page/56[/URL] [B]McLOUGHLIN BROS.’ CATALOGUE. HALF BOUND BOOKS-Continued. No. 788 — CHRISTMAS CHIMES. Size, 834 x 10 34 inches. This book contains 144 pages of good stories and pictures and a colored frontispiece. Each page has a fancy border in red. The covers are in full colors and gold and varnished. Cloth back stamped in gold. Put up in 34 dozens[/B].[/QUOTE]
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