J. Q. Preble Explained

J. Q. Preble was a small publisher which was based in New York City. They published several children's books from 1851 to 1865.^[1] Many of these books have detailed wood engravings. The publisher often did not put publication dates or author names in the books.

Selected works

• 'Gift of Piety; or, Divine Breathings. - n.d.^[1]
• The Wonders of a Toy Shop. - n.d. 185? ^{[2] [3]}
• Blackberry Girl by Nancy Sproat - c. 1840^{[4] [5]}
• The history of the children in the wood - c. 1855^[6]
• Lilly of the Valley, or Cousin Lill's Stories for Her Pets. - c. 1855 ^[1]
• The Little Robinson Crusoe. - 1855^[7]
• Fairy tales for children. Susie Sunbeam. - 1859 ^[8]
• Stories about insects. Susie Sunbeam. - 1859 ^[8]

References

1. Web site: The Charlotte M. Smith Collection of Miniature Books . 2007-06-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081003052308/http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/spec-coll/bookcolls/smith%20miniature%20collection/19th%20Century%20U%20S/New%20York%20Imprints.htm . 2008-10-03 . dead .
2. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=rbc3&fileName=rbc0001_2003juv54185page.db Library of Congress - Children's Literature Collection
3. http://www.victoriana.com/antiquetoys/toyshop.html Victoriana
4. Web site: Biblio . 2007-06-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070926222822/http://www.biblio.com/books/62973691.html . 2007-09-26 . dead .
5. This source shows a possible date of 1840, which is prior to the date the publisher is known to have published during.
6. https://archive.org/details/historyofchildre00newyiala Archives.org
7. http://www.larryvoyer.com/RobinsonCrusoe/crusoe%20pages/preble.htm ROBINSON CRUSOE - An English Graphical Bibliography
8. http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/libs/scua/childrens_books/ch_books_f_aid.shtml Rutgers University Library - Finding Aid: Nineteenth Century Children's Chapbook Collection