J. Q. Preble was a small

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which was based in

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. They published several

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from 1851 to 1865. Many of these books have detailed

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. The publisher often did not put publication dates or author names in the books.

Selected works

* 'Gift of Piety; or, Divine Breathings''. - n.d. * ''The Wonders of a Toy Shop''. - n.d. 185? * ''Blackberry Girl'' by Nancy Sproat - c. 1840 * ''The history of the children in the wood'' - c. 1855 * ''Lilly of the Valley, or Cousin Lill's Stories for Her Pets''. - c. 1855 * ''The Little Robinson Crusoe''. - 1855ROBINSON CRUSOE - An English Graphical Bibliography
/ref> * ''Fairy tales for children''. Susie Sunbeam. - 1859 Rutgers University Library - Finding Aid: Nineteenth Century Children's Chapbook Collection
/ref> * ''Stories about insects''. Susie Sunbeam. - 1859

References

Defunct book publishing companies of the United States