Details

Subject(s)

• Children's stories, English—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Children—Juvenile literature—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Conduct of life—Early works to 1800 [Browse]

Attributed name

• Newbery, John, 1713-1767 [Browse]
• Jones, Giles, active 1765 [Browse]

Publisher

• Carnan, Thomas, -1788 [Browse]

Former owner

• Oppenheimer, Edgar S., 1885-1959 [Browse]
• Bussell, F. R. (Francis Robert), 1882-1942 [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Fiction [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Printed wrappers [Browse]

Notes

• 6th (of 6) eds. noted by Roscoe, the earliest identified as 1761.
• First and last pages blank.
• "Price one penny"--At foot of t.p.
• Preface, on p. [4], signed by "The bookseller," leading some to identify John Newbery himself as the author; also attributed Giles Jones, among others.
• Illustrations: 12 woodcuts
• Cotsen copy: Cuts colored in, presumably by a child-reader.
• Cotsen copy: Pen and pencil markings on p. [30], both presumably by a child-reader.

Binding note

• Pub. buff wrappers, each with 2 pictorial woodcuts set within decorative borders.
• Cotsen copy: Spine repaired with strip.
• Cotsen copy: With Oppenheimer's red-bordered octagonal shelf label (numbered 129) pasted down to inside wrapper.
• Cotsen copy: Within later gilt-lettered brown clamshell box, inside back with vestiges of Oppenheimer's red-bordered octagonal shelf label (mostly scraped off).

Provenance

• Collection of F.R. Bussell
• Collection of Edgar S. Oppenheimer

References

Roscoe, J267(6)

Other title(s)

Giles Gingerbread

OCLC

179284680

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