Wonders of a toy-shop.

Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
[London] : Dean & Co., Threadneedle Street, [between 1847 and 1854]
Description
8 leaves : ill. ; 25 cm.

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Subject(s)
Publisher
Library of Congress genre(s)
Rare books genre
Getty AAT genre
Series
Grandmamma Easy's new pictorial toy books [More in this series]
Notes
  • "Grandmamma Easy's new pictorial toy books"--Publisher's advertisement on lower wrapper, which also lists Aunt Affable's and Uncle Buncle's toy book series.
  • Dean and Son's address at Threadneedle St. (#35 & #40) from 1847-1854 (cf. Brown).
  • Printed on one side only; first and last leaves pasted down to wrappers.
  • Illustrations: Illustrated t.p. with full-page, hand-colored illustration in red, blue, green, purple, and yellow; half-page hand-colored illustrations set in the middle of each page, with text set above and below.
  • Cotsen copy: "Emma Howell"--Inscribed on [p.] 1.
Binding note
Pub. tan wrappers with pictorial design on upper, featuring children gathered around a book-reading Grandmama Easy and another group of children playing; and publisher's advertisements on lower.
References
Brown, P.A.H. London pubs. & printers, p. 55
Other title(s)
Grandmamma Easy's wonders of a toy-shop
OCLC
1340134148
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