The house that Jack built.

Author
Caldecott, Randolph, 1846-1886 [Browse]
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
[London ; New York] : Frederick Warne & Co., [after 1885] (London : Printed and copyrighted by Edmund Evans, Ltd., Rose Place, Globe Road)
Description
[1], 29, [30] pp. : ill. (part col.) ; 24 cm.

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    • Title and imprint from upper cover.
    • "Randolph Caldecott's picture books"--At head of publisher's advertisement on lower cover, which lists this title as no. 2.
    • Approximate date based on publisher's advertisement on lower cover, which includes "The Great Panjandrum, Himself," first published in 1885.
    • "Printed and copyrighted by Edmund Evans, Ltd., Rose Place, Globe Road, London, E. 1"--At foot of publisher's advertisement on lower wrapper.
    • The rhyme's allegorical significance is sometimes mentioned, but Opie is skeptical (cf. Oxford Dict. of Nursery Rhymes, 1997, p. 470-2).
    • Illustrations: 8 chromoxlyographs and other pages with full or three-quarter page woodcut line-drawings in black-brown with text integrated into the design.
    Binding note
    Pub. off-white paper bds., within original glassine wrappers, with pictorial chromoxlyograph on upper (repeating design on p. 2), and publisher's advertisements, in red and black, on lower.
    OCLC
    4599530
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