Details

Subject(s)

• Great Exhibition London, England). [Browse]
• Crystal Palace (London, England). [Browse]
• England—Pictorial works—Juvenile literature [Browse]
• England—Historical geography—Juvenile literature [Browse]

Publisher

• G. Routledge & Co. [Browse]

Printer

• Stewart and Murray [Browse]

Engraver

• Dalziel Brothers [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Printed wrappers [Browse]
• Publishers' advertisements [Browse]

Series

• Aunt Mavor's picture books for little readers ; 10
• Aunt Mavor's toy books

Notes

• Title, publisher, and series from upper wrapper, which serves as t.p.; publisher's advertisement on lower wrapper "list for the series of Aunt Mavor's picture books for little readers" lists this title as no X.
• ”Prince sixpence” at foot of upper wrapper.
• Printer, engraver, and date from Masaki.
• 4 bifolia, printed on one side only, with first and last leaves pasted down to wrappers.
• 2 hand-colored wood-engravings of famous London sights (the Crystal Palace and Westminster Abbey, for instance) on each leaf, accompanied by descriptive text on each page (16 ill. total).
• Cotsen copy: "Emmy"--Inscribed on front wrapper.

Binding note

Pub. printed light blue wrappers, upper with series title in a decorative font and round series illustration of a story-telling Aunt Mavor centered within a decorated border (this version with a framed London skyline backdrop), and lower with publisher's advertisement listing thirteen numbered Aunt Mavor titles to "gladden the eyes of our juvenile friends."

References

Masaki, T. Victorian popular picture bks., I, p. 359

Other title(s)

Grand London sights.

OCLC

26319605

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