Hop o' my Thumb.

Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
London (Farringdon Street) ; New York (18 Beekman Street) : George Routledge and Co., [between 1854 and 1855] ([London : Printed by Dalziel Bros.])
Description
8 leaves : col. ill. ; 25 cm.

Details

Subject(s)
Illustrator
Publisher
Engraver
Library of Congress genre(s)
Rare books genre
Related work(s)
Series
  • Aunt Mavor's toy books [More in this series]
  • Aunt Mavor's picture books for little readers, 2nd series ; 11
Notes
  • Date and printer from Masaki (2 printings from 1854-1855).
  • Title, publisher, and series from upper wrapper, which serves as t.p.; publisher's advertisement on lower wrapper for "the series of Aunt Mavor's picture books for little children" lists this title as no. 11.
  • 4 bifolia, printed on one side only, with first and last leaves pasted down to wrappers.
  • Longer words in the text are divided into syllables, as in other early "Aunt Mavor's Picture Book" titles.
  • Text begins: "This is a strange pic-ture! Seven small boys, one upon the back of the o-ther, ... His parents were poor peo-ple, who work-ed in a wood."
  • Illustrations: hand-colored engraving after Crowquill (cf. Masaki) on each page in red, blue, yellow, salmon, green, and purple with printed text below.
  • Cotsen copy: "Mrs. Major, Cromwell House"--Inscribed on upper wrapper.
Binding note
Pub. white printed wrappers, with round series illustration of a story-telling Aunt Mavor centered within a decorated border on upper wrapper; the ill. on this title has a framed backdrop of fairy tale titles.
References
Masaki, T. Victorian popular picture bks., I, p. 388 (24a)
OCLC
15479825
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