Dolly's story book : her travels in doll-land all over the world / told by herself ; and illustrated with numerous engravings and full-page coloured plates.

Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
London ; New York : Frederick Warne and Co., 1889 (London : Dalziel Brothers, Camden Press)
Description
44 p. : ill. (part. col.) ; 25 cm.

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Library of Congress genre(s)
Rare books genre
Notes
  • Illustrations: Chromoxylographed frontis. and 9 other leaves of plates by Dalziel, included in pagination, each showing Dolly and her friends in several historical or national costumes; engraved t.p. vignette and other engraved ills. of the dolls in costume throughout the text.
  • Engraved printer's mark logo of Dalziel's Camden Press on t.p. verso.
  • Story is narrated in the first person by Dolly about her international adventures after being bought by Elsie and her mother at a "Fancy Fair" in London (cf. Warne's Life of a Doll).
  • "Chromolith. in Holland by Emrik & Binger, London, 21 Berners St."--At foot of lower cover.
  • Cotsen copy: Warne Archives' "Property Room" inked stamp on front free endpaper.
Binding note
Chromolithographed pictorial paper-covered bds. by Emrik & Binger, upper cover with central depiction of little girls and their mother shopping in a toy shop with several insets of costumed dolls and a decorative red title, and lower cover showing a toreador doll, over olive cloth spine strip.
Provenance
Warne Archives.
Place name(s)
  • England London
  • Holland
OCLC
1008079781
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