The ten little niggers
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London : New York :
Frederick Warne & Co., ; Scribner, Welford, & Armstrong,
[between 1872 and 1878]
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| Series: | Warne's excelsior toy books ;
42 |
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| Item Description: | "White Cotsen bookplate, dated 5/82, laid in 10 chromoxylographs on 8 leaves, signed "W.J.W. (ie. Wiegand) 5 bifolds, printed on one side only; first and last leaves pasted down to wrappers Advertisement for Warne's Nursery Literature series lists 45 numbered Excelsior Toy Books titles, of which this is no. 42, and 63 Aunt Louisa's London Toy Books titles (both with some gaps in numbering), as well as listing Aunt Louisa's Sunday Picture Books and Warne's Everlasting Victoria Toy books Camden Press was operated by Dalziel Bros Dated from years Scribner, Welford & Armstrong published under that imprint (cf. Dzwonkoski, P., Amer. lit. pub. houses, II, p.414); a date of ca. 1875 seems probable, based on the number of titles listed on publisher's advertisement, compared with later versions listing "Excelsior" series titles numbering up to no. 65 to 75 Title and Warne's London information from upper cover; additional publication and series information from lower wrapper "Price Sixpence, Or Mounted on Linen, One Shilling"--At head of title |
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| Physical Description: | 8 leaves : col. ill. (chromoxylographs) ; 24 cm |