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The railway A B C. - London : Frederick Warne & Co., [1865]. Variant A: [1865]. Courtesy of Cotsen Children's Library, Princeton University Library (18150)
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The railway A B C. - London : Frederick Warne & Co., [1865]. Variant A: [1865]. Courtesy of Cotsen Children's Library, Princeton University Library (18150)
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The railway A B C. - London : Frederick Warne & Co., [1865]. Variant B: [1865]. Courtesy of Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford (Opie M 454)
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The railway A B C. - London : Frederick Warne & Co., [1865]. Variant B: [1865]. Courtesy of Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford (Opie M 454)
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The railway A B C. - London : Frederick Warne & Co., [1865]. Variant B: [1865]. Courtesy of Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford (Opie M 454)
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The railway A B C. - London : Frederick Warne & Co., [1865]. Variant B: [1865]. Courtesy of Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford (Opie M 454)
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The railway A B C. - London : Frederick Warne & Co., [1865]. Variant B: [1865]. Courtesy of Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford (Opie M 454)
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The railway A B C. - London : Frederick Warne & Co., [1865]. Variant B: [1865]. Courtesy of Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford (Opie M 454)
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The railway A B C. - London : Frederick Warne & Co., [1865]. Variant B: [1865]. Courtesy of Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford (Opie M 454)
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The railway A B C. - London : Frederick Warne & Co., [1865]. Variant D: [1867]. Trade copy
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The railway A B C. - London : Frederick Warne & Co., [1865]. Variant D: [1867]. Trade copy
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The railway A B C. - London : Frederick Warne & Co., [1865]. Variant E: [1867]. Courtesy of Washington University Libraries, Suzzallo and Allen Libraries (PE1155 .R35 1878)
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The railway A B C. - London : Frederick Warne & Co., [1865]. Variant E: [1867]. Courtesy Washington University Libraries, Suzzallo and Allen Libraries (PE1155 .R35 1878)
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The railway A B C. - London : Frederick Warne & Co., [1865]. Variant E: [1867]. Courtesy Washington University Libraries, Suzzallo and Allen Libraries (PE1155 .R35 1878)
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The railway A B C. - London : Frederick Warne & Co., [1865]. Variant E: [1867]. Courtesy Washington University Libraries, Suzzallo and Allen Libraries (PE1155 .R35 1878)
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The railway A B C. - London : Frederick Warne & Co., [1865]. Variant E: [1867]. Courtesy Washington University Libraries, Suzzallo and Allen Libraries (PE1155 .R35 1878)
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The railway A B C. - London : Frederick Warne & Co., [1865]. Variant E: [1867]. Courtesy Washington University Libraries, Suzzallo and Allen Libraries (PE1155 .R35 1878)
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The railway A B C. - London : Frederick Warne & Co., [1865]. Variant E: [1867]. Courtesy Washington University Libraries, Suzzallo and Allen Libraries (PE1155 .R35 1878)
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The railway A B C. - London : Frederick Warne & Co., [1865]. Variant E: [1867]. Courtesy Washington University Libraries, Suzzallo and Allen Libraries (PE1155 .R35 1878)
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The railway A B C. - London : Frederick Warne & Co., [1865]. Variant G: [1870]. Courtesy of Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature, University of Florida (39p174)
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The railway A B C. - London : Frederick Warne & Co., [1865]. Variant G: [1870]. Courtesy of Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature, University of Florida (39p174)
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The railway A B C. - London : Frederick Warne & Co., [1865]. Variant G: [1870]. Courtesy of Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature, University of Florida (39p174)
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The railway A B C. - London : Frederick Warne & Co., [1865]. Variant G: [1870]. Courtesy of Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature, University of Florida (39p174)
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The railway A B C. - London : Frederick Warne & Co., [1865]. Variant G: [1870]. Courtesy of Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature, University of Florida (39p174)
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The railway A B C. - London : Frederick Warne & Co., [1865]. Variant G: [1870]. Courtesy of Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature, University of Florida (39p174)
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The railway A B C. - London : Frederick Warne & Co., [1865]. Variant G: [1870]. Courtesy of Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature, University of Florida (39p174)
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The railway A B C. - London : Frederick Warne & Co., [1865]. Variant G: [1870]. Courtesy of Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature, University of Florida (39p174)
TITLE
The railway A B C.
VARIANT TITLE
Title from advertisement
The railway alphabet.
First line
A's the arrival at the station.
First line
A is the arch.
The railway alphabet.
First line
A's the arrival at the station.
First line
A is the arch.
PUBLISHED
London : Frederick Warne & Co., [1865].
SERIES
PRICE
1s.
AUTHOR
TYPOLOGY
DESCRIPTION
Source for date
Advertisements
List of titles on lower wrapper
Advertisements
List of titles on lower wrapper
NOTES
The publishers' caption "Scribner, Welford, & Co." was in use, in conjunction with "Frederick Warne & Co.", in books published between 1866 and January 1872
Title and publication information from upper wrapper, which serves as title page, and from lower wrapper publishers' advertisements
Title and publication information from upper wrapper, which serves as title page, and from lower wrapper publishers' advertisements
ADVERTISEMENTS
VARIANTS
Variant A
[1865]: upper wrapper with lotus leaves decorated frame, uniform for the series, printed in red, blue, yellow and the black key on yellow paper; on upper wrapper, at head, inside the decorated frame: "ONE SHILLING."; in the upper part, series name: "[blue, outlined in red, black shade] AUNT LOUISA’S | [black, red shade] LONDON TOY BOOKS"; at centre, decorative element; below, title: "[blue, outlined in red, black shade] RAILWAY A.B.C | [red, outlined in black] LONDON. | [black] FREDERICK WARNE & CO."; at foot, outside the frame: "[full caps] KRONHEIM & CO. LONDON."; on lower wrapper, inserted in a frame, publishers' advertisements: "Choice books for children. | Imperial 8vo., price 2s. 6d., boards. | In and out of school: | with twenty-six original design by Absolon. | Little Lilly's alphabet: | with twenty-four illustrations by Oscar Pletsch. | Aunt Louisa's London toy books. | One shilling each. | Demy 4to. with coloured illustrations. | Nursery rhymes. | A apple pie. | The railway alphabet. | Childhood's happy hours. | These picture books are produced in the best style of Colour- | Printing, surpassing any yet published. | London: | Frederick Warne and Co., | Bedford Street, Covent Garden."; inside illustrations with printers' captions, at foot, on the left: "Kronheim & Co.,", on the right: "London."; text beginning with "A's the arrival at the station"
Variant B
[1865]: same upper wrapper as variant A, without printers' caption, on pink paper; lower wrapper not analysed; inside illustrations without printers' caption at foot; same text as variant A, beginning with "A's the arrival at the station"
Variant C
[not after 1866]: same upper wrapper as variant A, without printers' caption, on blue paper; lower wrapper not analysed; inside illustrations without printers' caption at foot; same text as variant A, beginning with "A's the arrival at the station"
Variant D
[1867]: same upper wrapper as variant A, but on pink paper and, at head, outside the decorated frame: "PRICE ONE SHILLING; OR MOUNTED WITH LINEN, TWO SHILLINGS."; at foot, same printers' caption as variant A; on lower wrapper, inserted in a frame, publishers' advertisements: "Warne's nursery literature. | […] | [two columns, first] Aunt Louisa's London toy books. | In demy 4to., 1s. each, stiff covers; or mounted, 2s. | [titles nos. 1-9, unnumbered, the last of which published in 1866] | Aunt Louisa's Sunday books. | In demy 4to 1s. each, stiff covers; or mounted, 2s. | [titles nos. 1-4, unnumbered, the last of which published in 1866] | [fancy] Warne's choice editions. | In demy 4to, price 5s., cloth, elegantly gilt, new style. | Aunt Louisa's London picture book, | comprising | [two columns, first] A, apple pie | Nursery rhymes | [second] The railway A. B. C. | Childhood's happy hours | With 24 pages of illustrations printed in colours by Kronheim. [published in 1867, see Athenaeum (June 8, 1867), 746] | Aunt Louisa's London gift book, | comprising | Nursery songs | Edith and Milly's housekeeping | The life of a doll | John Gilpin | With 24 pages of illustrations printed in Colours by Kronheim. | Aunt Louisa's Sunday picture book, | comprising | [two columns, first] Joseph and his brethren | The story of King David| [second] The wonders of providence | The proverbs of Solomon | With 24 pages of illustrations printed in Colours by E. Evans. | [second] Warne's large picture toy books. | In large crown 8vo, price 6d. each, with handsome wrappers; or, | mounted with linen, 1s. each. | [two columns, first] Horses | Book of trades | Jack in the box | Children in the wood | Cock Robin's death and | burial | Punch and Judy | House that Jack built | [second] Dogs | Edith's A. B. C. | Sunday alphabet | Old Mother Hubbard | Red Riding Hood | Object alphabet | Our pets | Cinderella [the last of which published in 1866] | […] | Aunt Friendly's toy books. | In imperial 16mo, 2d. each, picture covers, each containing | six large plates printed in six colours, | a completely new series of | "nursery favourites," | in Dalziel's and Edmund Evans' best style of colour-printing. | From original designs by first class artists. | [titles nos. 1-12, unnumbered the last of which published in 1866] | […] | In imperial 16mo, price 3s 6d, cloth gilt. | Aunt Friendly's gift. With seventy-two pages | of original illustrations, printed in colours, by | Edmund Evans and Dalziels. | Warne's new series of alphabets. | In demy 4to, 6d. each, sewed; or mounted, 1s. With entirely new | designs by Crane, Phiz, &c., printed in colours by | Edmund Evans. | [titles nos. 1-3, published in 1865]"; at centre, at foot: "London: – Frederick Warne & Co., Bedford Street, Covent Garden. | New York: – Scribner, Welford, & Co."; inside illustrations with printers' captions, at foot, on the left: "Kronheim & Co.,", on the right: "London."; pages of text not analysed
Variant E
[1867]: same upper and lower wrapper as variant D, but on yellow paper; inside illustrations with printers' captions, at foot, on the left: "Kronheim & Co.,", on the right: "London."; text different from variants A-C, beginning with "A is the arch"
Variant F
[1868]: same upper wrapper as variant D, with printers' caption, on yellow paper; on lower wrapper, inserted in a frame, publishers' advertisements: "Warne's nursery literature. | […] | Warne's large picture toy books. | [titles nos. 1-19, unnumbered, the last of which published in 1868] | […] | [two columns, first] Aunt Friendly's toy books. | In imperial 16mo, 3d. each, picture covers, each containing six large | plates, printed in six colours; or, on linen, 6d. each. | A completely new series of | "nursery favourites," | in Dalziel's and Edmund Evans' best style of colour-printing. From | original designs by first-class artists. | [titles nos. 1-12, unnumbered the last of which published in 1866] | Aunt Friendly's gift. | […] | [second] Aunt Louisa's London toy books. | [titles nos. 1-17, unnumbered, the last of which published in 1868] | Aunt Louisa's Sunday books. | [titles nos. 1-4, unnumbered, the last of which published in 1866] | Warne's new series of alphabets. | [titles nos. 1-3, published in 1865]"; at centre, at foot: "London: Frederick Warne & Co., Bedford Street, Covent Garden. | New York: Scribner, Welford, & Co."; inside illustrations without printers' caption at foot; pages of text not analysed
Variant G
[1870]: upper wrapper with spear-heads decorated frame, the same as pcb1047, variant A; on upper wrapper, at head, outside the decorated frame: "PRICE ONE SHILLING; OR, MOUNTED WITH LINEN, TWO SHILLINGS."; inserted within the frame, series number: "1"; series title: "[blue, outlined in red, black shade] AUNT LOUISA’S | [black, red shade] LONDON TOY BOOKS"; title: "[blue, outlined in red, black shade] RAILWAY A.B.C | [red, outlined in black] LONDON. | [black] FREDERICK WARNE & CO."; outside the frame: "J.M. KRONHEIM & CO., LONDON."; on lower wrapper, inserted in a frame, publishers' advertisements: "Warne's nursery literature. | […] | Warne's large picture toy books. | [titles up to no. 26, Alexandra alphabet] | Aunt Friendly's toy books. | […] First series […] | Second series […] | [two columns, first] Warne's picture playmate. | [four series] | [second] Warne's picture puzzle toy books. | […] | [titles up to no. 8, The horse, published in 1870 and advertised in Bookseller (November 4, 1870): 1064] | London: – Frederick Warne & Co., Bedford Street, Covent Garden. | New York: – Scribner, Welford, & Co."; inside illustrations without printers' caption at foot; same text as variant D but differently set, beginning with "A is the arch"
[1865]: upper wrapper with lotus leaves decorated frame, uniform for the series, printed in red, blue, yellow and the black key on yellow paper; on upper wrapper, at head, inside the decorated frame: "ONE SHILLING."; in the upper part, series name: "[blue, outlined in red, black shade] AUNT LOUISA’S | [black, red shade] LONDON TOY BOOKS"; at centre, decorative element; below, title: "[blue, outlined in red, black shade] RAILWAY A.B.C | [red, outlined in black] LONDON. | [black] FREDERICK WARNE & CO."; at foot, outside the frame: "[full caps] KRONHEIM & CO. LONDON."; on lower wrapper, inserted in a frame, publishers' advertisements: "Choice books for children. | Imperial 8vo., price 2s. 6d., boards. | In and out of school: | with twenty-six original design by Absolon. | Little Lilly's alphabet: | with twenty-four illustrations by Oscar Pletsch. | Aunt Louisa's London toy books. | One shilling each. | Demy 4to. with coloured illustrations. | Nursery rhymes. | A apple pie. | The railway alphabet. | Childhood's happy hours. | These picture books are produced in the best style of Colour- | Printing, surpassing any yet published. | London: | Frederick Warne and Co., | Bedford Street, Covent Garden."; inside illustrations with printers' captions, at foot, on the left: "Kronheim & Co.,", on the right: "London."; text beginning with "A's the arrival at the station"
Variant B
[1865]: same upper wrapper as variant A, without printers' caption, on pink paper; lower wrapper not analysed; inside illustrations without printers' caption at foot; same text as variant A, beginning with "A's the arrival at the station"
Variant C
[not after 1866]: same upper wrapper as variant A, without printers' caption, on blue paper; lower wrapper not analysed; inside illustrations without printers' caption at foot; same text as variant A, beginning with "A's the arrival at the station"
Variant D
[1867]: same upper wrapper as variant A, but on pink paper and, at head, outside the decorated frame: "PRICE ONE SHILLING; OR MOUNTED WITH LINEN, TWO SHILLINGS."; at foot, same printers' caption as variant A; on lower wrapper, inserted in a frame, publishers' advertisements: "Warne's nursery literature. | […] | [two columns, first] Aunt Louisa's London toy books. | In demy 4to., 1s. each, stiff covers; or mounted, 2s. | [titles nos. 1-9, unnumbered, the last of which published in 1866] | Aunt Louisa's Sunday books. | In demy 4to 1s. each, stiff covers; or mounted, 2s. | [titles nos. 1-4, unnumbered, the last of which published in 1866] | [fancy] Warne's choice editions. | In demy 4to, price 5s., cloth, elegantly gilt, new style. | Aunt Louisa's London picture book, | comprising | [two columns, first] A, apple pie | Nursery rhymes | [second] The railway A. B. C. | Childhood's happy hours | With 24 pages of illustrations printed in colours by Kronheim. [published in 1867, see Athenaeum (June 8, 1867), 746] | Aunt Louisa's London gift book, | comprising | Nursery songs | Edith and Milly's housekeeping | The life of a doll | John Gilpin | With 24 pages of illustrations printed in Colours by Kronheim. | Aunt Louisa's Sunday picture book, | comprising | [two columns, first] Joseph and his brethren | The story of King David| [second] The wonders of providence | The proverbs of Solomon | With 24 pages of illustrations printed in Colours by E. Evans. | [second] Warne's large picture toy books. | In large crown 8vo, price 6d. each, with handsome wrappers; or, | mounted with linen, 1s. each. | [two columns, first] Horses | Book of trades | Jack in the box | Children in the wood | Cock Robin's death and | burial | Punch and Judy | House that Jack built | [second] Dogs | Edith's A. B. C. | Sunday alphabet | Old Mother Hubbard | Red Riding Hood | Object alphabet | Our pets | Cinderella [the last of which published in 1866] | […] | Aunt Friendly's toy books. | In imperial 16mo, 2d. each, picture covers, each containing | six large plates printed in six colours, | a completely new series of | "nursery favourites," | in Dalziel's and Edmund Evans' best style of colour-printing. | From original designs by first class artists. | [titles nos. 1-12, unnumbered the last of which published in 1866] | […] | In imperial 16mo, price 3s 6d, cloth gilt. | Aunt Friendly's gift. With seventy-two pages | of original illustrations, printed in colours, by | Edmund Evans and Dalziels. | Warne's new series of alphabets. | In demy 4to, 6d. each, sewed; or mounted, 1s. With entirely new | designs by Crane, Phiz, &c., printed in colours by | Edmund Evans. | [titles nos. 1-3, published in 1865]"; at centre, at foot: "London: – Frederick Warne & Co., Bedford Street, Covent Garden. | New York: – Scribner, Welford, & Co."; inside illustrations with printers' captions, at foot, on the left: "Kronheim & Co.,", on the right: "London."; pages of text not analysed
Variant E
[1867]: same upper and lower wrapper as variant D, but on yellow paper; inside illustrations with printers' captions, at foot, on the left: "Kronheim & Co.,", on the right: "London."; text different from variants A-C, beginning with "A is the arch"
Variant F
[1868]: same upper wrapper as variant D, with printers' caption, on yellow paper; on lower wrapper, inserted in a frame, publishers' advertisements: "Warne's nursery literature. | […] | Warne's large picture toy books. | [titles nos. 1-19, unnumbered, the last of which published in 1868] | […] | [two columns, first] Aunt Friendly's toy books. | In imperial 16mo, 3d. each, picture covers, each containing six large | plates, printed in six colours; or, on linen, 6d. each. | A completely new series of | "nursery favourites," | in Dalziel's and Edmund Evans' best style of colour-printing. From | original designs by first-class artists. | [titles nos. 1-12, unnumbered the last of which published in 1866] | Aunt Friendly's gift. | […] | [second] Aunt Louisa's London toy books. | [titles nos. 1-17, unnumbered, the last of which published in 1868] | Aunt Louisa's Sunday books. | [titles nos. 1-4, unnumbered, the last of which published in 1866] | Warne's new series of alphabets. | [titles nos. 1-3, published in 1865]"; at centre, at foot: "London: Frederick Warne & Co., Bedford Street, Covent Garden. | New York: Scribner, Welford, & Co."; inside illustrations without printers' caption at foot; pages of text not analysed
Variant G
[1870]: upper wrapper with spear-heads decorated frame, the same as pcb1047, variant A; on upper wrapper, at head, outside the decorated frame: "PRICE ONE SHILLING; OR, MOUNTED WITH LINEN, TWO SHILLINGS."; inserted within the frame, series number: "1"; series title: "[blue, outlined in red, black shade] AUNT LOUISA’S | [black, red shade] LONDON TOY BOOKS"; title: "[blue, outlined in red, black shade] RAILWAY A.B.C | [red, outlined in black] LONDON. | [black] FREDERICK WARNE & CO."; outside the frame: "J.M. KRONHEIM & CO., LONDON."; on lower wrapper, inserted in a frame, publishers' advertisements: "Warne's nursery literature. | […] | Warne's large picture toy books. | [titles up to no. 26, Alexandra alphabet] | Aunt Friendly's toy books. | […] First series […] | Second series […] | [two columns, first] Warne's picture playmate. | [four series] | [second] Warne's picture puzzle toy books. | […] | [titles up to no. 8, The horse, published in 1870 and advertised in Bookseller (November 4, 1870): 1064] | London: – Frederick Warne & Co., Bedford Street, Covent Garden. | New York: – Scribner, Welford, & Co."; inside illustrations without printers' caption at foot; same text as variant D but differently set, beginning with "A is the arch"
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1969 McLean, 37-42
COPIES
BCC: Ap F087.1/1880 (not catalogued; not analysed)
BoL-Opc: Opie M 454 (variant B: [1865]; lacking lower wrapper; bound with other titles)
CUL: 146.1.14(1)a (possibly variants A-C: [1865-1866]; text begins: "A's the arrival at the station"; not analysed)
CUL-WaC: Waddleton.b.9.1092 (possibly variants E-G: [1867-1870]; text begins: "A is the arch"; described as wanting covers and last page of text, "possibly extracted from a bound volume of toy books"; not analysed)
FCL: Juv 1878 R132 (possibly variants E-G: [1867-1870]; text begins: "A is the arch"; not analysed)
NL: Wing ZP 845 .W29 (variant C: [not after 1866]; inscribed on verso of upper wrapper: "From Grandpapa. Camelford [Cornwall, England] 1866."; illustrated blue paper cover; on upper wrapper: "One shilling."; last leaf wanting; not analysed)
PUL-CCL: 18150 (variant A: [1865]; text begins: "A's the arrival at the station")
SEU: SCA YPF AUNLr (not analsyed)
UBL: Store 421452 (not analysed)
UFBL: 39p174 (variant G: [1870]; inscribed on upper wrapper: "From your Sunday School Teacher, Henry B. Plim<kton>"; inscribed on plate 1: "Henry Plimkton, 5to Universalist Sunday Sch. Christmas /73"; dated: "[ca. 1875]"; analysed through digital reproduction; Digital copy)
UMSL: TF148 .A96 1860 (possibly variants A-C: [1865-1866]; on upper wrapper: "One shilling."; not analysed)
WUL: PE1155 .R35 1878 (variant E: [1867]; inscribed on plate 1: "To Archie from Aunt Julie Bishop"; gift of Pamela K. Harer; partially analysed though digital reproduction; Digital copy)
BoL-Opc: Opie M 454 (variant B: [1865]; lacking lower wrapper; bound with other titles)
CUL: 146.1.14(1)a (possibly variants A-C: [1865-1866]; text begins: "A's the arrival at the station"; not analysed)
CUL-WaC: Waddleton.b.9.1092 (possibly variants E-G: [1867-1870]; text begins: "A is the arch"; described as wanting covers and last page of text, "possibly extracted from a bound volume of toy books"; not analysed)
FCL: Juv 1878 R132 (possibly variants E-G: [1867-1870]; text begins: "A is the arch"; not analysed)
NL: Wing ZP 845 .W29 (variant C: [not after 1866]; inscribed on verso of upper wrapper: "From Grandpapa. Camelford [Cornwall, England] 1866."; illustrated blue paper cover; on upper wrapper: "One shilling."; last leaf wanting; not analysed)
PUL-CCL: 18150 (variant A: [1865]; text begins: "A's the arrival at the station")
SEU: SCA YPF AUNLr (not analsyed)
UBL: Store 421452 (not analysed)
UFBL: 39p174 (variant G: [1870]; inscribed on upper wrapper: "From your Sunday School Teacher, Henry B. Plim<kton>"; inscribed on plate 1: "Henry Plimkton, 5to Universalist Sunday Sch. Christmas /73"; dated: "[ca. 1875]"; analysed through digital reproduction; Digital copy)
UMSL: TF148 .A96 1860 (possibly variants A-C: [1865-1866]; on upper wrapper: "One shilling."; not analysed)
WUL: PE1155 .R35 1878 (variant E: [1867]; inscribed on plate 1: "To Archie from Aunt Julie Bishop"; gift of Pamela K. Harer; partially analysed though digital reproduction; Digital copy)
TRADE COPIES
Connoisseur Bokauktioner, Gothenburg: 1085587 (variant D: [1867]; inscribed on upper wrapper: "Mary Ma<...>"; partially analysed through digital reproductions, p. 1 not analysed)
David Miles Books: 11790 (variant F: [1868]; pasted to lower wrapper, ex-libris of railway book collector and bookseller Paul Edwards : "EX LIBRIS | P.H. EDWARDS", inscribed: "4295"; partially analysed through digital reproduction)
Rooke Books: 25384 (variant C: [not after 1866]; text begins: "A's the arrival at the station"; partially analysed through digital reproduction)
David Miles Books: 11790 (variant F: [1868]; pasted to lower wrapper, ex-libris of railway book collector and bookseller Paul Edwards : "EX LIBRIS | P.H. EDWARDS", inscribed: "4295"; partially analysed through digital reproduction)
Rooke Books: 25384 (variant C: [not after 1866]; text begins: "A's the arrival at the station"; partially analysed through digital reproduction)
PERMALINK
CITATION
Francesca Tancini, "The railway A B C". In PiCoBoo, accessed December 14, 2024, https://www.picoboo.eu/catalogue/pcb1499