Little Tot's pleasure book
pcb1584
TITLE
Little Tot's pleasure book : containing The A B C of country scenes, Alphabet of favourite animals, Miss Mousie's wedding and ball, The three friends of man, profusely illustrated with beautiful pictures.
PUBLISHED
London : Ward, Lock, & Co., [1877].
SERIES
PRICE
5s.
AUTHOR
DESCRIPTION
Size
27x23 cm
Format and pagination
4° : 54 ll. : [6], [48] leaves of text and plates
Signatures
π3 A/C12 χ1 D/F12 χ1 G/I12 χ1 K/M12
Signatures note
Each leave inter-foliated with blank sheet
4 gathering, sewn, unpaginated
Contents
[1], title page: "THE PLAY-HOUR PICTURE BOOKS. | LITTLE TOT'S | PLEASURE BOOK. | CONTAINING | THE A B C OF COUNTRY SCENES. | ALPHABET OF FAVOURITE ANIMALS. | MISS MOUSIE'S WEDDING AND BALL. | THE THREE FRIENDS OF MAN. | [fancy] Profusely Illustrated with Beautiful Pictures. | LONDON. | WARD, LOCK, AND CO., | WARWICK HOUSE, DORSET BUILDINGS, SALISBURY SQUARE, E.C."; [2], List of illustrations; [3], at centre: "A B C OF COUNTRY SCENES."; [4-15], 12 leaves of text, printed in blue and red, and plates, one of which monogramed "ED", printed by Leighton Brothers; [16], at centre: "ALPHABET OF FAVOURITE ANIMALS."; [17-28], 12 leaves of text, printed in blue and red, and plates, anonymous, printed in chromolithography; [29], at centre: "MOUSIE'S WEDDING AND BALL."; [30-41], 12 leaves of text, printed in black, and plates, anonymous, printed in chromolithography; [42], at centre: "THE THREE FRIENDS OF MAN."; [43-54], 12 leaves of text, printed in black, and plates, printed in chromolithography by Emrik & Binger
Covers
Green cloth cover bound by William Greening
Upper cover stamped in black and gilt, unsigned, uniform for the series, illustrating on the four corners, in roundels, details from Simple Simon, Old Mother Hubbard, [unidentified nursery rhyme] and Sing a Song of Sixpence; below the two upper roundels, blank on black: "THE | PLAY-HOUR | PICTURE BOOKS"; at centre, details from The Three [actually two] Blind Mice, Mother Goose, Hey Diddle Diddle and Jack the Giant-Killer; specific to this volume, in the panel on the right side of cover, details from Alphabet of favourite animals and, in the panel that serves as a background for the title, details from Miss Mousie; at centre, decorated title, black and gold: "LITTLE TOT'S | PLEASURE BOOK"
Spine, gilt: "LITTLE TOT'S PLEASURE BOOK"
Back cover, blind stamped
Blank white endpapers
Illustrations
The A B C of country scenes has 6 leaves of plates, each gathering four letters, each bearing, in the lower right corner, the caption: "LEIGHTON, BROS"
Alphabet of favourite animals has 6 leaves of plates, anonymous, printed in chromolithography; plate 5 with 5 black and hollow dots; plates 1 and 6 with registering lines on right side
Miss Mousie's wedding and ball has 6 plates, anonymous, printed in chromolithography; plate 4 with 2 hollow dots and registering lines on left side; plate 6 with 1 black and hollow dot
The three friends of man has 6 plates printed in chromolithography, the last of which bearing, in the lower right corner, the caption: “Lith. Emrik & Binger, Harleem.”
Source for date
Advertisements
27x23 cm
Format and pagination
4° : 54 ll. : [6], [48] leaves of text and plates
Signatures
π3 A/C12 χ1 D/F12 χ1 G/I12 χ1 K/M12
Signatures note
Each leave inter-foliated with blank sheet
4 gathering, sewn, unpaginated
Contents
[1], title page: "THE PLAY-HOUR PICTURE BOOKS. | LITTLE TOT'S | PLEASURE BOOK. | CONTAINING | THE A B C OF COUNTRY SCENES. | ALPHABET OF FAVOURITE ANIMALS. | MISS MOUSIE'S WEDDING AND BALL. | THE THREE FRIENDS OF MAN. | [fancy] Profusely Illustrated with Beautiful Pictures. | LONDON. | WARD, LOCK, AND CO., | WARWICK HOUSE, DORSET BUILDINGS, SALISBURY SQUARE, E.C."; [2], List of illustrations; [3], at centre: "A B C OF COUNTRY SCENES."; [4-15], 12 leaves of text, printed in blue and red, and plates, one of which monogramed "ED", printed by Leighton Brothers; [16], at centre: "ALPHABET OF FAVOURITE ANIMALS."; [17-28], 12 leaves of text, printed in blue and red, and plates, anonymous, printed in chromolithography; [29], at centre: "MOUSIE'S WEDDING AND BALL."; [30-41], 12 leaves of text, printed in black, and plates, anonymous, printed in chromolithography; [42], at centre: "THE THREE FRIENDS OF MAN."; [43-54], 12 leaves of text, printed in black, and plates, printed in chromolithography by Emrik & Binger
Covers
Green cloth cover bound by William Greening
Upper cover stamped in black and gilt, unsigned, uniform for the series, illustrating on the four corners, in roundels, details from Simple Simon, Old Mother Hubbard, [unidentified nursery rhyme] and Sing a Song of Sixpence; below the two upper roundels, blank on black: "THE | PLAY-HOUR | PICTURE BOOKS"; at centre, details from The Three [actually two] Blind Mice, Mother Goose, Hey Diddle Diddle and Jack the Giant-Killer; specific to this volume, in the panel on the right side of cover, details from Alphabet of favourite animals and, in the panel that serves as a background for the title, details from Miss Mousie; at centre, decorated title, black and gold: "LITTLE TOT'S | PLEASURE BOOK"
Spine, gilt: "LITTLE TOT'S PLEASURE BOOK"
Back cover, blind stamped
Blank white endpapers
Illustrations
The A B C of country scenes has 6 leaves of plates, each gathering four letters, each bearing, in the lower right corner, the caption: "LEIGHTON, BROS"
Alphabet of favourite animals has 6 leaves of plates, anonymous, printed in chromolithography; plate 5 with 5 black and hollow dots; plates 1 and 6 with registering lines on right side
Miss Mousie's wedding and ball has 6 plates, anonymous, printed in chromolithography; plate 4 with 2 hollow dots and registering lines on left side; plate 6 with 1 black and hollow dot
The three friends of man has 6 plates printed in chromolithography, the last of which bearing, in the lower right corner, the caption: “Lith. Emrik & Binger, Harleem.”
Source for date
Advertisements
PRINTING TECHNIQUES
ADVERTISEMENTS
Bookseller (September 4, 1877), 831: see pcb971
COPIES
BL: 12807.k.2. (dated: "[1877]"; not analysed)
CUL: 1877.11.22 (dated: "[1877?]"; not analysed)
NLS: Ca.2.68 (previous shelfmark: Ca.2/2; stamped "Advocates Library Edinburgh"; publishers' advertisement printed on both sides on yellow paper, inserted: "[on recto] BOOKS FOR YOUNG CHILDREN. | [on verso] WARWICK HOUSE TOY BOOKS. | London: Ward, Lock, & Co., | Warwick House, Dorset Buildings, Salisbury Square, E.C."; on lower paste down, binder's ticket: "W. Greening | Binder | 183 | Fleet Street")
CUL: 1877.11.22 (dated: "[1877?]"; not analysed)
NLS: Ca.2.68 (previous shelfmark: Ca.2/2; stamped "Advocates Library Edinburgh"; publishers' advertisement printed on both sides on yellow paper, inserted: "[on recto] BOOKS FOR YOUNG CHILDREN. | [on verso] WARWICK HOUSE TOY BOOKS. | London: Ward, Lock, & Co., | Warwick House, Dorset Buildings, Salisbury Square, E.C."; on lower paste down, binder's ticket: "W. Greening | Binder | 183 | Fleet Street")
OCLCN
PERMALINK
CITATION
Francesca Tancini, "Little Tot's pleasure book". In PiCoBoo, accessed May 15, 2024, https://www.picoboo.eu/catalogue/pcb1584