Aunt Friendly's Picture Book : Containing Thirty-Six Pages of Pictures ... with Letter-Press Descriptions / printed in colours by Kronheim.

Cover title
Aunt Friendly's Nursery Picture Book : 36 Pages of Coloured Illustrations.

London ; New York : Frederick Warne & Co. ; Scribner, Welford and Armstrong, [ante 1872].

Frederick Warne & Co. (publisher)
Kronheim & Co. (printer)
Scribner, Welford and Armstrong (publisher)

Clothbound
Collective volume

Contents
Containing Aunt Friendly's Coloured Picture Books, Second Series titles nos. 1-5, 13 (1869)
[1], half-title: "Aunt Friendly's | Picture Book."; [2], title page: "Aunt Friendly's | Picture Book. | Containing | Thirty-Six Pages of Pictures | [fancy] Printed in Colours by Kronheim. | With | Letter-Press Descriptions. | [publishers' mark within a roundel, with diamond and flowers] FW&Co F. Warne & Co. Bedford St. Covent Gardn | London: | Frederick Warne and Co. | Bedford Street, Covent Garden | New York: Scribner, Welford and Armstrong."; [3], preface, undated; [4], content page: "Contents. | Nursery Alphabet. | Sing-a-Song of Sixpence. | The Frog Who Would A Wooing Go. | The Three Little Pigs. | Puss in Boots. | The Ugly Duckling."
Covers
Red cloth cover, blocked in black and gilt; upper cover, unsigned, with frame blocked in black; at head, gilt: "Aunt Friendly's | Nursery | Picture Book."; detail from The Frog Who Would A Wooing Go; below, gilt: "36 Pages of Coloured illustrations."
Back cover, blind stamped with publishers' mark
Spine, gilt: "Aunt | Friendly's | Nursery | Picture | Book | Warne & Co."
Blank white endpapers
Illustrations
Nursery Alphabet has the same 6 illustrations as pcb1648, printed in colour
Sing a Song of Six-Pence has the same 6 illustrations as pcb1623, printed in colour
The Frog Who Would A Wooing Go has the same 6 illustrations as pcb1619, printed in colour
The Three Little Pigs has the same 6 illustrations as pcb1622, printed in colour
Puss in Boots has the same 6 illustrations as pcb1626, printed in colour
The Ugly Duckling has the same 6 illustrations as pcb1624, printed in colour
Source for date
UFBL copy bears an inscription dated: "Xmas 1872"
The firm Scribner, Welford, and Armstrong was dissolved in July 1878, as stated in Bookseller (July 3, 1878): 580

JRUL: R144226 (inscribed and dated: "1879"; described as: "Inscription on prelims.: Alan C. de Trafford from Me[?] 1879. - Signature on same page: E. H. Burney"; Burney Collection; not analysed)
UFBL: 23h3594 (inscribed on upper fly-leaf: "Harry Peak | Xmas 1872"; analysed through digital reproduction; Digital copy)
UVL: PZ7 .B176 A9 1872 (not analysed)

First published as
Aunt Friendly's Alphabet. - London : Frederick Warne & Co., [1869]
First published as
Sing a Song of Six-Pence. - London : Frederick Warne & Co., [1869]
First published as
The Frog Who Would A Wooing Go. - London : Frederick Warne & Co., [1869]
First published as
The Three Little Pigs. - London : Frederick Warne & Co., [1869]
First published as
Puss in Boots. - London : Frederick Warne & Co., [1869]
First published as
The Ugly Duckling. - London : Frederick Warne & Co., [1869]

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https://www.picoboo.eu/catalogue/pcb1894

Francesca Tancini, "Aunt Friendly's Picture Book". In PiCoBoo, accessed September 8, 2026, https://www.picoboo.eu/catalogue/pcb1894