Warne's national nursery library
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pcb2036
TITLE
Warne's national nursery library : comprising Red Riding-Hood, Puss-in-Boots, Mother Hubbard, Cock Robin's death, Jack and the bean-stalk, Tom Thumb, with forty-eight pages of coloured illustrations.
VARIANT TITLE
Cover title
Warne's national nursery library.
Cover title
The Red Riding Hood issue.
Half title
National nursery library.
Warne's national nursery library.
Cover title
The Red Riding Hood issue.
Half title
National nursery library.
PUBLISHED
London ; New York : Frederick Warne & Co. ; Scribner, Welford and Armstrong, [1872-1873].
SERIES
PRICE
1s. : picture boards
AUTHOR
TYPOLOGY
DESCRIPTION
Size
15x11 cm
Format and pagination
16° : [100] ll. : [4], [48] leaves of text, [48] leaves of plates
Signatures
π4 1-616
Signatures note
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6 gathering, sewn, unpaginated
Printed on one side of leaf only, each printed page facing a colour plate
Contents
Containing Aunt Friendly's coloured picture books titles 1, 8, 10 (1866), 5, 8, 10 (1869), redrawn and with illustrations added (1.1866: plates 2, 4 added; 8.1866: plates 7-8 added; 10.1866: plates 4, 8 added; 5.1869: plates 2, 8 added; 8.1869: plates 1, 6 added; 10.1869: plates 3-4 added)
[1] half-title: "NATIONAL | NURSERY LIBRARY."; [2] title page: "WARNE'S | NATIONAL | NURSERY LIBRARY, | COMPRISING | [two columns, first] RED RIDING-HOOD. | PUSS-IN-BOOTS. | MOTHER HUBBARD. | [second] COCK ROBIN'S DEATH. | JACK AND BEAN-STALK. | TOM THUMB. | WITH | FORTY-EIGHT PAGES OF COLOURED ILLUSTRATIONS. | [fancy] London: | FREDERICK WARNE & CO., | BEDFORD STREET, COVENT GARDEN. | NEW YORK: SCRIBNER, WELFORD, AND ARMSTRONG."; [3], preface; [4], contents: "CONTENTS. | RED RIDING-HOOD. | PUSS-IN-BOOTS. | MOTHER HUBBARD. | COCK ROBIN'S DEATH. | JACK AND THE BEAN-STALK. | TOM THUMB."; [5v-84], reset types and illustrations from Aunt Friendly's coloured picture books titles 1, 8, 10 (1866), 5, 8, 10 (1869)
Covers
Quarter red cloth and glazed yellow paper-covered boards
Front cover printed in red, blue and the black key; at head: "THE RED RIDING HOOD ISSUE - ONE SHILLING."; inside a decorated architectural frame: "[blue, outlined in black] WARNE'S | [blank on black] NATIONAL NURSERY | [blank outlined in black] LIBRARY. | [picture of Little Red Riding Hood] | [blank on black] 48 PAGES OF COLOURED ILLUSTRATIONS | WITH LETTERPRESS DESCRIPTIONS. | [black on red] LONDON. Frederick Warne & Co. | NEW YORK. Scribner Welford & Armstrong"; outside the frame, in black: "UNIFORM – THE CINDERELLA VOL."
Back cover printed in black, framed, publishers' advertisements: "FREDERICK WARNE & CO., PUBLISHERS. | NEW BOOKS, 1872-73. | AUNT LOUISA'S LONDON TOY BOOKS. | With large Original Page Plates by the First Artists, in Kronheim's very best | Style of Oil Colour Printing, with full Letterpress Descriptions. | GOOD CHILDREN | BRUIN, THE BEAR | DAME TROT AND HER CAT | HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS | THE NURSERY ALPHABET | AUNT LOUISA'S SUNDAY BOOKS. | Printed in Gold and Oil Colours by Messrs. Dalziel, with full | Letterpress Descriptions. | THE PARABLES OF OUR LORD | CHILDREN OF THE OLD TESTAMENT | CHILDREN OF THE NEW TESTAMENT | THE CHILDHOOD OF CHRIST | WARNE'S "EXCELSIOR" TOY BOOKS. | LARGE PICTURES. | Magnificently printed in Colours, in large crown 8vo, price Sixpence each, with | handsome Wrapper; or, Mounted on Linen, One Shilling each. | ROBINSON CRUSOE | PILGRIM'S PROGRESS | WATT'S HYMNS | THE PRODIGAL SON | THE STORY OF RUTH | THE STORY OF DANIEL | THE STORY OF MOSES | LONDON: – BEDFORD STREET, COVENT GARDEN."
Red cloth spine, blank
Illustrations
Red Riding Hood has the same 6 illustrations as pcb1589, redrawn and with plates 2, 4 added, printed in colour
Puss in Boots has the same 6 illustrations as pcb1626, redrawn and with plates 2, 8 added, printed in colour
Old Mother Hubbard has the same 6 illustrations as pcb1613, redrawn and with plates 4, 8 added, printed in colour
Cock Robin has the same 6 illustrations as pcb1609, redrawn and plates 7-8 added, printed in colour
Jack and the Bean Stalk has the same 6 illustrations as pcb1633, redrawn and plates 3-4 added, printed in colour
Tom Thumb has the same 6 illustrations as pcb1631, redrawn and plates 1, 6 added, printed in colour
Source for date
Dated advertisements on back cover
15x11 cm
Format and pagination
16° : [100] ll. : [4], [48] leaves of text, [48] leaves of plates
Signatures
π4 1-616
Signatures note
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6 gathering, sewn, unpaginated
Printed on one side of leaf only, each printed page facing a colour plate
Contents
Containing Aunt Friendly's coloured picture books titles 1, 8, 10 (1866), 5, 8, 10 (1869), redrawn and with illustrations added (1.1866: plates 2, 4 added; 8.1866: plates 7-8 added; 10.1866: plates 4, 8 added; 5.1869: plates 2, 8 added; 8.1869: plates 1, 6 added; 10.1869: plates 3-4 added)
[1] half-title: "NATIONAL | NURSERY LIBRARY."; [2] title page: "WARNE'S | NATIONAL | NURSERY LIBRARY, | COMPRISING | [two columns, first] RED RIDING-HOOD. | PUSS-IN-BOOTS. | MOTHER HUBBARD. | [second] COCK ROBIN'S DEATH. | JACK AND BEAN-STALK. | TOM THUMB. | WITH | FORTY-EIGHT PAGES OF COLOURED ILLUSTRATIONS. | [fancy] London: | FREDERICK WARNE & CO., | BEDFORD STREET, COVENT GARDEN. | NEW YORK: SCRIBNER, WELFORD, AND ARMSTRONG."; [3], preface; [4], contents: "CONTENTS. | RED RIDING-HOOD. | PUSS-IN-BOOTS. | MOTHER HUBBARD. | COCK ROBIN'S DEATH. | JACK AND THE BEAN-STALK. | TOM THUMB."; [5v-84], reset types and illustrations from Aunt Friendly's coloured picture books titles 1, 8, 10 (1866), 5, 8, 10 (1869)
Covers
Quarter red cloth and glazed yellow paper-covered boards
Front cover printed in red, blue and the black key; at head: "THE RED RIDING HOOD ISSUE - ONE SHILLING."; inside a decorated architectural frame: "[blue, outlined in black] WARNE'S | [blank on black] NATIONAL NURSERY | [blank outlined in black] LIBRARY. | [picture of Little Red Riding Hood] | [blank on black] 48 PAGES OF COLOURED ILLUSTRATIONS | WITH LETTERPRESS DESCRIPTIONS. | [black on red] LONDON. Frederick Warne & Co. | NEW YORK. Scribner Welford & Armstrong"; outside the frame, in black: "UNIFORM – THE CINDERELLA VOL."
Back cover printed in black, framed, publishers' advertisements: "FREDERICK WARNE & CO., PUBLISHERS. | NEW BOOKS, 1872-73. | AUNT LOUISA'S LONDON TOY BOOKS. | With large Original Page Plates by the First Artists, in Kronheim's very best | Style of Oil Colour Printing, with full Letterpress Descriptions. | GOOD CHILDREN | BRUIN, THE BEAR | DAME TROT AND HER CAT | HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS | THE NURSERY ALPHABET | AUNT LOUISA'S SUNDAY BOOKS. | Printed in Gold and Oil Colours by Messrs. Dalziel, with full | Letterpress Descriptions. | THE PARABLES OF OUR LORD | CHILDREN OF THE OLD TESTAMENT | CHILDREN OF THE NEW TESTAMENT | THE CHILDHOOD OF CHRIST | WARNE'S "EXCELSIOR" TOY BOOKS. | LARGE PICTURES. | Magnificently printed in Colours, in large crown 8vo, price Sixpence each, with | handsome Wrapper; or, Mounted on Linen, One Shilling each. | ROBINSON CRUSOE | PILGRIM'S PROGRESS | WATT'S HYMNS | THE PRODIGAL SON | THE STORY OF RUTH | THE STORY OF DANIEL | THE STORY OF MOSES | LONDON: – BEDFORD STREET, COVENT GARDEN."
Red cloth spine, blank
Illustrations
Red Riding Hood has the same 6 illustrations as pcb1589, redrawn and with plates 2, 4 added, printed in colour
Puss in Boots has the same 6 illustrations as pcb1626, redrawn and with plates 2, 8 added, printed in colour
Old Mother Hubbard has the same 6 illustrations as pcb1613, redrawn and with plates 4, 8 added, printed in colour
Cock Robin has the same 6 illustrations as pcb1609, redrawn and plates 7-8 added, printed in colour
Jack and the Bean Stalk has the same 6 illustrations as pcb1633, redrawn and plates 3-4 added, printed in colour
Tom Thumb has the same 6 illustrations as pcb1631, redrawn and plates 1, 6 added, printed in colour
Source for date
Dated advertisements on back cover
NOTES
Advertisement untraced for the issue with 48 illustrations
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1975 Osborne, I:46 (The Red Riding-Hood volume)
COPIES
APL: Engels 861 (dated: [ca. 1900]; not analysed)
BL: 12803.aaa.64. (apparently with back cover different from other copies analysed, "with an advertisement for Warne's picture puzzle toy books, Aunt Friendly's toy books and Warne's Victoria toy books on back cover"; dated by BL: [1873]; not analysed)
TPL-OsC: FT WAR (lacking plate 8 and text in Cock Robin's death; analysed through digital reproduction; Digital copy)
UFBL: 23h18933 (on front cover, booksellers' ticket: "LOHMANN | AND | COCKHEAD | Booksellers | & Stationers | 73, NORFOLK TERRACE | WESTBOURNE GROVE"; analysed through digital reproduction; Digital copy)
BL: 12803.aaa.64. (apparently with back cover different from other copies analysed, "with an advertisement for Warne's picture puzzle toy books, Aunt Friendly's toy books and Warne's Victoria toy books on back cover"; dated by BL: [1873]; not analysed)
TPL-OsC: FT WAR (lacking plate 8 and text in Cock Robin's death; analysed through digital reproduction; Digital copy)
UFBL: 23h18933 (on front cover, booksellers' ticket: "LOHMANN | AND | COCKHEAD | Booksellers | & Stationers | 73, NORFOLK TERRACE | WESTBOURNE GROVE"; analysed through digital reproduction; Digital copy)
TRADE COPIES
Thorn Books: 18833 (inscribed "May 2nd 1874"; not analysed; on sale in December 2019)
HD Books & Collectable: 202795157601 (inscribed "19 April 1874"; partially analysed through digital reproductions; on sale in December 2019)
HD Books & Collectable: 202795157601 (inscribed "19 April 1874"; partially analysed through digital reproductions; on sale in December 2019)
OTHER VERSIONS
First published as
Red Riding Hood. - London : Frederick Warne & Co., [1866]
First published as
Puss in Boots. - London : Frederick Warne & Co., [1869]
First published as
Old Mother Hubbard. - London : Frederick Warne & Co., [1866]
First published as
Poor Cock Robin. - London : Frederick Warne & Co., [1866]
First published as
Jack and the Bean Stalk. - London : Frederick Warne & Co., [1869]
First published as
Tom Thumb. - London : Frederick Warne & Co., [1869]
Red Riding Hood. - London : Frederick Warne & Co., [1866]
First published as
Puss in Boots. - London : Frederick Warne & Co., [1869]
First published as
Old Mother Hubbard. - London : Frederick Warne & Co., [1866]
First published as
Poor Cock Robin. - London : Frederick Warne & Co., [1866]
First published as
Jack and the Bean Stalk. - London : Frederick Warne & Co., [1869]
First published as
Tom Thumb. - London : Frederick Warne & Co., [1869]
PERMALINK
CITATION
Francesca Tancini, "Warne's national nursery library". In PiCoBoo, accessed September 8, 2026, https://www.picoboo.eu/catalogue/pcb2036