Size31,5 x 22,5 cm
Format and pagination4° : 12 ll. : [6] leaves of plates, [vi] leaves of text
SignaturesA/C12Signatures noteGathering A/B/C: A
4, B
4, C
4Sheets conjugated as: 1.3 i.ii 4.6 iii.iv; 2 and 5 pasted to i and iii ([1-2] [i-ii] [3] [4-5] [iii-iv] [6])
CoversUpper wrapper, unsigned, chromo-lithographically printed in red, blue, yellow, brown, grey and the black key on pink paper; on upper wrapper, at head: "Coloured - Price One Shilling: Indestructible Edition - Two Shillings."; inside a blue slot: "[black] THE [red outlined in black, fancy] WARWICK HOUSE [black, with yellow initials] TOY BOOKS."; inside the frame, at centre: "[red, outlined in black] DICK WHITTINGTON | [black] AND HIS [yellow, outlined in black] CAT – | [black] AND | [on a red scroll, yellow, outlined in black] DOTTIE'S | [on a red scroll, black, yellow initials] Nursery Story-Book:"; at foot, outside the frame: "LONDON: WARD, LOCK & Co. SALISBURY SQUARE: E:C:"
Same lower wrapper as
pcb2093Illustrations6 illustrations, unsigned, chromo-litographically printed on one side of the sheet only; 4 pages of text and line illustrations from already-published wood-engraved books, some of which signed "D. Dalziel Sc.", printed in black
Source for dateBL accession stamp