Dick Whittington and his cat and Dottie's nursery story-book
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pcb2099
TITLE
Dick Whittington and his cat and Dottie's nursery story-book.
PUBLISHED
London : Ward, Lock, & Co., [1879].
SERIES
PRICE
1s.
AUTHOR
TYPOLOGY
DESCRIPTION
Size
31,5 x 22,5 cm
Format and pagination
4° : 12 ll. : [6] leaves of plates, [vi] leaves of text
Signatures
A/C12
Signatures note
Gathering A/B/C: A4, B4, C4
Sheets 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])
Covers
Upper 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 pcb2093
Illustrations
6 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 date
BL accession stamp
31,5 x 22,5 cm
Format and pagination
4° : 12 ll. : [6] leaves of plates, [vi] leaves of text
Signatures
A/C12
Signatures note
Gathering A/B/C: A4, B4, C4
Sheets 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])
Covers
Upper 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 pcb2093
Illustrations
6 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 date
BL accession stamp
NOTES
Title from upper wrapper
First and last plate pasted to upper and lower wrapper
First and last plate pasted to upper and lower wrapper
PRINTING TECHNIQUES
ADVERTISEMENTS
Academy (December 13, 1879), 424: see pcb2093
COPIES
BL: 12806.l.37. (indestructible edition, mounted on linen; accession stamp dated 15DE79; general shelfmark for the series; fourth title, bound with other toy books from the same series)
PERMALINK
CITATION
Francesca Tancini, "Dick Whittington and his cat and Dottie's nursery story-book". In PiCoBoo, accessed April 21, 2026, https://www.picoboo.eu/catalogue/pcb2099