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Three bears. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1854]. Variant B: [1854]. Courtesy Costen Children's Library, Princeton University Library (22344) -
Three bears. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1854]. Variant B: [1854]. Courtesy Costen Children's Library, Princeton University Library (22344) -
Three bears. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1854]. Variant C: [1854]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (FT THR) -
Three bears. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1854]. Variant C: [1854]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (FT THR) -
Three bears. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1854]. Variant C: [1854]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (FT THR) -
Three bears. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1854]. Variant C: [1854]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (FT THR) -
Three bears. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1854]. Variant C: [1854]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (FT THR) -
Three bears. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1854]. Variant C: [1854]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (FT THR) -
Three bears. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1854]. Variant C: [1854]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (FT THR) -
Three bears. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1854]. Variant C: [1854]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (FT THR) -
Three bears. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1854]. Variant C: [1854]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (FT THR)
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Three bears. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1854]. Variant B: [1854]. Courtesy Costen Children's Library, Princeton University Library (22344)
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Three bears. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1854]. Variant B: [1854]. Courtesy Costen Children's Library, Princeton University Library (22344)
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Three bears. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1854]. Variant B: [1854]. Courtesy Costen Children's Library, Princeton University Library (22344)
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Three bears. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1854]. Variant C: [1854]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (FT THR)
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Three bears. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1854]. Variant C: [1854]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (FT THR)
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Three bears. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1854]. Variant C: [1854]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (FT THR)
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Three bears. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1854]. Variant C: [1854]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (FT THR)
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Three bears. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1854]. Variant C: [1854]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (FT THR)
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Three bears. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1854]. Variant C: [1854]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (FT THR)
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Three bears. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1854]. Variant C: [1854]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (FT THR)
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Three bears. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1854]. Variant C: [1854]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (FT THR)
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Three bears. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1854]. Variant C: [1854]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (FT THR)
TITLE
Three bears.
VARIANT TITLE
Title from page 1
The three bears.
The three bears.
PUBLISHED
London : George Routledge & Co., [1854].
PRICE
6d.
AUTHOR
DESCRIPTION
Size
25x17,5 cm
Format and pagination
8° : 8 ll.
Signatures
A8
Signatures note
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1 gathering, sewn, paginated 1-8
Contents
1-8, text and wood-engraved vignettes
Illustrations
8 illustrations, unsigned, printed in black on one side of the sheet only and hand-coloured; text and illustration on the same side of the sheet
Source for attribution
Statement on the title page of the collective volume Aunt Mavor's nursery tales for good little people, gathering all the series' titles: "With one hundred coloured illustrations by Alfred Crowquill" (see 2006 Masaki, I.375ff.)
Source for date
List of titles on lower wrapper
Documents
25x17,5 cm
Format and pagination
8° : 8 ll.
Signatures
A8
Signatures note
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1 gathering, sewn, paginated 1-8
Contents
1-8, text and wood-engraved vignettes
Illustrations
8 illustrations, unsigned, printed in black on one side of the sheet only and hand-coloured; text and illustration on the same side of the sheet
Source for attribution
Statement on the title page of the collective volume Aunt Mavor's nursery tales for good little people, gathering all the series' titles: "With one hundred coloured illustrations by Alfred Crowquill" (see 2006 Masaki, I.375ff.)
Source for date
List of titles on lower wrapper
Documents
NOTES
Printed on one side of the sheet only; first and last page pasted to upper and lower wrappers
Title and publication information from upper wrapper, which serves as title page, and from lower wrapper publishers' advertisements
Listed in Routledge's wholesale catalogue of November 1855
Title and publication information from upper wrapper, which serves as title page, and from lower wrapper publishers' advertisements
Listed in Routledge's wholesale catalogue of November 1855
PRINTING TECHNIQUES
VARIANTS
Variant A
[1854]: upper wrapper uniform for the series, printed in black (see pcb2395, variant B) on orangish paper, with plain title: "THREE BEARS."; lower wrapper uniform for the series: inserted in a lace-decorated frame, printed in black: "[fancy] Illustrated Juvenile Books, | PUBLISHED BY GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND CO., FARRINGDON STREET. | In fcap. 8vo, price ONE SHILLING each, carefully edited, | PICTURE READING BOOKS FOR YOUNG CHILDREN, | In large type, with numerous Illustrations, strongly bound in cloth. | [titles 1-4] | Careful Editing, Excellent Illustrations, Good Paper and Print, are the recommendations of this Series above all | others. | ROUTLEDGE'S EVERLASTING BOOKS. | PRINTED ON CLOTH. | Under this title are being published a Series of Juvenile Works, printed in a very superior manner, on Fine Cloth, of | a quality very much better than has hitherto been used for works printed in this manner. | In double fcap., 64 pages, large type, | ROUTLEDGE'S EVERLASTING ONE SHILLING PRIMER. | Printed on Cloth. With Illustrations by JOHN GILBERT, HARVEY, &c. | In double fcap., 96 pages, large type, | ROUTLEDGE'S EVERLASTING EIGHTEEN-PENNY BOOKS. | Printed on Cloth. With Illustrations on almost every page, viz.: – | [titles 1-4, the same as above] | The Cheapest Primer ever Printed. | AUNT MAVOR'S PICTURE BOOKS FOR LITTLE CHILDREN. | Large 8vo, with COLOURED ENGRAVINGS, bound in stiff covers. | Price SIXPENCE, on paper; or, on cloth (everlasting), each ONE SHILLING. | [titles 1-13 for both series]"
Variant B
[1854]: same as variant A, on greenish blue paper
Variant C
[1854]: same upper wrapper as variant A, on greenish paper, but rustic title; same lower wrapper as pcb2395
[1854]: upper wrapper uniform for the series, printed in black (see pcb2395, variant B) on orangish paper, with plain title: "THREE BEARS."; lower wrapper uniform for the series: inserted in a lace-decorated frame, printed in black: "[fancy] Illustrated Juvenile Books, | PUBLISHED BY GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND CO., FARRINGDON STREET. | In fcap. 8vo, price ONE SHILLING each, carefully edited, | PICTURE READING BOOKS FOR YOUNG CHILDREN, | In large type, with numerous Illustrations, strongly bound in cloth. | [titles 1-4] | Careful Editing, Excellent Illustrations, Good Paper and Print, are the recommendations of this Series above all | others. | ROUTLEDGE'S EVERLASTING BOOKS. | PRINTED ON CLOTH. | Under this title are being published a Series of Juvenile Works, printed in a very superior manner, on Fine Cloth, of | a quality very much better than has hitherto been used for works printed in this manner. | In double fcap., 64 pages, large type, | ROUTLEDGE'S EVERLASTING ONE SHILLING PRIMER. | Printed on Cloth. With Illustrations by JOHN GILBERT, HARVEY, &c. | In double fcap., 96 pages, large type, | ROUTLEDGE'S EVERLASTING EIGHTEEN-PENNY BOOKS. | Printed on Cloth. With Illustrations on almost every page, viz.: – | [titles 1-4, the same as above] | The Cheapest Primer ever Printed. | AUNT MAVOR'S PICTURE BOOKS FOR LITTLE CHILDREN. | Large 8vo, with COLOURED ENGRAVINGS, bound in stiff covers. | Price SIXPENCE, on paper; or, on cloth (everlasting), each ONE SHILLING. | [titles 1-13 for both series]"
Variant B
[1854]: same as variant A, on greenish blue paper
Variant C
[1854]: same upper wrapper as variant A, on greenish paper, but rustic title; same lower wrapper as pcb2395
BIBLIOGRAPHY
ISFD, 458990 (erroneously as printed by Edmund Evans, with wrong picture)
1975 Osborne, II.613
2006 Masaki, I.380-81
2011 Lotherington, 56, 192
1975 Osborne, II.613
2006 Masaki, I.380-81
2011 Lotherington, 56, 192
COPIES
DRAWINGS, OBJECTS, DOCUMENTS
OTHER VERSIONS
PERMALINK
CITATION
Francesca Tancini, "Three bears". In PiCoBoo, accessed April 21, 2026, https://www.picoboo.eu/catalogue/pcb2415