• Sinbad the sailor. - London ; New York : George Routledge & Co., [1856]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (B.LB.ROUT.SI.1856)
  • Sinbad the sailor. - London ; New York : George Routledge & Co., [1856]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (B.LB.ROUT.SI.1856)
  • Sinbad the sailor. - London ; New York : George Routledge & Co., [1856]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (B.LB.ROUT.SI.1856)
  • Sinbad the sailor. - London ; New York : George Routledge & Co., [1856]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (B.LB.ROUT.SI.1856)
  • Sinbad the sailor. - London ; New York : George Routledge & Co., [1856]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (B.LB.ROUT.SI.1856)
  • Sinbad the sailor. - London ; New York : George Routledge & Co., [1856]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (B.LB.ROUT.SI.1856)
  • Sinbad the sailor. - London ; New York : George Routledge & Co., [1856]. Courtesy of Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford (Johnson d.4013)
  • Sinbad the sailor. - London ; New York : George Routledge & Co., [1856]. Courtesy of Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford (Johnson d.4013)
  • Sinbad the sailor. - London ; New York : George Routledge & Co., [1856]. Courtesy of Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford (Johnson d.4013)
  • Sinbad the sailor. - London ; New York : George Routledge & Co., [1856]. Courtesy of Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford (Johnson d.4013)
  • Sinbad the sailor. - London ; New York : George Routledge & Co., [1856]. Courtesy of Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford (Johnson d.4013)
  • Sinbad the sailor. - London ; New York : George Routledge & Co., [1856]. Courtesy of Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford (Johnson d.4013)
Sinbad the sailor
pcb2515
pcb2515
  • Sinbad the sailor. - London ; New York : George Routledge & Co., [1856]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (B.LB.ROUT.SI.1856)
  • Sinbad the sailor. - London ; New York : George Routledge & Co., [1856]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (B.LB.ROUT.SI.1856)
  • Sinbad the sailor. - London ; New York : George Routledge & Co., [1856]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (B.LB.ROUT.SI.1856)
  • Sinbad the sailor. - London ; New York : George Routledge & Co., [1856]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (B.LB.ROUT.SI.1856)
  • Sinbad the sailor. - London ; New York : George Routledge & Co., [1856]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (B.LB.ROUT.SI.1856)
  • Sinbad the sailor. - London ; New York : George Routledge & Co., [1856]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (B.LB.ROUT.SI.1856)
  • Sinbad the sailor. - London ; New York : George Routledge & Co., [1856]. Courtesy of Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford (Johnson d.4013)
  • Sinbad the sailor. - London ; New York : George Routledge & Co., [1856]. Courtesy of Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford (Johnson d.4013)
  • Sinbad the sailor. - London ; New York : George Routledge & Co., [1856]. Courtesy of Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford (Johnson d.4013)
  • Sinbad the sailor. - London ; New York : George Routledge & Co., [1856]. Courtesy of Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford (Johnson d.4013)
  • Sinbad the sailor. - London ; New York : George Routledge & Co., [1856]. Courtesy of Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford (Johnson d.4013)
  • Sinbad the sailor. - London ; New York : George Routledge & Co., [1856]. Courtesy of Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford (Johnson d.4013)
TITLE
Sinbad the sailor.
PUBLISHED
London ; New York : George Routledge & Co., [1856].
PRINTED
[London] : Edmund Evans.
SERIES
Aunt Mavor's picture books for little readers [third series] : 11
Aunt Mavor's picture books for little readers : 37
PRICE
6d.
AUTHOR
Evans, Edmund (engraver and printer)
George Routledge & Co. (publisher)
TYPOLOGY
Toy book
DESCRIPTION
Size
25x17,5 cm
Format and pagination
8° : 8 ll.
Signatures
A8
Signatures note
1 gathering, sewn, paginated 1-8
Covers
Upper wrapper as pcb2479, on buff paper; specific for this title, plain lettering: "[red outlined in black] SINBAD [black] THE [red outlined in black] SAILOR"
1856 lower wrapper as pcb2497, printed in black on buff paper; at foot, inside the frame: "LONDON: GEORGE ROUTLEDGE & CO., FARRINGDON-STREET."; at foot, outside the frame: "Edmund Evans, Engraver and Printer, Raquet-court, Fleet-street."
Illustrations
8 illustrations, unsigned, engraved and printed in black by Evans, hand-coloured
Source for attribution
Statement of responsibility (engraver and printer)
Source for date
Listed in Routledge's wholesale catalogue of June 1856 as no. 37 of Aunt Mavor's picture books for little readers
Documents state first edition in July / August 1856 and reissues until March 1857
Listed in Routledge's wholesale catalogue of September 1857 as no. 37 of Aunt Mavor's toy books
Reissued after 1860 as no. 37 of Aunt Mavor's toy books [new series] (see pcb2957)
Reissued after 1866 as no. [18] of Routledge's new sixpenny toy books series (see pcb2968)
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
PRINTING TECHNIQUES
Chromo-relief
Relief
Hand-colouring
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2006 Masaki, I.393 (see pcb2478), 403-04
COPIES
BoL-JJ: Johnson d.4013 (bookseller's ticket on upper wrapper, torn)
NAL-ReC: B.LB.ROUT.SI.1856 (worn and lacking lower part of lower wrapper; note that publishers' advertisements on lower wrapper have a missing type in "MISS M'INTOSH'S JUVENILE WORKS. | [...] | JU<…>ENILE TALES FOR ALL SEASONS"; upper wrapper design attributed by NAL to Keeley Haswell and M. Howell)
DRAWINGS, OBJECTS, DOCUMENTS
Documents
UCL-RKP: RKP 9 (p. 331: "Mavor's toy books 3rd series, 1856 Aug. 4, 1st edition 4000", 378: "Aunt Mavor's toys 3rd series nos. 27 to 39. 1856 July 22 1st edition 4000. 1857 March 10, 2nd edition 2000.")
OTHER VERSIONS
Reissued as
Sinbad the sailor. - London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, [1860]
Reissued as
Sinbad the sailor. - London : George Routledge & Sons, [1866]
OCLCN
1008015843
PERMALINK
https://www.picoboo.eu/catalogue/pcb2515
CITATION
Francesca Tancini, "Sinbad the sailor". In PiCoBoo, accessed June 14, 2025, https://www.picoboo.eu/catalogue/pcb2515