Size24,5x17 cm
Format and pagination8° : 8 ll.
SignaturesA8Signatures note1 gathering, sewn, paginated 1-8
CoversUpper wrapper uniform for the series, printed in red and black on pale yellow paper, same as
pcb2836, variant A, with engraved series name and publishers caption, but with rounded upper corners; specific for this title: title: "[red, outlined in black] LITTLE | DOG TRUSTY | [red] BY MARIA EDGEWORTH."; below the title, picture from p. 3
1859 lower wrapper uniform for the series, same as
pcb2672, variant A, printed in black on pale yellow paper; at foot, inside the frame: "LONDON: ROUTLEDGE, WARNE, AND ROUTLEDGE, FARRINGDON STREET."; at foot, outside the frame: "EDMUND EVANS, ENGRAVER AND PRINTER, RAQUET COURT, FLEET STREET."
Illustrations8 illustrations, unsigned, possibly the same as
pcb2478, engraved and printed in black by Evans, hand-coloured; text and illustration on the same side of the sheet
Source for attributionStatement of responsibility (writer; note that the text is not a verbatim version of Edgeworth's story with the same title published in
The parent's assistant; or, stories for children. Part I, London: printed for J. Johnson, In St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1796)
Statement of responsibility (engraver and printer)
Source for dateList of titles on lower wrapper
Documents state first edition in January 1859 and reissues until July 1871
Before 1859, publishers' advertisements listed this title as no. 1 of Aunt Mavor's picture books for little readers [third series] (see
pcb2478)
Listed in all publishers' advertisements for the series until 1866
Before April 1865, publishers' caption states: "LONDON: ROUTLEDGE, WARNE, AND ROUTLEDGE, FARRINGDON STREET."
Between April and July 1865, publishers' caption states: "LONDON: ROUTLEDGE, WARNE, AND ROUTLEDGE, BROADWAY, LUDGATE HILL."
After July 1865, publishers' caption states: "LONDON: GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS, BROADWAY, LUDGATE HILL."