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Little dog Trusty. - London : George Routledge & Sons, [1867]. Variant B: [1869]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (SB-EDG) -
Little dog Trusty. - London : George Routledge & Sons, [1867]. Variant B: [1869]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (SB-EDG) -
Little dog Trusty. - London : George Routledge & Sons, [1867]. Variant B: [1869]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (SB-EDG) -
Little dog Trusty. - London : George Routledge & Sons, [1867]. Variant B: [1869]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (SB-EDG) -
Little dog Trusty. - London : George Routledge & Sons, [1867]. Variant B: [1869]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (SB-EDG) -
Little dog Trusty. - London : George Routledge & Sons, [1867]. Variant B: [1869]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (SB-EDG) -
Little dog Trusty. - London : George Routledge & Sons, [1867]. Variant B: [1869]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (SB-EDG) -
Little dog Trusty. - London : George Routledge & Sons, [1867]. Variant B: [1869]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (SB-EDG) -
Little dog Trusty. - London : George Routledge & Sons, [1867]. Variant B: [1869]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (SB-EDG)
Little dog Trusty
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Little dog Trusty. - London : George Routledge & Sons, [1867]. Variant B: [1869]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (SB-EDG)
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Little dog Trusty. - London : George Routledge & Sons, [1867]. Variant B: [1869]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (SB-EDG)
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Little dog Trusty. - London : George Routledge & Sons, [1867]. Variant B: [1869]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (SB-EDG)
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Little dog Trusty. - London : George Routledge & Sons, [1867]. Variant B: [1869]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (SB-EDG)
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Little dog Trusty. - London : George Routledge & Sons, [1867]. Variant B: [1869]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (SB-EDG)
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Little dog Trusty. - London : George Routledge & Sons, [1867]. Variant B: [1869]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (SB-EDG)
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Little dog Trusty. - London : George Routledge & Sons, [1867]. Variant B: [1869]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (SB-EDG)
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Little dog Trusty. - London : George Routledge & Sons, [1867]. Variant B: [1869]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (SB-EDG)
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Little dog Trusty. - London : George Routledge & Sons, [1867]. Variant B: [1869]. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library (SB-EDG)
TITLE
Little dog Trusty.
VARIANT TITLE
Title from page 1
The little dog Trusty.
The little dog Trusty.
PUBLISHED
London : George Routledge & Sons, [1867].
PRINTED
[London] : Leighton, Brothers.
SERIES
PRICE
6d.
1s. : mounted on cloth
1s. : mounted on cloth
AUTHOR
TYPOLOGY
DESCRIPTION
Size
24,3x18,3 cm
Format and pagination
8° : 8 ll.
Signatures
A8
Signatures note
1 gathering, sewn, paginated 1-8
Contents
1-8, text and wood-engraved illustrations
Illustrations
8 illustrations, unsigned, printed in red, yellow, brown, blue, pink and the black key by Leighton Brothers; text and illustration on the same side of the sheet
Source for attribution
Statement of responsibility (printer of wrappers and inside illustrations)
The subject is taken from Maria 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
Source for date
List of titles on lower wrapper
Documents state first edition in July 1867 [sic] and reissues until July 1875 with a total of 32000 copies
Listed in Routledge's wholesale catalogue of July 1866 [sic] as no. 10 of Routledge's new sixpenny toy books series and listed as such in publishers' advertisements between 1866 and 1871
After 1868 became no. 50 of Routledge's new sixpenny toy books series, listed as such in publishers' advertisements between 1871 and 1882
24,3x18,3 cm
Format and pagination
8° : 8 ll.
Signatures
A8
Signatures note
1 gathering, sewn, paginated 1-8
Contents
1-8, text and wood-engraved illustrations
Illustrations
8 illustrations, unsigned, printed in red, yellow, brown, blue, pink and the black key by Leighton Brothers; text and illustration on the same side of the sheet
Source for attribution
Statement of responsibility (printer of wrappers and inside illustrations)
The subject is taken from Maria 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
Source for date
List of titles on lower wrapper
Documents state first edition in July 1867 [sic] and reissues until July 1875 with a total of 32000 copies
Listed in Routledge's wholesale catalogue of July 1866 [sic] as no. 10 of Routledge's new sixpenny toy books series and listed as such in publishers' advertisements between 1866 and 1871
After 1868 became no. 50 of Routledge's new sixpenny toy books series, listed as such in publishers' advertisements between 1871 and 1882
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
Title and publication information from upper wrapper, which serves as title page, and from lower wrapper publishers' advertisements
PRINTING TECHNIQUES
VARIANTS
Variant A
[1867]: untraced
Variant B
[1869]: upper wrapper printed in red, blue and black on yellow paper; outside an elaborate frame decorated with floral motifs, arched on top, at head: "Price Sixpence; or Mounted on Cloth, One Shilling."; inside the frame, inserted in the arch: "AUNT MAVOR'S TOY BOOKS"; at foot, inserted in a red banner: "LONDON: | GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS."; specific for this title: title inserted in the lunette: "LITTLE"; inserted in a red banner: "DOG TRUSTY"; at centre, picture from p. 3; 1869 lower wrapper uniform for the series, printed in black on yellow paper with publishers' advertisements: "ROUTLEDGE'S | NEW | SIXPENNY TOY BOOKS. | BEAUTIFULLY PRINTED IN COLOURS | BY MESSRS. | LEIGHTON BROTHERS, KRONHEIM & CO., VINCENT BROOKS, & EDMUND EVANS. | [two columns of unnumbered titles, the last of which are Annie and Jack in London and "One, Two, Buckle my shoe", published in 1869] | GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS, | LONDON AND NEW YORK."; at foot, outside the frame: "LEIGHTON, BROTHERS."
[1867]: untraced
Variant B
[1869]: upper wrapper printed in red, blue and black on yellow paper; outside an elaborate frame decorated with floral motifs, arched on top, at head: "Price Sixpence; or Mounted on Cloth, One Shilling."; inside the frame, inserted in the arch: "AUNT MAVOR'S TOY BOOKS"; at foot, inserted in a red banner: "LONDON: | GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS."; specific for this title: title inserted in the lunette: "LITTLE"; inserted in a red banner: "DOG TRUSTY"; at centre, picture from p. 3; 1869 lower wrapper uniform for the series, printed in black on yellow paper with publishers' advertisements: "ROUTLEDGE'S | NEW | SIXPENNY TOY BOOKS. | BEAUTIFULLY PRINTED IN COLOURS | BY MESSRS. | LEIGHTON BROTHERS, KRONHEIM & CO., VINCENT BROOKS, & EDMUND EVANS. | [two columns of unnumbered titles, the last of which are Annie and Jack in London and "One, Two, Buckle my shoe", published in 1869] | GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS, | LONDON AND NEW YORK."; at foot, outside the frame: "LEIGHTON, BROTHERS."
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1975 Osborne, II.878
2006 Masaki, I.500-501, II.C70 (TPL-OsC)
2006 Masaki, I.500-501, II.C70 (TPL-OsC)
COPIES
BnF: R-8450 (not analysed)
CC: PR4644 .L47 1870 (not analysed)
TPL-OsC: SB EDG (analysed through digital reproduction; Digital copy)
CC: PR4644 .L47 1870 (not analysed)
TPL-OsC: SB EDG (analysed through digital reproduction; Digital copy)
DRAWINGS, OBJECTS, DOCUMENTS
OCLCN
PERMALINK
CITATION
Francesca Tancini, "Little dog Trusty". In PiCoBoo, accessed May 15, 2024, https://www.picoboo.eu/catalogue/pcb2859