The young ragamuffins
pcb3215
TITLE
The young ragamuffins.
PUBLISHED
London : George Routledge & Co., [1858].
London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, [1859].
London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, [1859].
PRINTED
[London] : Edmund Evans.
SERIES
PRICE
1s.
AUTHOR
Evans, Edmund (engraver and printer) ![]()
George Routledge & Co. (publisher)![]()
Routledge, Warne, and Routledge (publisher)![]()
George Routledge & Co. (publisher)
Routledge, Warne, and Routledge (publisher)
TYPOLOGY
DESCRIPTION
Size
21,5x17 cm
Source for date
Listed in Routledge's wholesale catalogue of February, 1858, as no. 5 of Funny books (6 titles)
Listed in Routledge's wholesale catalogue of December, 1858, as no. 9 of Routledge’s one shilling toy books & funny books (13 titles)
Not included in Routledge’s new sixpenny toy books series
21,5x17 cm
Source for date
Listed in Routledge's wholesale catalogue of February, 1858, as no. 5 of Funny books (6 titles)
Listed in Routledge's wholesale catalogue of December, 1858, as no. 9 of Routledge’s one shilling toy books & funny books (13 titles)
Not included in Routledge’s new sixpenny toy books series
NOTES
The publishers' caption "Routledge & Co." was in use before November 1858, when George Routledge took his eldest son Robert Warne Routledge into partnership
The publishers' caption "Routledge, Warne, and Routledge" was in use after May 1859, when William Henry Warne died, aged only 37
Between November 1858 and May 1859 the publishers' caption "Routledge, Warnes, and Routledge" was in use
This publication reproduces a book with same title published by David Bogue in 1856
The publishers' caption "Routledge, Warne, and Routledge" was in use after May 1859, when William Henry Warne died, aged only 37
Between November 1858 and May 1859 the publishers' caption "Routledge, Warnes, and Routledge" was in use
This publication reproduces a book with same title published by David Bogue in 1856
ADVERTISEMENTS
Bent's Literary Advertiser (March 10, 1859), 241 (Supplement to 1858): "Young ragamuffins. Illustrations, 4to, 1s. Routledge"
VARIANTS
Variant A
[1858]
Variant B
[1859]
[1858]
Variant B
[1859]
COPIES
PUL-CCL: 40893 (described as: "London, Routledge, Warne & Routledge, Farringdon Street, [1858] ([London] Edmund Evans, engraver and printer, Raquet Court, Fleet Street) ... Title, imprint, and series from upper cover; printer from lower cover ... "Funny books, One shilling"--At head of title. ... Illustrations; Full-page, hand-colored wood-engravings with printed text set within text boxes on each page; engravings are the same as in the earlier Routledge & Co. ed., which has a t.p. (cf. Cotsen 91365), but the text layout is revised. ... Publisher's advertisement on lower cover for New Juvenile Publications lists 15 numbered Routledges' [sic] New Toy Books, with this title as no. 9, and 8 Routledges' Eighteenpenny Books for Young Readers. ... "Wm. Smith & Sons, 186 Strand, London"--Bookseller's embossed stamp on front free endpaper. ... Pub. green paper-covered bds., with pictorial upper printed in red & black, and publisher's advertisement on lower; green paper spine strip"; not analysed)
WC: 50J-717 (not analysed)
WC: 50J-717 (not analysed)
OCLCN
PERMALINK
CITATION
Francesca Tancini, "The young ragamuffins". In PiCoBoo, accessed July 11, 2025, https://www.picoboo.eu/catalogue/pcb3215