Arthur's alphabet
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pcb3423
TITLE
Arthur's alphabet.
PUBLISHED
London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, [1862].
PRINTED
[London] : Edmund Evans.
SERIES
PRICE
6d.
AUTHOR
TYPOLOGY
DESCRIPTION
Size
24,5x17,5 cm
Format and pagination
8° : 8 ll.
Covers
Upper wrapper printed in red and black on yellow paper; inserted in a red and black frame, at head, type-set series title: "AUNT MAVOR'S TOY BOOKS. | PRICE SIXPENCE EACH."; below, title in red and black: "ARTHUR'S ALPHABET", and 2 vignettes from p. 1, captions included; below the picture, at foot, type-set publishers' caption: "LONDON: ROUTLEDGE, WARNE & ROUTLEDGE."
Same lower wrapper as pcb3391 A (see for description), but without printer's caption, printed in black, listing Aunt Mavor's toy books titles nos. 12, 14-24; 25-36; 37-48; since Aunt Mavor's toy books title no. 48, Arthur's alphabet, was published in October 1862, this lower wrapper was in use after October 1862
Source for date
Listed in Routledge's wholesale catalogue of November, 1862
Listed in Routledge's ledger as having the 1st edition printed in October, 1862
List of titles on lower wrapper
24,5x17,5 cm
Format and pagination
8° : 8 ll.
Covers
Upper wrapper printed in red and black on yellow paper; inserted in a red and black frame, at head, type-set series title: "AUNT MAVOR'S TOY BOOKS. | PRICE SIXPENCE EACH."; below, title in red and black: "ARTHUR'S ALPHABET", and 2 vignettes from p. 1, captions included; below the picture, at foot, type-set publishers' caption: "LONDON: ROUTLEDGE, WARNE & ROUTLEDGE."
Same lower wrapper as pcb3391 A (see for description), but without printer's caption, printed in black, listing Aunt Mavor's toy books titles nos. 12, 14-24; 25-36; 37-48; since Aunt Mavor's toy books title no. 48, Arthur's alphabet, was published in October 1862, this lower wrapper was in use after October 1862
Source for date
Listed in Routledge's wholesale catalogue of November, 1862
Listed in Routledge's ledger as having the 1st edition printed in October, 1862
List of titles on lower wrapper
NOTES
The publishers' caption "Routledge, Warne, and Routledge" was in use after May 1859, when William Henry Warne died, aged only 37
The Farringdon Street address was in use until the end of January 1864, when they moved to Broadway, Ludgate Hill
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
The Farringdon Street address was in use until the end of January 1864, when they moved to Broadway, Ludgate Hill
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
COPIES
BL: 12806.g.52. (accession stamp dated 21JA63; same shelfmark for several boxes of items (this is second box, no. 11))
KB: KW BJ 26808 (not analysed)
NYPL: KH 1860 Arthur 13-264 (described as: "Includes publisher's advertisement. ... On cloth. ... Bound in pictorial yellow wrappers, printed in red and black. Spine repaired with light brown cotton seam tape, stab sewn in a straight stitch. NN"; not analysed)
UFBL: 39p183 (described as: "London : Routledge, Warne & Routledge, [ca. 1880] (London : Dalziel Brothers) ... 6 leaves"; not analysed)
KB: KW BJ 26808 (not analysed)
NYPL: KH 1860 Arthur 13-264 (described as: "Includes publisher's advertisement. ... On cloth. ... Bound in pictorial yellow wrappers, printed in red and black. Spine repaired with light brown cotton seam tape, stab sewn in a straight stitch. NN"; not analysed)
UFBL: 39p183 (described as: "London : Routledge, Warne & Routledge, [ca. 1880] (London : Dalziel Brothers) ... 6 leaves"; not analysed)
DRAWINGS, OBJECTS, DOCUMENTS
Documents
UCL-RKP: RKP 9 (p. 906: "Arthur’s Alphabet. 1862 Oct. 8, 1st edition 4000. 1863 Oct. 14, 2000. 1864 May 3, 2000. Oct. 18, 2000. 1865 Sep. 2, 2000. 1867 Aug. 27, 2000. 1870 April, 2000. 1871 Oct. 1, 2000. 1873 Aug. 16, 2000. 1875 Jan., 2000. 1876 July 1, 2000. 1879, 2000. 1880 May 1, 2000. 1881 Jan. 1, 2000.")
UCL-RKP: RKP 9 (p. 906: "Arthur’s Alphabet. 1862 Oct. 8, 1st edition 4000. 1863 Oct. 14, 2000. 1864 May 3, 2000. Oct. 18, 2000. 1865 Sep. 2, 2000. 1867 Aug. 27, 2000. 1870 April, 2000. 1871 Oct. 1, 2000. 1873 Aug. 16, 2000. 1875 Jan., 2000. 1876 July 1, 2000. 1879, 2000. 1880 May 1, 2000. 1881 Jan. 1, 2000.")
OTHER VERSIONS
PERMALINK
CITATION
Francesca Tancini, "Arthur's alphabet". In PiCoBoo, accessed April 21, 2026, https://www.picoboo.eu/catalogue/pcb3423