Domestic animals
pcb667
TITLE
Domestic animals.
VARIANT TITLE
Title from advertisement
Weir's Domestic animals.
Weir's Domestic animals.
PUBLISHED
London : Ward, Lock, & Tyler, [1868].
PRINTED
London : Leighton, Brothers.
SERIES
PRICE
1s.
AUTHOR
TYPOLOGY
DESCRIPTION
Covers
Upper wrapper, uniform for the titles published in 1868, printed in red, orange, yellow, blue and the black key on white paper; on upper wrapper, at head: "Price 1s., Beautifully Coloured. Indestructible Edition on Strong Cloth, 2s."; inside a decorated frame, at head: "WARWICK HOUSE TOY BOOKS."; inside the decorated frame, four pointed arches each containing a roundel with a mother and child reading, two children writing on a slate, a child reading an A B C book to a doll, a child giving milk to a cat; at foot: "London: WARD, LOCK, & TYLER, Warwick House, Paternoster Row."; specific to this picturebook, at centre, inserted in a clover inscribed by the four arches: "[fancy, blue] DOMESTIC | [fancy, orange] ANIMALS | [decorative element] | [orange] PRINTED | IN | [blue] COLOURS"
Lower wrapper printed in black on white paper with publishers' advertisements: "BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED BOOKS FOR CHILDREN. [...] WARWICK HOUSE NEW SERIES OF CHILDREN'S 1s. PICTURE TOY BOOKS. | THESE new and marvellously cheap and beautifully Coloured Toy Books possess the great superiority and advantage of having all the recent inventions and | improvements brought to bear upon their production. It will be it a matter of wonder and astonishment that such a very superior series of books can be | offered to the public at so small a price as One Shilling each. | [three columns, first] 1. DOMESTIC ANIMALS. | 2. HOME AND FIELD ANIMALS. | 3. CHOICE NURSERY SONG. | 4. FAMOUS NURSERY BALLADS. | 5. NURSERY TALES AND STORIES. | [second] 6. POPULAR RHYMES AND PRETTY | STORIES. | 7. ADVENTURES WITH ANIMALS. | 8. THE PICTURE ROBINSON CRUSOE. | 9. THE CHILDREN'S HOUSEHOLD PETS. | [third] 10. THE CHILDREN'S PICTURE ALPHA- | BET. | 11. THE LITTLE PUSSY CATS. | 12. THE NAUGHTY PUPPIES; OR, TINY | AND TOODLES. | NEW BOOKS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. [...] | NEW BOOKS OF ANIMALS FOR CHILDREN. [...] | WARD, LOCK, & TYLER'S NEW SHILLING SERIES OF PAINTED TOY BOOKS [...] | [8 titles, up to Greedy Ben] | [two columns, first] AUNT AFFABLE'S PRETTY PLAY-BOOKS [...] | [16 titles up to Lilly Lightheart and Her Playmates] | THE NATIONAL NURSERY TALES. | [13 titles up to Beauty and the Beast] | PAPA'S PRETTY GIFT BOOK FOR ALL GOOD LITTLE BOYS AND | GIRLS [...] | [second] THE PRETTY PAGE SERIES. [...] | HALF-HOURS WITH THE BIBLE. | [11 titles up to The Good Children of the Bible]"; at foot: "LONDON: WARD, LOCK, AND TYLER, WARWICK HOUSE, PATERNOSTER ROW. | LEIGHTON, BROTHERS, PRINTERS."
Upper wrapper, uniform for the titles published in 1868, printed in red, orange, yellow, blue and the black key on white paper; on upper wrapper, at head: "Price 1s., Beautifully Coloured. Indestructible Edition on Strong Cloth, 2s."; inside a decorated frame, at head: "WARWICK HOUSE TOY BOOKS."; inside the decorated frame, four pointed arches each containing a roundel with a mother and child reading, two children writing on a slate, a child reading an A B C book to a doll, a child giving milk to a cat; at foot: "London: WARD, LOCK, & TYLER, Warwick House, Paternoster Row."; specific to this picturebook, at centre, inserted in a clover inscribed by the four arches: "[fancy, blue] DOMESTIC | [fancy, orange] ANIMALS | [decorative element] | [orange] PRINTED | IN | [blue] COLOURS"
Lower wrapper printed in black on white paper with publishers' advertisements: "BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED BOOKS FOR CHILDREN. [...] WARWICK HOUSE NEW SERIES OF CHILDREN'S 1s. PICTURE TOY BOOKS. | THESE new and marvellously cheap and beautifully Coloured Toy Books possess the great superiority and advantage of having all the recent inventions and | improvements brought to bear upon their production. It will be it a matter of wonder and astonishment that such a very superior series of books can be | offered to the public at so small a price as One Shilling each. | [three columns, first] 1. DOMESTIC ANIMALS. | 2. HOME AND FIELD ANIMALS. | 3. CHOICE NURSERY SONG. | 4. FAMOUS NURSERY BALLADS. | 5. NURSERY TALES AND STORIES. | [second] 6. POPULAR RHYMES AND PRETTY | STORIES. | 7. ADVENTURES WITH ANIMALS. | 8. THE PICTURE ROBINSON CRUSOE. | 9. THE CHILDREN'S HOUSEHOLD PETS. | [third] 10. THE CHILDREN'S PICTURE ALPHA- | BET. | 11. THE LITTLE PUSSY CATS. | 12. THE NAUGHTY PUPPIES; OR, TINY | AND TOODLES. | NEW BOOKS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. [...] | NEW BOOKS OF ANIMALS FOR CHILDREN. [...] | WARD, LOCK, & TYLER'S NEW SHILLING SERIES OF PAINTED TOY BOOKS [...] | [8 titles, up to Greedy Ben] | [two columns, first] AUNT AFFABLE'S PRETTY PLAY-BOOKS [...] | [16 titles up to Lilly Lightheart and Her Playmates] | THE NATIONAL NURSERY TALES. | [13 titles up to Beauty and the Beast] | PAPA'S PRETTY GIFT BOOK FOR ALL GOOD LITTLE BOYS AND | GIRLS [...] | [second] THE PRETTY PAGE SERIES. [...] | HALF-HOURS WITH THE BIBLE. | [11 titles up to The Good Children of the Bible]"; at foot: "LONDON: WARD, LOCK, AND TYLER, WARWICK HOUSE, PATERNOSTER ROW. | LEIGHTON, BROTHERS, PRINTERS."
ADVERTISEMENTS
Publishers' Circular (December 10, 1868), 789: "Ward, Lock, & Tyler's List of New Books, New Editions, Christmas Annuals, &c. Price one shilling each. The Warwick-House Toy Books. 1. Domestic Animals. 2. Home and Field Animals. 3. Choice Nursery Songs. 4. Famous Nursery Ballads. 5. Nursery Tales and Stories. 6. Popular Rhymes and Pretty Stories. 7. Adventures with Animals. 8. The Picture Robinson Crusoe. 9. The Children's Household Pets. 10. The Children's Picture Alphabet. 11. The Little Pussy Cats. 12. The Naughty Puppies. The exquisite coloured pictures with which this unparalleled series of toy books is beautified will alone commend them to the good opinion of every household. The subjects of each book are such as will please every child, and the variety which is to be noted as defined by the titles is sufficient for every taste. Whether animals are portrayed or described, or stories told, or verses sung, in these books will be found a charming collection of pleasing material, artistically and carefully arranged."
COPIES
BL: X.995/37 (2nd folder, 2nd publication; accession stamp dated 7OC68; obsolete shelfmark: 12806.k.(1))
CUL: 146.1.29(4) (not anaysed)
CUL-WaC: Waddleton.b.9.885 (not analysed)
NYPL: *KH+ 1868 Domestic 11-438 (printed color plates signed Leighton, Brothers; publisher's advertisement on lower wrapper; bound in color printed wrappers; not analysed)
CUL: 146.1.29(4) (not anaysed)
CUL-WaC: Waddleton.b.9.885 (not analysed)
NYPL: *KH+ 1868 Domestic 11-438 (printed color plates signed Leighton, Brothers; publisher's advertisement on lower wrapper; bound in color printed wrappers; not analysed)
PERMALINK
CITATION
Francesca Tancini, "Domestic animals". In PiCoBoo, accessed May 16, 2024, https://www.picoboo.eu/catalogue/pcb667