The Seven Wonderful Brothers
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pcb787
TITLE
The Seven Wonderful Brothers.
VARIANT TITLE
Title from advertisement
The Wonderful Brothers.
The Wonderful Brothers.
PUBLISHED
London : Dean & Son, [1855].
PRICE
6d.
AUTHOR
DESCRIPTION
Size
24,5x16,5 cm
Format and pagination
8° : 8 ll. : 8 leaves of plates : ill.
Signatures
A8
Signatures note
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1 gathering, sewn (binding thread between A4.5), paginated [1] 2-8
2 leaves of publishers' advertisements, the same as pcb758
Illustrations
8 pages of text and illustrations, unsigned, printed on one side of the sheet in black on white paper, hand-coloured
Source for date
Printers' mark
Advertisements
List of titles on lower wrapper and endpapers
BL accession stamp
24,5x16,5 cm
Format and pagination
8° : 8 ll. : 8 leaves of plates : ill.
Signatures
A8
Signatures note
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1 gathering, sewn (binding thread between A4.5), paginated [1] 2-8
2 leaves of publishers' advertisements, the same as pcb758
Illustrations
8 pages of text and illustrations, unsigned, printed on one side of the sheet in black on white paper, hand-coloured
Source for date
Printers' mark
Advertisements
List of titles on lower wrapper and endpapers
BL accession stamp
NOTES
First and last leaves pasted to 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
ADVERTISEMENTS
Publishers' Circular (November 1, 1855), 421: see pcb728
VARIANTS
Variant A
[1855]; yellow wrappers; upper wrapper, reproducing illustration from page 1, framed, printed in black; on upper wrapper, at head, type-set series name: "Brother Sunshine's Series. | 13 sorts,] | See list at back of cover. | [6d. each."; above the illustration, type-set title: "The | Seven | Wonderful Brothers."; below the illustration, at foot: "London: Dean & Son, | Printers, Lithographers, and Book and Print Publishers, 31, Ludgate Hill, | Three Doors West of Old Bailey. | Bible, Prayer Book, and Church Service Warehouse."; variant A of lower wrapper, yellow, dated August 1855: see pcb758
Variant B
[1855]; blue wrappers; upper wrapper not analysed; lower wrapper not analysed, same printers' mark as variant A, blue, dated August 1855: see pcb758; no leaves of publishers' advertisements inserted
Variant C
[1855]; green wrappers; same upper wrapper as variant A; variant C of lower wrapper, green, with printers' mark dated December 1855: "4000,12,55.": see pcb762; no leaves of publishers' advertisements inserted
[1855]; yellow wrappers; upper wrapper, reproducing illustration from page 1, framed, printed in black; on upper wrapper, at head, type-set series name: "Brother Sunshine's Series. | 13 sorts,] | See list at back of cover. | [6d. each."; above the illustration, type-set title: "The | Seven | Wonderful Brothers."; below the illustration, at foot: "London: Dean & Son, | Printers, Lithographers, and Book and Print Publishers, 31, Ludgate Hill, | Three Doors West of Old Bailey. | Bible, Prayer Book, and Church Service Warehouse."; variant A of lower wrapper, yellow, dated August 1855: see pcb758
Variant B
[1855]; blue wrappers; upper wrapper not analysed; lower wrapper not analysed, same printers' mark as variant A, blue, dated August 1855: see pcb758; no leaves of publishers' advertisements inserted
Variant C
[1855]; green wrappers; same upper wrapper as variant A; variant C of lower wrapper, green, with printers' mark dated December 1855: "4000,12,55.": see pcb762; no leaves of publishers' advertisements inserted
COPIES
BBS: PZ8 .W68 (Brother Sunshine's one shilling untearable books; not analysed)
BL: C.194.b.70(12) (variant A: [1855]; accession stamp dated 1NO55; obsolete shelfmark: 12806.g.56.; copy rebound and re-sewn; with other 12 titles of the series)
IULL: GR486 .H77 1852 (variant C: [1855]; from the library of Elisabeth Ball; not analysed)
IULL: PZ8 .W872 1854 (Brother Sunshine's one shilling untearable books; yellow wrappers; from the library of Elisabeth Ball; not analysed)
PUL-CCL: 151090 (variant B: [1855]; not analysed)
UCLA: PZ8 .W844 1854 (Brother Sunshine's one shilling untearable books; orange wrappers; not analysed)
BL: C.194.b.70(12) (variant A: [1855]; accession stamp dated 1NO55; obsolete shelfmark: 12806.g.56.; copy rebound and re-sewn; with other 12 titles of the series)
IULL: GR486 .H77 1852 (variant C: [1855]; from the library of Elisabeth Ball; not analysed)
IULL: PZ8 .W872 1854 (Brother Sunshine's one shilling untearable books; yellow wrappers; from the library of Elisabeth Ball; not analysed)
PUL-CCL: 151090 (variant B: [1855]; not analysed)
UCLA: PZ8 .W844 1854 (Brother Sunshine's one shilling untearable books; orange wrappers; not analysed)
TRADE COPIES
Aleph-Bet Books: 35738 (variant C: [1855]; series titles on head of upper and lower wrappers trimmed; on sale in April 2019; not analysed)
PERMALINK
CITATION
Francesca Tancini, "The Seven Wonderful Brothers". In PiCoBoo, accessed April 21, 2026, https://www.picoboo.eu/catalogue/pcb787