The History of Jack and the Bean Stalk
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pcb789
TITLE
The History of Jack and the Bean Stalk.
VARIANT TITLE
Title from page 1
The History of Jack and the Bean Stalk : A Fairy Tale.
Title from advertisement
Jack and the Bean Stalk.
The History of Jack and the Bean Stalk : A Fairy Tale.
Title from advertisement
Jack and the Bean Stalk.
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]; pink wrappers; upper wrapper, reproducing inner illustration, 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 History of"; below, pictorial title: "Jack and the Bean Stalk."; 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, pink, dated August 1855: see pcb758
Variant B
[1855]; paper colour unknown; upper wrapper not analysed; lower wrapper not analysed; variant C of lower wrapper, not analysed, with printers' mark dated December 1855: "4000,12,55.": see pcb762; no leaves of publishers' advertisements inserted
[1855]; pink wrappers; upper wrapper, reproducing inner illustration, 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 History of"; below, pictorial title: "Jack and the Bean Stalk."; 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, pink, dated August 1855: see pcb758
Variant B
[1855]; paper colour unknown; upper wrapper not analysed; lower wrapper not analysed; variant C of lower wrapper, not analysed, with printers' mark dated December 1855: "4000,12,55.": see pcb762; no leaves of publishers' advertisements inserted
COPIES
BL: C.194.b.70(13) (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 B: [1855]; from the library of Elisabeth Ball; not analysed)
PUL-CCL: 20107 (yellow wrappers; not analysed)
IULL: GR486 .H77 1852 (variant B: [1855]; from the library of Elisabeth Ball; not analysed)
PUL-CCL: 20107 (yellow wrappers; not analysed)
TRADE COPIES
Thorn Books: 15735 (dated ca. 1855; lower wrapper lists Dean and Son's Sixpenny Toy Books; large closed tear in bottom margin with no loss of text; nearly disbound, the fold and the spine separated and with remnants of sewing thread; light soil and wear to edges; a scarce survival, protected in a custom folder of blue and red cloth, gilt title; on sale on April 2019; not analysed)
OCLCN
PERMALINK
CITATION
Francesca Tancini, "The History of Jack and the Bean Stalk". In PiCoBoo, accessed April 21, 2026, https://www.picoboo.eu/catalogue/pcb789