Research Catalog

Title

Tom Racquet; and his three maiden aunts / by Frank E. Smedley ; embellished with large spirited illustrations, designed and engraved in the finest style of art, by George Cruikshank, Esq., of London.

Author

Manby, Charles W.

Publication

Philadelphia, T.B. Peterson & Brothers, [186-?]

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Additional Authors

• Smedley, Frank E. (Frank Edward), 1818-1864.
• Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856.
• Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.
• Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904.

Description

[2], [19]-244 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Note

• Originally published: Tom Racquet and his three maiden aunts : with a word or two about "The Whittleburys" / by Charles W. Manby ; illustrated by Robert Cruikshank. London : Jeremiah How, 1844. There is no evidence for the publisher's attribution to Frank E. Smedley.
• Publisher used the style "T.B. Peterson & Brothers" 1858-1890. Cf. American literary publishing houses, 1638-1899 / edited by Peter Dzwonkoski.
• The ill. are wood-engraved copies of the etchings by Robert Cruikshank (not George Cruikshank) in the original ed. Some signed: Avery sc., Cruikshank del.
• Publisher's advertisements on t.p. verso.

Call Number

NCW (Smedley, F. E. Tom Racquet)

OCLC

12327125

Author

Manby, Charles W.

Title

Tom Racquet; and his three maiden aunts / by Frank E. Smedley ; embellished with large spirited illustrations, designed and engraved in the finest style of art, by George Cruikshank, Esq., of London.

Imprint

Philadelphia, T.B. Peterson & Brothers, [186-?]

Added Author

Smedley, Frank E. (Frank Edward), 1818-1864. Attributed name

Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856. Illustrator

Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878. Attributed name

Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904. Wood engraver

Research Call Number

NCW (Smedley, F. E. Tom Racquet)