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The farmer's boy.

Title
The farmer's boy.
Publication
[London] : Geo. Routledge & Sons, [1881]

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TextRestricted use *KH+ 1881 Caldecott 16-611Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328
TextRestricted use Arents BIP (Caldecott, R. Picture 1878) 99-25Schwarzman Building - Arents Collection Room 328

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Additional Authors
  • George Routledge and Sons
  • Evans, Edmund, 1826-1905
  • Children's Room Collection.
Description
30, [2] p. : ill. (some col.); 23 cm.
Series Statement
  • One of R. Caldecott's picture books
  • Caldecott, Randolph, 1846-1886. Picture books.
Alternative Title
When I was a farmer, a farmer's boy
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Wood engravings – Color – Great Britain – 19th century.
  • Juvenile literature – Great Britain – London – 1881.
Note
  • Cover title.
  • Eighth in Caldecott's shilling series of 16 picture books published 1878-1885. For date of publication, cf. English children's books, 1600 to 1900 / by Percy Muir. 1954. p. 199-200. Cf. also Hardie, M. English coloured books, p. 281-282.
  • "Edmund Evans, engraver and printer, Racquet Court, Fleet Street"--Back cover.
  • The ill. are wood engravings by Evans after Caldecott, including 9 full-page printed in color (1 on front cover).
  • Issued in illustrated orange paper covers, counted in collation, with first and last leaf pasted to inside of covers.
  • Publisher's advertisement on back cover for "R. Caldecott's picture books" (1 shilling each), 8 titles; "R. Caldecott's picture books" (5 shillings), vols. I and II; and "R. Caldecott's Collection of pictures and songs."
Indexed In (note)
  • Osborne Coll.
Binding (note)
  • Copy in *KH bound in publisher’s color printed pictorial wrappers.
Call Number
Arents BIP (Caldecott, R. Picture 1878) 99-25
LCCN
15002188 //r
OCLC
  • 27082396
  • NYPG99-B249
Title
The farmer's boy.
Imprint
[London] : Geo. Routledge & Sons, [1881]
Series
One of R. Caldecott's picture books
Caldecott, Randolph, 1846-1886. Picture books.
Indexed In:
Osborne Coll. I, p. 63
Local Note
Spencer copy in box: Caldecott's picture books. 1879-81.
Arents copy in case with spine title: Picture books / Caldecott.
Binding
Copy in *KH bound in publisher’s color printed pictorial wrappers. NN
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Added Author
George Routledge and Sons, publisher
Evans, Edmund, 1826-1905, engraver.
Children's Room Collection.
Research Call Number
Arents BIP (Caldecott, R. Picture 1878) 99-25
Spencer Coll. Eng. 1879 (Caldecott's)
*KH+ 1881 Caldecott 16-611
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