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Additional authors

1. Greenaway, Kate, 1846-1901
2. Stennett, R.
3. Ruskin, John, 1819-1900
4. Sharpe, Richard Scrafton, -1852
5. Pearson, Mrs.
6. Ballantyne, Hanson and Co., printer.
7. George Allen & Unwin Ltd, publisher.
8. Children's Room Collection.

Description

1. iv pages, 2 unnumbered leaves, 20 leaves : illustrations; 19 cm

Genre/Form

1. Juvenile literature – England – London – 1914.

Call number

1. *KH 1914 Dame 16-562

Note

1. Attributed to Richard Scrafton Sharpe and Mrs. Pearson. Cf. Osborne Coll.
2. Reissue of the George Allen & Co. 1913 edition with the new publisher's name on a printed slip, printed in red and bound in, covering the original publisher's statement: "This book is now published by George Allen & Unwin, Ltd. Ruskin House, 40, Museum Street, London, W.C."
3. This version of the story was originally published: London : A.K. Newman & Co., 1823. With facsimiles of the original frontispiece and title page on leaves 1-2, first sequence.
4. "The woodcuts ... have been facsimiled ... by Mr. W.H. Hooper, from those which were given coloured by hand in the edition of 1823"--Page [iii] ; "The original illustrations were attributed to R. Stennett"--Osborne Coll.
5. "Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co. at the Ballantyne Press, Edinburgh." -- page ii.

Binding (note)

1. Bound in publisher's green cloth binding, with title and a vignette stamped in gilt on the upper cover.

Title

1. Dame Wiggins of Lee, and her seven wonderful cats : a humorous tale written principally by a lady of ninety. / edited, with additional verses, by John Ruskin LL.D., Honorary Student of Christ Church, and Honorary Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford ; and with new illustrations by Kate Greenaway ; with twenty-two woodcuts.

Imprint

1. London : George Allen & Unwin, Ltd., [not before 1914]

Edition

1. 6th ed.

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Binding

1. Bound in publisher's green cloth binding, with title and a vignette stamped in gilt on the upper cover. NN

Connect to:

1. Request access to this item in the Schwarzman Rare Books Collection

Added author

1. Greenaway, Kate, 1846-1901, illustrator.
2. Stennett, R., illustrator.
3. Ruskin, John, 1819-1900, editor.
4. Sharpe, Richard Scrafton, -1852, attributed name.
5. Pearson, Mrs., attributed name.
6. Ballantyne, Hanson and Co., printer.
7. George Allen & Unwin Ltd, publisher.
8. Children's Room Collection.

Research call number

1. *KH 1914 Dame 16-562