R. Caldecott's Picture book (No. 1) : containing The diverting history of John Gilpin, The house that Jack built, An elegy on the death of a mad dog, The babes in the wood.

Date:

[1939]

Author:

Caldecott, Randolph, 1846-1886.

Collecting Area:

Mathes Childrens Literature

Call Number:

YH C146 R3 1939zB LOCAL

Publisher:

F. Warne and Co.

Physical Description:

31 pages, 29, 30, 30 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Notes:

Special Collections' copy inscribed, 1939. LOCAL

Curator Notes:

Warne printing (inscribed 1939) of original George Routledge complilation of four individual booklets 1st published in the 1880's [ The Diverting history of John Gilpin, The House that Jack built, The Babes in the wood [Children in the wood], The Elegy on the death of a mad dog]; wrappers for individual items are not bound in; illustration on front cover printed in orange and black on gray cloth

Subjects:

Nursery rhymes and Nursery rhymes