Miss Lily's voyage round the world : undertaken in company with Masters Paul and Toto, her two cousins, and Little Peter

Date:

1869

Collecting Area:

Mathes Childrens Literature

Call Number:

YH M6788 L5 1869 LOCAL

Publisher:

Roberts Brothers

Abstract:

The story of four children that plan and travel around the world while their parents leave for Paris due to an unexpected trip. The four adventurers are left with the governess and the cook, and have enough time to enjoy the imaginary voyage.

Physical Description:

68 pages, 47 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:

Added t.-p. engr. with title: Narrative of a voyage round the world planned by four adventurers. LOCAL

Curator Notes:

1869 Roberts Brothers imprint, c 1868, inscribed 1872, probably printed (at least the plates) in Strasbourg; Le Voyage [or La Journee] de Mademoiselle Lili was published in French by Hetzel in 1862, the author being Pierre-Jules Hetzel (the publisher) who wrote under the name of P.-J. Stahl; cover and half-title page title is Narrative of a Voyage Round the World Planned by Four Adventurers; spine titles and front cover titles and vignette stamped in gold on reddish-brown cloth with beveled edges

Subjects:

Voyages and travels, Voyages around the world Juvenile fiction, Discoveries in geography Juvenile fiction, Voyages, Imaginary Juvenile fiction, Picture books for children, Discoveries in geography, Picture books for children, Voyages around the world, and Voyages, Imaginary

Genres/Forms:

Action and adventure fiction, Fairy tales, Fiction, Juvenile works, Picture books, Children's stories. lcgft, Picture books for children. lcgft, Fairy tales. lcgft, and Action and adventure fiction. lcgft