Aunt Louisa's birthday gift : comprising Country pets ; Pussy's London life ; Frisky, the squirrel ; Hector, the dog

Date:

[approximately 1865?]

Author:

Valentine, L. (Laura), 1814-1899.

Collecting Area:

Mathes Childrens Literature

Call Number:

YH V158 A952 1865z local

Publisher:

Frederick Warne and Co., Bedford Street, Covent Garden ;

Physical Description:

[30] leaves, 24 unnumbered leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 27 cm

Notes:

Special Collections' copy inscribed, originally dated February 1869. A second date, 1916, overlays the original date. local

Curator Notes:

Frederick Warne (London), n.d. [1865], inscribed 1869[overlaid with later date, 1916]; four of Aunt Louisa's London Toy Books bound together, without covers; includes Country Pets, Pussy's London Life, Frisky the Squirrel, and Hector the dog; authorship attributed to Laura Valentine, except Frisky the Squirrel is stated 'by Mrs. C.E. Bowen'; illustrations printed by Kronheim; spine and front cover title-fields and designs stamped in gold on red cloth, front and back cover decorative rulings blind stamped

Subjects:

Nursery rhymes and Nursery rhymes

Genres/Forms:

Nursery rhymes. rbgenr