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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Diverting History of John Gilpin / c.1881 |
| Date | c.1881 |
| Record ID | 506060 |
| Collection Name | McLoughlin Competitors |
| Reference | McL-CompB007 |
| Theme | Animals and Nature Leisure and Play |
| Library of Congress Subject | Children's poetry Picture books for children Horses Horsemanship Wit and humor Juvenile |
| Genre | Poetry and Verse Pictorial Works |
| Author | Cowper, William (1731-1800) |
| Publisher | George Routledge & Sons |
| Places | London |
| Illustrator | Evans, Edmund (1826-1905) Caldecott, Randolph (1846-1886) |
| Document Type | Pamphlet Picture Book |
| Book Type | Juvenile literature--1881 Ballads Poems--1881 Publishers' advertisements--England--London Color printing (Printing) Pictorial bindings (Binding) Printed wrappers (Binding) Relief prints Publishers' copies (Provenance) |
| Size | 31, [1] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm |
| Catalog Notes | Cover title; series from head of title. Caption title: The diverting history of John Gilpin: showing how he went farther than he intended, and came safe home again. Written by Wm. Cowper[.] With drawings by R. Caldecott. At head of front cover: One shilling. McLoughlin Bros. published an American "pirate" edition ca. 1880-1881. "R. Caldecott's picture books ... volume containing House that Jack built, John Gilpin, Death of a mad dog, and Babes in the wood. Price five shillings."--According to the Oxford companion to children's literature (1984), Randolph Caldecott first published his illustrated version of John Gilpin in 1878, and the collection of the Caldecott picture books in one volume was first issued in 1881 under the title R. Caldecott's collection of pictures and stories. "81"--inventory number, front cover. "Edmund Evans, engraver and printer, Racquet Court, Fleet Street."--foot of back cover. Text printed in sepia ink. Cover and full-page illustrations printed in color. |
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The Diverting History of John Gilpin / 1895 |
| Library/Archive | American Antiquarian Society |
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