Great Panjandrum Himself
by Caldecott, Randoph (Illus); [Foote, Samuel] (Auth)
- Used
- very good
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Torrington, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
London: George Routledge & Sons, 1885 8" x 9.5". 24 pgs. Paper wraps, front cover printed in color, edge wear, closed tear near base of spine, old bookseller sticker inside front cover. Published between 1886 and 1900 based on rear cover titles and size of book. This was Caldecott's last shilling picture book. The text, a nonsense verse, was written by Samuel Foote, allegedly to test the actor Macklin, who boasted that he could memorize anything with a single read-through (Osborne pg 63). Illustrated with 6 color plates, the balance in line. The best part is there is a bear wearing a dress!. Thwaite pg 197, Muir (English Children's Books) pg. 199, and British Book Illustrators 1860-1900, pg 36, C20. . Early Edition. Pictorial Wraps. Very Good. Illus. by Randolph Caldecott. Small Oblong 4to.
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Details
- Bookseller
- E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008866
- Title
- Great Panjandrum Himself
- Author
- Caldecott, Randoph (Illus); [Foote, Samuel] (Auth)
- Illustrator
- Randolph Caldecott
- Format/Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Early Edition
- Publisher
- George Routledge & Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1885
- Size
- Small Oblong 4to
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Nonsense verse, Poetry, Victoriana, British Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry; Anthropormorphism; Nursery Rhymes & Fairy Tales;
Terms of Sale
E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
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About the Seller
E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
Biblio member since 2004
Torrington, Connecticut
About E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA
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- Pictorial Wraps
- Pictorial wraps are color illustrated covers for paperback books. Preceding mass-market paperbacks, this format brought popular...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....