Whimsical incidents, or the Power of Music, a Poetic Tale: by a near Relation of old mother hubbard
by [WHIMSICAL INCIDENTS]
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: J. Harris, 1805. 16 fully-engraved, unnumbered leaves, printed on one side only, comprising an engraved title page (on verso of first leaf), and 15 hand- coloured illustrated leaves with verse above pictures. Stitched, as issued, within original printed wrappers. Worn, with some loss and tearing to spine, occasional marking to text, creasing to margins and corners, with the odd tear. Old manuscript price inked to upper wrapper. A rare survival, in the original wrappers, of the first edition of a charming series of playful pictures illustrating a farcical verse narrative, the conceit of which involves a jig played by young Jack's fiddle, which is followed by an unfortunate series of events including an elderly gentleman having his wig stolen by a parrot. The whole, which references the popular Old Mother Hubbard series in its title, is a testament to publisher John Harris' intention to provide for the amusement, without overt educational improvement, of Georgian children. OCLC records copies at seven locations (BL, Bryn Mawr, Indiana, Morgan, Oxford, Princeton, and Rochester); COPAC adds no further. Moon 976.. First edition. 16mo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Antiquates Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AQ30146
- Title
- Whimsical incidents, or the Power of Music, a Poetic Tale: by a near Relation of old mother hubbard
- Author
- [WHIMSICAL INCIDENTS]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- J. Harris
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1805
- Size
- 16mo
- Keywords
- Children's
Terms of Sale
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Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
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Antiquates Ltd
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Wareham, Dorset
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- 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....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...