Little bird red and little bird blue : a tale of the woods / by M. Betham Edwards ; illustrated by T. R. Macquoid.
Alternate Title(s):
Little bird red
Published / Created:
London : Sampson Low, Son & Co., MDCCCLXI [1861]
Physical Description:
47, [1] p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsPR4109.B14 L58 1861Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Drama in verse."The story of "Little bird red and little bird blue" is adapted, with some alterations, from the German of an unknown author ..."--T.p. verso.Spine title: Little bird red."London: Printed and engraved by Edmund Evans, Raquet Court."--P. [48]Title page engraved.Text appears within a variety of wood-engraved floral fram-borders. Many include color wood engravings. Protective unnumbered blank pages between each page. Wood engraved frontispiece signed by E. Evans and T. Macquoid.Osborne Collection of early children's books, 1566-1910, p. 621NSTC, 2E5551BAC: British Art Center copy bound in publisher's blind- and gilt-stamped purple cloth, with gilt edges. Binder's ticket: Bound by Bone & Son, 76, Fleet St., London. Inscribed: Helen Florence Dames with her grandmama's love Christmas 1861. Leaf bearing ms notes on the blue bird within a floral border in pen and brown ink tipped in immediately following text.