Item #370938 R. Caldecott's collection of pictures & songs / [written by William Cowper ... [and others] ; with drawings by R. Caldecott: engraved and printed by E. Evans. Randolph Caldecott, William Cowper.

R. Caldecott's collection of pictures & songs / [written by William Cowper ... [and others] ; with drawings by R. Caldecott: engraved and printed by E. Evans

1896, First Edition. London : Frederick Warne and Co. Fine copy in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #370938

Physical description; 237 unnumbered pages (in various pagings) : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cm. Notes; Originally published in: 1881 or 1883. Re-issued by Frederick Warne & Co. in 1896. -- Randolph Caldecott Society's website. Title from cover. Contents; The diverting history of John Gilpin / William Cowper. -- The house that Jack built / Anon. -- An elegy on the death of a mad dog / Oliver Goldsmith. -- The babes in the wood / Anon. -- The three jovial huntsmen / Anon. -- Sing a song for sixpence / Anon. -- The queen of hearts / Anon. -- The farmer's boy / Anon. Subjects; Nursery rhymes. Genres; Illustrated. Poetry.

Price: €175.00

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