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The story of the three bears
Title: The story of the three bears
Identifier(s): FT G.N.
Creator: G. N., fl. 1838-1851
Date created: 1837
Contributor(s): Nicol, William, 1777-1857; Southey, Robert, 1774-1843
Alternative title: Half-title: Three bears
Publisher: London : Porter and Wright, 1837 (London : Printed by W. Nicol, 51, Pall-Mall)
Medium (physical description): [11] leaves of plates
Extent (dimensions & scale): 29 p.
Description: Bound, with original paper wrappers, in half morocco over pebbled cloth. T.p. vignette; 11 full-page wood-engraved illustrations by Robert Hart after designs by "C.J."The Dedication, p. [iii]-vi, explains that the present version is a versification of the version which appeared in The Doctor, a miscellany by Robert Southey, first published in 1837. The present version was also first published in that year. The Dedication is signed: G.N., i.e. George Nicol, according to Carpenter cited below.
Collection: Osborne Collection of Early Children’s Books
Rights access: Public domain
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The story of the three bears
Title: The story of the three bears
Identifier(s): FT G.N.
Creator: G. N., fl. 1838-1851
Date created: 1837
Contributor(s): Nicol, William, 1777-1857; Southey, Robert, 1774-1843
Alternative title: Half-title: Three bears
Publisher: London : Porter and Wright, 1837 (London : Printed by W. Nicol, 51, Pall-Mall)
Medium (physical description): [11] leaves of plates
Extent (dimensions & scale): 29 p.
Description: Bound, with original paper wrappers, in half morocco over pebbled cloth. T.p. vignette; 11 full-page wood-engraved illustrations by Robert Hart after designs by "C.J."The Dedication, p. [iii]-vi, explains that the present version is a versification of the version which appeared in The Doctor, a miscellany by Robert Southey, first published in 1837. The present version was also first published in that year. The Dedication is signed: G.N., i.e. George Nicol, according to Carpenter cited below.
Collection: Osborne Collection of Early Children’s Books
Rights access: Public domain
Download the whole book in PDF format from our Digital Archive:
www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDMDC-3713111...