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Dandelion clocks and other tales / by Juliana Horatia Ewing ; illustrated by Gordon Browne & other artists.
LIBRA - Athenaeum of Philadelphia BI 1887 Ewing
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ewing, Juliana Horatia, 1841-1885.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Children--Conduct of life--Juvenile fiction.
- Children.
- Conduct of life--Juvenile fiction.
- Conduct of life.
- Children's stories.
- Genre:
- English fiction -- Women authors.
- Illustrated children's books -- Great Britain -- England -- London -- 19th century.
- Christian fiction -- England -- 1887.
- Juvenile literature -- 1887.
- Paper bindings (Binding).
- Publishers' paper bindings (Binding) -- 1887.
- Publishers' advertisements -- 1887.
- Physical Description:
- 55, [1] p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge ; New York : E. & J.B. Young & Co., [1887?] (London : Engraved and printed by Edmund Evans)
- Contents:
- Dandelion clocks
- The blind man and the talking dog
- "So-so"
- The trinity flower, a legend
- The Kyrkegrim turned preacher, a legend
- Ladders to heaven, a legend.
- Notes:
- These all originally appeared in Aunt Judy's Magazine except "The Trinity Flower" which was published under the name "The Blind Hermit and the Trinity Flower" in The Monthly Packet (May, 1866)
- Wood engravings: frontispiece, title page vignette, text illustrations. Illustrations on pages 9, 17, 26 and 50 are reproductions of German woodcuts; see note signed H.K.F.G. on p. [5].
- Publication date supplied from British Museum.
- Title vignette.
- Publisher's advertisement: [1] p. at end and on back cover.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Illustrated paper cover boards.
- Athenaeum copy: Bound in yellow paper with black and white illustration of cloaked old man with cane and young girl holding doll; black lettering on spine and back cover.
- Athenaeum's copy stamped on t.p.: "Received Jun 1 1887 The Athenaeum."
- Cited in:
- Cambridge bibliography, v.3, p.1050.
- OCLC:
- 29373342
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