Publication
Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, New York : McLoughlin Bros, 2020.
Summary
"Poems and stories with pictures. Multi-syllabic words divided. Cover title; series and imprint fall between the words "mouse" and "and other stories" on cover. With illustrated half-title: Sparkling tales. "Half-bound books ... 15 cent books. ... No. 705.--Nursery series. Six kinds, assorted. Size, 7 1/2 x 9 inches. These books contain 32 pages. The covers are in full colors and gold, and varnished. Put up in dozens. ... Disobedient mouse ..."--McLoughlin catalogue (1899), p. 43. Cover chromolithographed; illustrations produced by a photomechanical process. Illustrations signed by "Bellecroix" (i.e., Ernest Bellecroix), "Meaulle" (i.e., engraver FortuneÌ MeÌaulle), Ernest Griset, "M.E.E." (i.e., Mary Ellen Edwards), "K.G." (i.e., Kate Greenaway), Percy R. Craft, H. Tuch, "E.W.T.," "R.B." (i.e., Robert Barnes), "L.L." (i.e., Lizzie Lawson), H. Giacomelli, E. Berveiller, "G.G.K.," and a difficult to decipher monogram that looks like "H.K."