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Series Name:
Publish Dates:
Topic: |
Wee Books for Wee Folks (first two formats)
1904 - 1917
Fairy Tales |
Series Number:
Volumes:
Formats: |
185
6
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Title: |
Author: |
Year: |
Illustrator: |
| 1 |
Nursery Tales (Mother Goose) |
Anonymous |
1904 |
Neill, John R. |
| 2 |
Nursery Rhymes (Mother Goose) |
Anonymous |
1904 |
Neill, John R. |
| 3 |
Tale of Peter Rabbit |
Potter, Beatrix |
1904 |
Unknown |
| 4 |
Foolish Fox |
Anonymous |
1904 |
Neill, John R. |
| 5 |
Three Little Pigs |
Anonymous |
1904 |
Neill, John R. |
| 6 |
Robber Kitten |
Anonymous |
1904 |
Neill, John R. |
Henry
Altemus
Company Format:
1 Volumes: 1
- 6
Half Vellum. Right half of the front cover has an oval within which is
a pictorial multicolored book appropriate picture. The left half has a
line drawn decoration with gold gilt title and series name. Line drawn
pictures on endpapers. It is assumed that the earlier dust jacket of
this format matches the book. The later jacket of this format is
without color (see below) and matches the cover design of format 2.
5.5. x 4.25
Henry Altemus
Company Format:
2a Volumes:
1 - 6
Green cloth with multicolored line drawn book appropriate illustration.
A variant cover color of bluish grey has been seen with the Nursery
Tales and the Robber Kitten. The Three Little Pigs in this format is
yellow (see picture below). A
brown cloth cover has been seen with the Nursery Tales book. Endpapers
identical to those seen in #1. Dust jacket matches the book. The jacket
is uncoated brown. 5.5 x 4.25
Henry Altemus
Company Format:
2b Volumes:
1 - 6
Beige cloth with an otherwise identical cover picture to #2a. Plain
endpapers. Dust jacket matches the book. Early books in this format
(around 1912) had the uncoated brown dust jackets. Later books had the
coated white jackets.
Henry Altemus
Company Format:
2c Volumes:
1 - 6
Blue-grey covers but otherwise identical to format 2b. Dust jackets
matches the book.
Series Notes:
1. The true first edition American piracy of The Tale of Peter Rabbit
is found here in format 1.
2. See Wee Books for Wee Folks written section for details regarding
formats, dates, name changes, etc.
3. Nursery Rhymes and Nursery Tales changed names in 1916 to Mother
Goose Nursery Rhymes and Mother Goose Nursery Tales. |
Format 1 #1
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Format 1 #2
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Format 1 #3
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Format 1 #4
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Format 1 #5
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Format 1 #6
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Format 1 #6 DJ (later)
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Format 2a #1 Dust Jacket
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Format 2a #1
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Format 2a #1 - Variant
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Format 2a #2
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Format 2a #2 Variant
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Format 2a #3
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Format 2a #4
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Format 2a #5
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Format 2a #6 Dust Jacket
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Format 2a #6
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Format 2a #6 Variant
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Format 2a DJ Reverse
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Format 2b #1
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Format 2b #1 Variant
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Format 2b #1 Later DJ
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Format 2b #1 Later
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Format 2b #2
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Format 2b #2 Later
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Format 2b #3 Dust Jacket
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Format 2b #3
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Format 2b #4 Dust Jacket
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Format 2b #4
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Format 2b #5 Dust Jacket
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Format 2b #5
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Format 2b #6 Dust Jacket
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Format 2b #6
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Format 2b DJ Reverse
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Format 2c #2
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Format 2c #3
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Format 2c #6
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Salesman
Samples
This piece includes the
attached covers of three of the six books of the Format 1 Wee Books for
Wee Folks Series (#185). No other information about this item exists.
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