The history of little King Pippin : with an account of the melancholy death of four naughty boys, who were devoured by wild beasts : and the wonderful delivery of Master Harry Harmless, by a little white horse.

Accession number: 
PML 87413
Published: 
Wellington : Printed by F. Houlston and Son, [182-?]
Description: 
31 p. : ill. (wood engraving) ; 11 cm
Credit: 
Bequest; Miss Julia P. Wightman.
Notes: 

"Ornamented with cuts."
"Price Two-Pence."
Sources vary on dating; probable date range of 1807-1840 for Houlston publications given in Osborne Coll. (p. 479), which also notes that imprints with "65 Paternoster Row, London" began appearing in 1828.
Library's copy has wood engraved illustrations colored by hand.

Binding: 
Publisher's pictorial blue wrappers, with hand colored vignette, "A Soldier" on front wrapper, and "A Waggoner" on back.
Provenance: 
From the library of Miss Julia P. Wightman.
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