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Facsimiles allow us to read
early items when the originals are not easily available, but we need to
distinguish among the various types of facsimiles and reproductions. Examine
as many items as you are able to locate, particularly some of the new
examples available for purchase from the museums, publishers, and special
presses. Consider the recommendations listed below as well as those on
page 525 of the Robertson and Stahlschmidt article. After consideration,
do you agree with their position? Read Robertson, Ina and Stahlschmidt,
Agnes. "Facsimiles of Historical Children's Books." Library Trends.
Vol. 27, No. 4 (Spring 1979): 513-527.
". . . additional criteria
are necessary to ensure the production of quality facsimiles. The following
recommendations are therefore proposed:
A. The reprint should include the original copy in its entirety, consisting
of all pages on which printing appears, including any advertisements.
B. In addition to full and exact reproduction of the original title
page, the publisher should include a half-title page or colophon (or
a target card for microforms), giving the name and location of the publisher
of the facsimile and the year of publication of the facsimile.
C. Book-form facsimiles should be the same size as the original.
(Alteration in size may be desirable if it results in a manageable book,
e.g., wider margins to facilitate rebinding and to allow the book to
lie flat while being used.) The original size should be indicated in
the reprint edition. If there has been reduction in size, the reduction
ratio should be stated." p. 525.
All of the items
presented below are from the personal collection of Professor Kay E.
Vandergrift.
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Aunt Busy-Bee's Series
of Coloured Books. The Fine Crystal Palace The Prince Built.
Oxford: University Press, 1975. [This toy book was published late
in 1851 or early in 1852 and was one of a series of Aunt Busy Bee
books issued by Dean & Son; the original illustrations were
handcoloured.]
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K. Please click on this thumbnail to download the complete image.
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Bennett,
Charles H., Editor and Illustrator. Old Nurse's Book of Rhymes,
Jingles and Ditties. With Ninety Engravings. Toyko, Japan:
Holp Shuppan, 1981. [This facsimile edition, printed by Griffith
and Farran of London in 1858, is reproduced from The Osborne Collection
of Early Children's Books, Toronto Public Library].
The full image is 48K.
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Bewick,
Thomas.A New Year's Gift for Little Masters & Misses.
Tokyo, Japan: Holp Shuppan, 1981. [This edition, comprised only
of pictures was originally published by T. Saint of Newcastle
in 1777, and, is re-produced from The Osborne Collection of Early
Children's Books, Toronto Public Library.]
The full image is 27K.
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Bonn, Franz. The
Children's Theatre. London and New York: Kestral Books/Viking,
1978. [A reproduction of the 1878 edition of J.F. Schreiber of Esslingen,
Germany]
The full image is 68K.
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The British
Battledore in Tuer, Andrew J. History of the
Horn Book. Volumes II. London: Leadenhall Press, 1896. [This
is an example of an early battledore hornbook facsimile. The Tuer
volumes are a limited edition bound in vellum with seven facsimile
Horn-books laid in pockets.]
The full image is 82
K. Please click on this thumbnail to download the complete image.
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The
Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper Feast. Said
to be written for the Use of His Children by Mr. Roscoe. Tokyo,
Japan: Holp Shuppan, 1981. [This facsimile, published originally
in 1807 by J. Harris of London, is re-produced from The Osborne
Collection of Early Children's Books, Toronto Public Library.]
The full image is 69K.
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Crane, Walter. An
Alphabet of Old Friends; and, The Absurd ABC. New York: Metropolitan
Museum of Art, 1981. [From the original version of 1874; the letters
of the alphabet are presented through illustrated traditional nursery
rhymes and humorous illustrations and verses.]
The full image is 104
K. Please click on this thumbnail to download the complete image.
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Crane, Walter. Mr.
Michael Mouse Unfolds His Tale. Reproduced from the original
manuscript in the collection of Mrs. Catherine T. Patterson with
permission of Yale University Library. New York: Merrimack Publishing
Corporation, 1956.
The full image is 49K.
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The
Dog's Dinner Party. Tokyo, Japan: Holp Shuppan,
1981. [This facsimile, published originally by George Routledge
and Sons of London, is re-produced from The Osborne Collection
of Early Children's Books, Toronto Public Library.]
The full image is 88
K. Please click on this thumbnail to download the complete image.
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Ewen, Doris and Mary
Ewen. An A B C of Children's Names. London: Macmillan, 1980.
[This edition of An ABC of Children's Names is reproduced
from the original published by Henry Frowde, with the kind permission
of the Oxford University Press.]
The full image is 58
K. Please click on this thumbnail to download the complete image.
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The Great Menagerie:
An Adaptation of the Antique Pop-Up Book. London
and New York: Kestral Books/Viking Press, 1979. [An adaptation of
the original German edition, J.F. Schreiber, Esslingen, Germany
1884 edition.]
The full image is 78K.
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The History
of Little Fanny: Exemplified in a Series of Figures.
2nd Edition. London: Scolar Press, 1977. [From the original S. and
J. Fuller, 1810 edition]
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A Horn Book
in Tuer, Andrew J. History of the Horn Book. Volumes I. London:
Leadenhall Press, 1896. [This leather-covered horn book, in Roman
letter, stamped with the effigy of Charles II, on horseback is an
example of an early hornbook facsimile. The Tuer volumes are a limited
edition bound in vellum with seven facsimile Horn-books laid in
pockets.]
The full image is 35
K. Please click on this thumbnail to download the complete image.
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McGuffey's
Eclectic Primer. With Pictorial Illustrations. Newly Revised. Johnsburg, New York: Buck
Hill Associates, 1965. [This Eclectic Primer, printed BY W. B. Smith
& Co., Cincinnati, with its numerous pictures and simple Lessons
in Reading and Spelling was an introduction to the series of readers
produced from 1836-1857.]
The full image is 70
K. Please click on this thumbnail to download the complete image.
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Meggendorfer, Lothar.
A Doll's House: A Reproduction of the Antique Pop-up Book.
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1978. [This reproduction
uses original books printed between 1890 and 1911 by J. F. Schreiber
of Esslingen, Germany.]
The full image is 57K.
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Meggendorfer, Lothar.
International Circus. A reproduction of the 1887 Antique
Pop-Up Book. London and New York: Kestral Books, 1979. [This re-production
is from the first edition, 1887 published by J. F. Schreiber of
Esslingen, Germany and is in the collection of The Metropolitan
Museum of Art.]
The full image is 98K.
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Newbery, John. A
Little Pretty Pocket-Book. Introductory essay by M. F. Thwaite.
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1967. [The facsimile of A
Little Pretty Pocket-Book 1767 is reproduced in this version
with the kind permission of the British Museum, London.]
The full image is 48K.
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Nicholson, William.
The Square Book of Animals. London: Scolar Press, 1979. [This
edition, that takes the twelve chunky woodcuts of domestic animals,
and re-arranges them so they can be turned into a vigorous frieze,
has been entirely re-designed and re-originated from the edition
published in 1900 by William Heinemann.]
The full image is 35K.
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Nister, Ernest. Animal
Tales: A Reproduction from an Antique Book. New York: Collins,
1980. [This book was reproduced from the original antique book,
Happy Families and Their Tales, first published in 1894 by
Ernest Nister, London.
The full image is 68K.
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Nister, Ernest. Magic
Windows: An Antique Revolving Picture Book. New York: Philomel
Books, 1980. [This book was reproduced from the antique original
In Wonderland, first published in 1895 by Ernest Nister.]
The full image is 70K.
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The
Ocean and Its Inhabitants: With Their Uses To Man.
Tokyo, Japan: Holp Shuppan, 1981. [ Facsimile of the edition published
by Darton and Clark of London, reproduced from The Osborne Collection
of Early Children's Books, Toronto Public Library.]
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Paul
Pry's Magic Lantern. London: Anne & Peter Stockham, 1968. [This chapbook, published in
London by Bishop &Co. in about 1858, came from the Crewe Hall
Collection now in The Osborne Collection in Toronto.]
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The Remarkable
History of the House That Jack Built: Splendidly Illustrated and
Magnificently Illuminated by A Son of Genius.
London: Scolar Press, 1978. [Henry George Hine, the illustrator
of this version, first published in 1854, was a well known comic
illustrator of the time.]
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Listed below is a selection
of reproductions, without authorship identification or date of publication;
most published by Merrimack Publishing Corporation.
The Book of Frogs and Mice
The Children's Omnibus
Doggie Pranks
The Last of the Mohicans
Miss Brownie: The Story
of a Superior Mouse
Moving Picture Teddies
Railroad Story Book
Rip Van Winkle
2 Wonderful Animal Stories:
The Dogs' Dinner Party and The Cats' Dinner Party
Turn Again, Turn Again!
Created
September 20, 1995 and is continuously revised
SCILS,
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
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