Pussy's London life.
Contributors: Valentine, Mrs. d. 1899.; Skill, Frederick John, 1824-1881.; Kronheim & Co.
Series: Aunt Louisa's London toy books
Publisher: Frederick Warne & Co
Published: 1868
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Illustrated children's books -- Specimens; Cats -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Specimens.; Juvenile literature.
Notes: Title and publication statement from cover.

Date based on form of New York publisher's name in advertisments on lower wrapper: "Scribner, Welford, & Co.". Cf. Topp, Chester W.  Victorian yellowbacks & paperbacks, Vol. IV, 1999.

First and last leaves pasted to cover.

Colour wood-engraved plates are with imprint: "Kronheim & Co., London.".  Plates include areas printed in colour with metal.  All are unsigned.

At head of cover title: "Aunt Louisa's London Toy Books".

"Price One Shilling; or Mounted with Linen, Two Shillings."--Cover.

"Aunt Louisa" was a pseudonym of Laura Valentine, general editor of Warne's publishing house, who possibly wrote most of the verses of text for this series of toy books. Cf. St. John, Judith. Osborne collection of early children's books, vol. I.

Plates (with some minor alterations) are the same as those used in another edition of this title published [between 1872 and 1877] in the same series by Frederick Warne & Co.  Plates in this edition are attributed to Frederick John Skill and the text is attributed to C. E. Bowen.  See McLean T 0064.

MASS copy: In original yellow printed paper wrappers.  Upper wrapper printed in black, red, blue and yellow with titling within wood-engraved decorative border.  Upper wrapper includes imprint: "Kronheim & Co., London.".  Lower wrapper printed with publisher's advertisements entitled "Warne's Nursery Literature.".