Marquis of Carabas' picture book
Subtitle: containing Puss in Boots, Old Mother Hubbard, My mother, The forty thieves
By: with thirty-two pages of pictures by Walter Crane ; printed in colours by Edmund Evans.
Contributors: Martin, Sarah Catherine, 1768-1826.; Taylor, Ann, 1782-1866.; Evans, Edmund, 1826-1905 (printer)
Publisher: George Routledge and Sons
Published: 1874
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Illustrated children's books -- Specimens; Fairy tales; Nursery rhymes
Genres: Specimens.
Other titles: Marquis of Carabas :
Notes: Date taken from British Library Public Catalogue.

Leaves in the story "Old Mother Hubbard" are the same as those used in an edition of this story published separately in [1874] in the series "Routledge's new sixpenny toy books" by George Routledge & Sons.  This story was written by Sarah Catherine Martin.  See McLean T 0032.

Leaves in the story "My mother" are the same as those used in an edition of this poem published separately in [1873] in the series "Routledge's new sixpenny toy books" by George Routledge & Sons.  This poem was written by Sarah Catherine Martin.  See McLean T 0029.

Leaves in the story "The forty thieves" are the same as those used in an edition of this story published separately in [1873] in the series "Routledge's new sixpenny toy books" by George Routledge & Sons.  See McLean T 0022.

MASS copy: Bound in blue pebble-grain cloth blocked in gold, black and white.  Upper cover blocked in gold, black and white with illustration similar to those within the text.  With light pastel orange endpapers.  With remnants of bookseller's label: "James V[ice]  Bookbinder  Bible & Crown, Mark[etplace]  Leicester".  With ownership inscription: "John Stanton Pegge".  With ownership inscription: "Ruari McLean".  Bottom of leaf [5] torn.  Lacking t.p. and upper free endpaper.
Table of contents: class: section
title: Puss in Boots; class: section
title: Old mother Hubbard; class: section
title: My mother; class: section
title: The forty thieves.