Beeton's Christmas annual.
Subtitle: the story of somebody's son : in seven parts
By: edited by the publisher.
Contributors: Beeton, Samuel Orchart, 1831-1877.; Mayhew, Augustus, 1826-1875.; Brunton, William S., fl. 1859-1871.; Hood, Tom, 1835-1874.; Burnand, F. C. Sir, 1836-1917.; Claxton, Florence.; Broderip, Frances Freeling, 1830-1878.; Warren, Albert Henry, 1830-1911.; Dickes, William, 1815-1892.; Sulman, T., fl. 1855-1900.; Woods, Henry N., fl. 1855-1869.; Cox and Wyman
Series: Beeton's Christmas annual
Publisher: S.O. Beeton
Published: 1864
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 96
Subjects: Almanacs -- Great Britain -- 19th century -- Specimens.
Genres: Specimens.
Notes: Date taken from Wolff, Robert E.  Nineteenth-century fiction, v. 5, p. 50.

Includes "A Handsome Illuminated Almanack for the year 1865. Printed in Colours by W. Dickes, after a Design by Albert Warren."--T.p.

Accompanying broadside with title: "Beeton's illuminated almanack for 1865, presented with the Christmas annual". Consists of the 1865 calendar within coloured decorative border, signed by the designer Albert H. Warren and the printer W. Dickes.

Includes political and social satire.

Printed advertisements on endpapers and on lower wrapper.

Wolff, Robert E. Nineteenth-century fiction, 7699.

MASS copy: Unopened copy, bound in printed paper wrappers.  Upper wrapper printed with the same illustrated t.p. design (with some slight alterations and a different publisher's statement) as printed in red, black and blue on McLean O 0037.2.  Upper cover with imprints: "T. Sulman dt." and "H. N. Woods St.".
Table of contents: The old, old tales / by Augustus Mayhew and the odd boy ; illustrated from the original by William Brunton; Boadicea the beautiful / by F. C. Burnand ; illustrated by William Brunton; A vacation ramble / by Florence Claxton; The chronicle of the court of King Christmas / by T. Hood ; illustrated by John Gordon Thomson; Four sensation novels; Four illustrated quarterly reviews; Our contribution to the slang dictionary / by T. Hood; Nonsense pages / by W. Brunton; Scientific researches, experiments, and discoveries, of Tom's cousin Sam during the Christmas holidays / by John Gordon Thomson; A few more amusements; Charades, conundrums, enigmas, &c. / by Frances Freeling Broderip and Others; The Christmas annual correspondence / by the odd boy.