Aunt Louisa's birthday gift
Subtitle: comprising Country pets, Pussy's London life, Frisky, the squirrel, Hector, the dog
By: with twenty-four pages of illustrations, printed in colours by Kronheim.
Contributors: Valentine, Mrs. d. 1899.; Bowen, C. E. 1817-1890.; Skill, Frederick John, 1824-1881.; Kronheim & Co.
Publisher: Frederick Warne and Co.; Scribner, Welford and Armstrong
Published: 1872
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 24
Subjects: Illustrated children's books -- Specimens.; Animals -- Juvenile literature.
Genres: Specimens.; Juvenile literature.
Notes: Date based on inscription in Massey Library copy.

Publisher's device printed on t.p.

Colour wood-engraved plates include areas printed in colour with metal.  All are unsigned and without imprint.  Plates are with guard sheets.

"Aunt Louisa" was a pseudonym of Laura Valentine, general editor of Warne's publishing house.

Plates in the story "Country pets" are the same as those used in an edition of this story published separately [between 1868 and 1871] in the series "Aunt Louisa's London toy books" by Frederick Warne & Co.  See McLean T 0056.

Plates in the story "Pussy's London life" (with some minor alterations) are the same as those used in two other editions of this story published seperately [between 1872 and 1877] and [between 1868 and 1871] in the series "Aunt Louisa's London toy books" by Frederick Warne & Co.  Plates in the later edition are attributed to Frederick John Skill and the text is attributed to C. E. Bowen.  See McLean T 0064 and McLean T 0063.

Plates in the story "Hector, the dog" are the same (with some differences in colouring) as those used in an edition of this story published separately [ca. 1868] in the series "Aunt Louisa's London toy books" by Frederick Warne & Co.  See McLean T 0059.

MASS copy: Bound in red sand-grain cloth blocked in gold, black and blind.  Upper cover blocked in gold and black with titling and illustration of a dog and cat.  With presentation inscription dated 1872.
Table of contents: value: by C. E. Bowen ... -- Hector, the dog.