monkey's grand wedding party.
Series: Mary Merry-heart's series
Publisher: Dean & Son
Published: 1856
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Illustrated children's books -- Specimens.
Genres: Specimens.
Notes: Title and publication statement from cover.

Date taken from St. John, Judith. Osborne collection of early children's books.

One wood-engraved illustration is signed "Calvert Sc.".  Others are unsigned.  All are hand-coloured.

First and last leaves pasted to wrappers.

At  head of cover title: "Six-pence each. Mary Merry-Heart's Series. See List, back of Cover."

St. John, Judith. Osborne collection of early children's books, vol. 2, p. 652.

MASS copy : In original sewn yellow printed paper wrappers.  Upper wrapper printed in black with titling and wood-engraved illustration replicated from the text.  Illustration is hand-coloured.  Lower wrapper printed in black with publisher's advertisements within decorative rule border entitled: "Dean & Son's Colored Sixpenny Toy Books", with a list of titles in "Mary Merryheart's Series", the list including "Monkeys' Grand Party and Ball".  Lower wrapper includes imprint: "2000 1 6]".