Cole's funny picture book : the funniest picture book in the world / E.W. Cole, Book Arcade, Melbourne
- Bib ID:
- 7086737
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Cole, E. W. (Edward William), 1832-1918, author
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Edition:
- [Second, enlarged edition]
- Printer:
- Book Arcade, Bourke Street, Melbourne : Printed by E.W. Cole, Fancy and Ornamental Printer.
- Description:
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- Melbourne : E.W. Cole, Book Arcade, [1882]
- 62 pages, 16 unnumbered pages : illustrations, music ; 28.2 cm
- Partial contents:
- Opinion of 50 editors of Cole's Funny Picture Book (page 9)
- Notes:
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- Cover title.
- Quarto. Dedication and preface printed on verso of free front endpaper, contents page unpaginated, then paginated 1-31, 16 unnumbered pages, 32-62, and an unpaginated page of advertisements.
- "Gentle reader, I have tried to produce a book that will please and instruct both young and old-a book of fun and wisdom combined-a book that shall be a lasting joy in every house that it enters. -E.W. Cole, Book Arcade, Melbourne." -Preface.
- "The present edition is enlarged by 16 pages of new matter, which will be found next to page 31. It is unusual to put a supplement in the middle of a book, but I must beg the readers indulgence, as through a multiplicity of other work I have not had time to properly arrange it. In a short time I hope to bring out a classified and still further enlarged edition. -E.W. Cole." -Contents page.
- First edition published in 1879.
- "The price of this edition is 1s 6d; by post in Victoria, 2s; out of Victoria, 2s 6d."-Contents page.
- For children.
- SRq 276 copy also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-281519562
- Binding:
- Cloth bound in red with embossed and gilt title and rainbow design, oval decorative roundel and borders embossed on back cover; decorative bamboo leaf pattern endpapers. Signed "W. Detmold, Binder," lower right gilt border of the front cover.
- Cited In:
- Muir, M. A bibliography of Australian children's books, 1637
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Exhibited:
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- National Library of Australia's SRq 276 copy exhibited: "People, print & paper: celebrating the books of Australia 1788-1988", Canberra: National Library of Australia, 1988, no. 200.
- National Library of Australia's SRq 276 copy exhibited: "The Sell: Australian Advertising, 1790s to 1990s", National Library of Australia, 23 November 2016 - 25 April 2017.
- National Library of Australia's SRq 276 copy exhibited: "Story Time: Australian Children's Literature", National Library of Australia, 22 August 2019 - 16 February 2020.
- Copyright:
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Out of Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Creator Date of Death is Before 1955
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary, dramatic or musical work
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1918
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1882
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