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The old story books of England

Illustrated with twelve pictures by eminent artists

by William John Thoms, John Absolon, John Franklin & Frederick Tayler

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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The famous history of Guy Earl of Warwick -- The gallant history of Bevis of Southampton -- History of Tom Hickathrift the Conqueror -- The famous story of Friar Bacon -- A true tale of Robin Hood -- A merry tale of the king and the cobbler -- The sweet and pleasant tale of patient Grissel -- The romantic story of the princess Rosetta -- The mad pranks of Robin Goodfellow -- The rarest ballad that ever was seen of the blind beggar's daughter of Bethnal Green -- The doleful story of the babes in the wood -- The lady Isabella's tragedy -- A mournful ditty of the death of fair Rosamund, to which is added Queen Eleanor's confession -- Gammer Gurton's garland Osborne Coll. Green-grey cloth over boards; brown leather label, lettered in gold, on spine; all edges gilt Ex libris Bernard M. Meeks

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends.

  • Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Folklore” and “Tales”. Retained metadata contains “Folklore” in the subject metadata and “Tales” in the subject metadata.

    • “Folklore”· via Internet Archive
    • “Tales”· via Internet Archive
    • “Folklore”· via Open Library
    • “Tales”· via Open Library
    • “Folklore”· in subject
    • “Tales”· in subject

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Editions

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Open Library record

1845printed for J. CundallEnglish—No ebook

Illustrated with twelve pictures by eminent artists

Internet Archive unrestricted pre-1900 PDF scan

1845[Westminster] : Printed for Joseph Cundall, Old Bond Street, in the City of Westminster, [1845]; Printed for Joseph Cundall, Old Bond Street, in the City of Westminster, [1845]English—Public

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Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: University of California Libraries
  • Digitization sponsor: msn
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Open Library reports 2 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Scanner: iala5
Catalog id
openlibrary-work:OL18541197W
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