Granny's Wonderful Chair and Its Tales of Fairy Times

Overview:

  • Title: Granny's Wonderful Chair and Its Tales of Fairy Times
  • Author: Frances Browne
  • Year: 1857
  • Publisher: Griffith and Farran
  • Price: 3/6
  • Pages: vi+169
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Collection
  • Title Reference: Granny's Wonderful Chair and Its Tales of Fairy Times
  • Notes:
    • 1st ed., two hardcover formats Published for the 1856 Christmas gift season
    • British Library (BL, below) and WorldCat (OCLC) records imply title page date 1857.
    • "Small 4to. 3s. 6d. cloth ; 4s. 6d. coloured, gilt edges." --listing in the publisher's "New Illustrated Children's Books to be published in November", The Athenaeum #1514 1856-11-01 p1324

      "... one of the happiest blendings of marvel and moral we have seen. Many little ones will sit (in spirit) in this astonishing piece of furniture long before 1856 is an old year ... [brief substantial review] ..." "illustd., 3s. 6d.; col., 4s. 6d." --"Children's Books", Literary Gazette 1856-11-29 p950

    • OCLC 173285986 reports from a 1991 microfiche copy: -- "Griffith and Farran, late Grant and Griffith, successors to Newbery and Harris, corner of St. Paul's Churchyard" -- "vi, 169, [1], 16 pages illustrations, 4 plates 8 0" (ie, octavo) -- "16-page catalogue of works published by Griffith and Farran" OCLC 46772791 notes "Pictorial gold-stamped binding signed JL" and "illustrations (some color)" --evidently a copy of the higher-price ed.