Our Trip to Blunderland or Grand Excursion to Blundertown and Back

Overview:

  • Title: Our Trip to Blunderland or Grand Excursion to Blundertown and Back
  • Author: Jean Jambon
  • Year: 1877
  • Publisher: William Blackwood & Sons
  • Price: 6/6
  • Pages: 231
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Novel
  • Title Reference: Our Trip to Blunderland or Grand Excursion to Blundertown and Back
  • Notes: 1st ed. Title wording uniform, punctuation various in secondary sources Title page of Third Thousand (see below) shows no punctuation, small caps "or"; so entered here

    {{OCLC|228696056}} -- Notes (quote): Halkett & Laing identify Jean Jambon as a pseudonym for John Hay Athole MacDonald: "Jean Jambon is a translation for John HAM; HAM being the initials of the author's last three names" -- "A pastiche of Alice in Wonderland."

    Publ date, price, and other data from advertisement Manchester Guardian 1877-10-15 p3, heading "This Day is Published" -- ... "With 60 illustrations, designed by Charles Doyle, and engraved by Messrs. Dalziel. ... Those who desire early impressions of the fine wood Engravings should apply through their bookseller without delay." -- Price 5 or 6 s. and 5 or 6 d. (online image unclear; 6/6 entered here)

    Internet Archive provides full view of one copy, 1st edition, stated "Third Thousand" (title page), which was announced December 1877 -- t.p. credits 60 illustrations by Charles Doyle

    Third Thousand (3rd printing?) {{OCLC|5253573}} announced for Monday [-12-10] in advertisement by the publisher The Observer 1877-12-09 p8