The Brownies and Other Tales

Overview:

  • Title: The Brownies and Other Tales
  • Author: Juliana Horatia Ewing
  • Year: 1920
  • Publisher: George Bell & Sons
  • Price: 4/6
  • Pages: 176
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Collection
  • Title Reference: The Land of Lost Toys
  • Notes:
    • Reissue of the 1910 Queen's Treasures ed. (see)
    • Published "early" 1920 Half-title verso ("#page/n9" at Internet Archive) lists 21 volumes in the series, plus one in the press, price 4/6 each. A "late" 1920 advertisement, "Bell's Gift Books" The Bookman 1920-12 p123, lists 2 New Volumes, states 23 volumes in the series, price 5/- each.
    • Price is from the series list ("#page/n9"): Small Crown 8vo. 4s. 6d. net each. With 8 Coloured Plates and Decorated Title Page, Covers, and End Papers.
    • Internet Archive provides full view of one copy without original covers, nor back endpapers: --frontispiece and title page, captioned and illustrated respectively (#page/n11 and /n12)

      The interior including front endpapers nearly matches the 1910 Queen's Treasures publication. Differences in this reissue: 1. updated description and list of the series ("#page/n9") 2. captioned plates rather than captioned guard sheets facing the plates (frontispiece plus 7 interior) 3. title page date 4. horizontal line above printer statement, last printed page p176
    • Another WorldCat library record reports a 1919 printing of the same edition evidently, {{OCLC|154286915}}.