The Cuckoo Clock and The Tapestry Room

Overview:

  • Title: The Cuckoo Clock and The Tapestry Room
  • Author: Mrs. Molesworth
  • Year: 1893
  • Publisher: Macmillan and Co.
  • Price: $1.00
  • Pages: viii+162+207
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Omnibus
  • Title Reference: The Cuckoo Clock
  • Notes:
    • US only? Library of Congress (LCCN, below) reports "New York and London, Macmillan and co., 1893". This title is not found 2019-09-16 in automated search of 1893 UK newspapers and magazines, nor in WorldCat records as London first-listed, nor in British Library records as 1893.
    • Published as one volume in: "A New Uniform Edition of Mrs. Molesworth's Stories for Children, in Ten Volumes. Printed from new plates, uniformly bound, with numerous illustrations. 12mo, cloth, gilt, per volume, $1.00." "The ten volumes in box, $10.00." --"Macmillan & Co.'s List of New Books published in November", The Literary World: A Monthly ... v24 #23 1893-11-18 (issue number and date suggest semi-monthly)
    • "Each story has separate t.p. and paging." --WorldCat record OCLC 1563823
    • Walter Crane illustrated the first editions of both novels, as well as this omnibus. This record presumes that the illustrations in this volume reproductions of the original ones, or a selection therefrom.