Accession number
PML 352499-509
Published
London : S.O. Beeton : Groombridge and Sons, 1856-1858.
Credit line
Gift of Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., 1987.
Notes
Volume 2, no. 10, October 1856 and volume 2 published by S.O. Beeton.
"Printed by Taylor and Greening"--Title page verso of volumes 2-3.
"Printed by the Groombridge Brothers"--Title page verso of volumes 4-5.
"'The train' was a monthly magazine started by Edmund Yates and his friends after the failure of his first venture, 'Comic times'."--Cf. Williams, Madan, & Green.
"Solitude" in volume 1, pages 154-55, March 1856 is the first print appearance of Dodgson's pseudonym, Lewis Carroll.
Contributions by Lewis Carroll: Solitude / Lewis Carroll (volume 1, pages 154-55, March 1856), Ye Carpette Knyghte / unsigned (volume 1, page 191, March 1856), The path of roses / Lewis Carroll (volume 1, pages 286-88, May 1856), Novelty and romance : a broken spell / Lewis Carroll (volume 2, pages 249-54, October 1856), Upon the lonely moor / unsigned (volume 2, pages 255-56, October 1856), The three Voices / Lewis Carroll (volume 2, pages 278-84, November 1856), The sailor's wife / Lewis Carroll (volume 3, pages 231-33, April 1857), Hiawatha's photographing / Lewis Carroll (volume 4, pages 332-35, December 1857). Cf. Williams, Madan, & Green.
Library's copies housed in blue cloth clamshell box labeled "The Editor's Copy."
"Printed by Taylor and Greening"--Title page verso of volumes 2-3.
"Printed by the Groombridge Brothers"--Title page verso of volumes 4-5.
"'The train' was a monthly magazine started by Edmund Yates and his friends after the failure of his first venture, 'Comic times'."--Cf. Williams, Madan, & Green.
"Solitude" in volume 1, pages 154-55, March 1856 is the first print appearance of Dodgson's pseudonym, Lewis Carroll.
Contributions by Lewis Carroll: Solitude / Lewis Carroll (volume 1, pages 154-55, March 1856), Ye Carpette Knyghte / unsigned (volume 1, page 191, March 1856), The path of roses / Lewis Carroll (volume 1, pages 286-88, May 1856), Novelty and romance : a broken spell / Lewis Carroll (volume 2, pages 249-54, October 1856), Upon the lonely moor / unsigned (volume 2, pages 255-56, October 1856), The three Voices / Lewis Carroll (volume 2, pages 278-84, November 1856), The sailor's wife / Lewis Carroll (volume 3, pages 231-33, April 1857), Hiawatha's photographing / Lewis Carroll (volume 4, pages 332-35, December 1857). Cf. Williams, Madan, & Green.
Library's copies housed in blue cloth clamshell box labeled "The Editor's Copy."
Description
5 volumes : illustrations ; 21-22 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Editor's signature in ink on front flyleaf of cloth bound volume 2: Edmund H. Yates, [illegible]; illegible inscriptions in unknown hand in pencil on inside front cover and front flyleaf of cloth bound volume 2; editor's signature in ink on front flyleaf of volume 3: Edmund H. Yates [illegible]; editor's signature in ink on front flyleaf of volume 4: Edmund H. Yates [illegible].
Provenance
Bookplate (in volume 5) of and signed Edmund Yates; from the Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., Lewis Carroll Collection.
Binding
Volume 1, 6 issues bound in original light blue wrappers printed in black. Additional copy of number 10, volume 2, October 1856, in original light tan wrapper printed in black. Volumes 2-5 in dark blue cloth stamped in blind on front and rear covers; stamped in gilt on spine; edges gilded. BInder's tag in rear of volumes 4 & 5: Bound by Edmonds & Remnants.
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