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Scenes from English History

(Comic English Histories)

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Author(s):James E. Doyle
Illustrator(s):Richard Doyle
Publisher(s): Pall Mall Gazette Office
Year Published: 1886
Type: Hardcover
Genre: British
History - British
Humorous
Picture Book
Age Range: Ages 7-9: Short Chapter Books
Pages: 42
This is an All-Time Great Children's Book (ATGCB)
OCLC: 32361062

Description

A collection of humorous depictions of scenes from English history with explanatory captions by the artist’s brother. In this edition the plates are printed in color, as opposed to Dick Doyle’s Comic Histories, which was published the previous year in black and white.

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Other Sequels

Comic Histories, with Tommy and the Lion (1885)

A collection of humorous illustrations of scenes from English history with captions by the author’s brother. Tommy and the Lion was the last production of the artist. The Scenes were published the next year in color.

Publisher: Pall Mall Gazette Office
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