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The Diverting History of John Gilpin
(Showing How He Went Farther than He Intended, and Came Safe Home)
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| Author(s): | William Cowper |
| Illustrator(s): | Randolph Caldecott |
| Publisher(s): | George Routledge & Sons |
| Year Published: | 1878 |
| Type: | Softcover |
| Genre: | British Humorous Picture Book Poetry - Ballads Poetry - Humorous |
| Age Range: | Ages 5-7: Early Reader Books |
| Pages: | 31 |
| This is an | All-Time Great Children's Book (ATGCB) |
| OCLC: | 541260279 |
Description
This comic masterpiece by Jane Austen’s favorite poet describes what started out as a quiet expedition to the country. Read online at archive.org.
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R. Caldecott’s Picture Book: Volume 1 (1879)
This first omnibus volume contains:
- The Diverting History of John Gilpin (1878)
- The House That Jack Built (1878)
- The Babes in the Wood (1879)
- Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog (1879)
Read online at archive.org.
Publisher: George Routledge & Sons
Randolph Caldecott’s Collection of Pictures and Songs (1881)
This omnibus collects the first eight of R. Caldecott’s Picture Books:
- The Diverting History of John Gilpin (1878)
- The House That Jack Built (1878)
- Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog (1879)
- The Babes in the Wood (1879)
- Sing a Song for Sixpence (1880)
- The Three Jovial Huntsmen (1880)
- The Farmer’s Boy (1881)
- The Queen of Hearts (1881)
Read online at archive.org.
Publisher: George Routledge & Sons
Randolph Caldecott’s Picture Book No. 1 (1926)
This later printing of the first omnibus volume contains:
- The Diverting History of John Gilpin (1878)
- The House That Jack Built (1878)
- The Babes in the Wood (1879)
- Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog (1879)
Read online at archive.org.
Publisher: Frederick Warne & Co.
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