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Books in the Picture Book genre:

Kate Greenaway’s Alphabet (1885)

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The initial letters used for Farvor’s The English Spelling-Book were printed by themselves in this miniature production.

Author(s): Kate Greenaway
Illustrator(s): Kate Greenaway

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Marigold Garden: Pictures and Rhymes (1885)

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A collection of original poems and pictures. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Kate Greenaway
Illustrator(s): Kate Greenaway

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Mrs. Mary Blaize (1885)

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A humorous rhyme about a pawnbroker. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Oliver Goldsmith
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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The Panjandrum Picture Book (1885)

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This final omnibus contains the last four of R. Caldecott’s Picture Books: Come Lasses and Lads (1884) Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross (1884) An Elegy on the Glory of Her Sex, Mrs. Mary Blaize (1885) The Great Panjandrum Himself (1885) Rea... View More

Author(s): Randolph Caldecott
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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Randolph Caldecott’s Second Collection of Pictures and Songs (1885)

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This omnibus contains the last eight of R. Caldecott’s Picture Books: Hey Diddle Diddle and Baby Bunting (1882) The Milkmaid (1882) The Fox Jumps Over the Parson’s Gate (1883) A Frog He Would A-Wooing Go (1883) Come Lasses and Lads (1884... View More

Author(s): Randolph Caldecott
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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Slateandpencilvania: Being the Adventures of Dick on a Desert Island (1885)

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An arithmetical Robinsonnade fantasy. Read for free online at the University of Florida.

Author(s): Walter Crane
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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A Apple Pie (1886)

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An apple pie and the things children are willing to do to get it. While following the fortunes of that pie, the book introduces the letters A to Z. READ NOW.... View More

Author(s): Kate Greenaway
Illustrator(s): Kate Greenaway

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Almanack for 1887 (1886)

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This edition is in landscape rather than portrait format. Makeup was similar with the addition of two pages of poems by classic authors. Read online at the University of Florida.... View More

Author(s): Kate Greenaway
Illustrator(s): Kate Greenaway

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A Few Sketches by the Late Randolph Caldecott, with Compliments (1886)

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A Chirstmas and New Year greeting containing seven sketches.

Author(s): Randolph Caldecott
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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Jack and the Beanstalk (1886)

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The familiar story of Jack and the Beanstalk in English hexameters by the son of the Poet Laureate. Read for free online at Project Gutenberg. Or Hathitrust.... View More

Author(s): Hallam Tennyson
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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Little Queen Anne and Her Majesty’s Letters (1886)

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An educational fantasy. Read for free online at the University of Florida.

Author(s): Walter Crane
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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Pothooks and Perseverance: or The ABC Serpent (1886)

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A fantasy of penmanship. Read for free online at the University of Florida.

Author(s): Walter Crane
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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Randolph Caldecott: a Personal Memoir of His Early Art Career (1886)

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A biography of the British artist and illustrator for whom the Caldecott Medal is named. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Henry Blackburn
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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A Romance of the Three R’s (1886)

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An omnibus including Slateandpencilvania, Little Queen Anne, and Pothooks and Perseverence. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Walter Crane
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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Scenes from English History (1886)

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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 pre... View More

Author(s): James E. Doyle
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle

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The Baby’s Own Æsop (1887)

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Aesop’s Fables, condensed and converted to rhyme. Read for free online at Internet Archive and at the University of Florida.... View More

Author(s): W. J. Linton
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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The Complete Collection of Randolph Caldecott’s Pictures and Songs (1887)

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All the picture books in one volume.

Author(s): Randolph Caldecott
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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Dernières Nouvelles scènes Humoristiques (1887)

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A selection of the “Graphic” pictures with captions in French.

Author(s): Randolph Caldecott
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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Facsimiles of Original Sketches by Caldecott: Reproduced from Will o’ the Wisp (1887)

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Reproductions of sketches that originally appeared in ‘Will o’ the Wisp.’

Author(s): J. Galloway
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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Kate Greenaway’s Almanack for 1888 (1887)

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No astronomical information was included this year and the poems were dropped. This is an example of the gold embossed cover style. Read online at NYPL.... View More

Author(s): Kate Greenaway
Illustrator(s): Kate Greenaway

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