1830A. The Adventures of Old Dame Trot and Her Comical Cat. London: D. Carvalho, c1830. OCLC 1150919037. Full text available on the Internet Archive. BMC copy on Tripod.
12 unnumbered leaves, printed one side only.
Letterpress; engraved illustrations, hand-colored.
164 x 103 mm.
One verse (four lines each) and one image per page.
Text begins (1v): “Old Dame Trot | Going to the Fair, | With the Cat on her Shoulder | To see the Folks there.”
BINDING: Cockerell marbled paper wrappers. No cover text or illustrations.
TEXT NOTES: Third edition, according to the title page.
DATE RANGE: Undated; date range inferred from dates of the publisher’s address according to Brown, P.A.H. London publishers and printers, p. 33.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Not in Necker.
BMC COPY: ex coll Ellery Yale Wood.
Pleasing History of the Adventures of Old Dame Trot and Her Comical Cat!!. London: Printed by J. Catnach, 2 & 3 Monmouth Court, 7 Dials, between 1813 and 1838. OCLC. Full text available on the Internet Archive. BMC copy on Tripod.
4 unnumbered leaves.
Letterpress; wood engravings, no color.
124 x 93 mm.
One verses (two lines each) and one image per page.
Text begins (1r): “Old Dame Trot going to the Fair, With her Cat on her shoulder, to see the folks there.”
BINDING: White paper wrappers. Letterpress; wood engravings.
COVER NOTES: Wood engraving on rear wrapper is from another work and shows three men in “oriental” costume moving a large box by lantern light.
DATE RANGE: Undated; date range from: Brown, Philip A.H. London publishers and printers, p. 34.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Not in Necker.
BMC COPY: Pencil inscriptions list prices of €140/£120. Purchased through the Seymour Adelman Fund.
1830B. Old Dame Trot and Her Comical Cat. Otley: W. Walker & Son, [between 1830 and 1839?]. Series: Name unknown. OCLC 1152157987. Full text available on the Internet Archive. BMC copy on Tripod.
16 partially numbered leaves.
Pages 3, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 15 numbered.
Letterpress; wood engravings, colored in red, yellow, and green with stencils.
127 x 95 mm.
Four verses (two lines each) and one image per page; p. 16 is an exception.
Interior and running title: Dame Trot and Her Cat
Text begins (1v): “The Old Dame went to Brook-Green Fair, | And Puss accompanied her there.”
BINDING: Yellow paper wrappers. Two strips joined into one continuous strip, accordion folded to 16 sections, with first leaf glued to upper wrapper. Letterpress; wood engravings.
COVER NOTES: Rear wrapper lists this title as number 2 in “This series of panoramas.” Others in series are: Tom the Piper’s Son, Pigeon-Pie Alphabet, Jenny Wren Alphabet, Fireside Traveller, Mother Hubbard, Butterfly’s Ball, Jack and Jill.
TEXT NOTES: This edition includes all seven matched illustrations and verses in the shorter contemporary codex form issued by the same publisher. The last four pages contain four additional nursery rhymes; “When I was a little boy I had but little wit;” Seesaw up and down;” You see how kind’s John’s to his sister;” and “Sing a song of sixpence.”
DATE RANGE: Undated; date from another edition, approximated by Osborne Coll., p. 94.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Not in Necker.
BMC COPY: ex coll Ellery Yale Wood.
Old Dame Trot and Her Comical Cat. Otley: W. Walker & Son, [ca. 1835?]. OCLC 33127806. Full text available on the Internet Archive. BMC copy on Tripod.
4 partially numbered leaves including cover.
Pages numbered 2-8.
Letterpress; wood engravings, stenciled color only on outer leaves
127 x 97 mm folded.
Two verses (four lines each) and one image per page.
Running head: Dame Trot and Her Cat.
Text begins (1v): “The Old Dame went to Brook-Green Fair, | And Puss accompanied her there.”
BINDING: White paper self-wrappers, printed as a strip, imposition as for 4 leaf chapbook, and folded, but never bound. Letterpress; wood engravings, hand-colored.
IMAGE NOTES: This edition contains 7 of the 12 matched illustrations and verses which are included in the longer contemporary panorama issued by the same publisher. The cover illustration is also used to illustrate a verse in the panorama.
DATE RANGE: Undated; contemporary panorama dated from another panorama by Osborne Coll., p. 94.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Osborne Coll., p. 94. Not in Necker.
BMC COPY: Purchased on the Seymour Adelman Fund.
1830C. The History of Old Dame Trot and Her Cat. Glasgow: James Lumsden & Son, [ca. 1830]. OCLC. Full text available on the Internet Archive (copy 1) (copy 2). BMC copy on Tripod.
Copy 1
1 unnumbered leaf, printed one side only.
Letterpress; wood engravings, stencil- and hand-colored.
Poster 145 x 224 mm.
One verse (four lines each) and one image per page.
Text begins (1r): “Old Dame Trot | Going to the Fair, | With her Cat on her shoulder, | To see the folks there.”
BINDING: No binding; one sheet poster.
TEXT NOTES: Bryn Mawr Special Collections also holds a copy of this poster that was turned into a small codex.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Roscoe and Brimmell, James Lumsden & Son of Glasgow. Private Libraries Assoc, 1981. item 108, p 73. Not in Necker.
BMC COPY: Purchased by the Seymour Adelman Fund.
Copy 2
8 unnumbered leaves including cover, printed one side only.
Letterpress; wood engravings, stencil- and hand-colored.
62 x 51 mm.
One verse (four lines each) and one image per page.
Text begins (1v): “Old Dame Trot | Going to the Fair, | With her Cat on her shoulder, | To see the folks there.”
BINDING: No binding; chapbook style homemade book, created by cutting up a poster into four two-image bifolios and sewing them together.
TEXT NOTES: The images and quatrains are out of order as bound. Bryn Mawr Special Collections also holds an intact copy of the poster that was turned into this small codex.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Roscoe and Brimmell, James Lumsden & Son of Glasgow. Private Libraries Assoc, 1981. item 108, p 73. Not in Necker.
BMC COPY: Ink inscription reading “Lenclose(?) Lou(?) dame trot” on 1r. Ex coll Ellery Yale Wood.
Dame Trot. Place not identified: Publisher not identified, c.1830. OCLC. Internet Archive link. BMC copy on Tripod.
8 unnumbered leaves including cover, printed one side only.
Letterpress; wood engravings, hand-colored.
185 x 114 mm.
One to two verses (four lines each) and one image per page; 3v is an exception.
Text begins (1v): “Old Dame Trot, | Going to the fair, | With the cat on her shoulder, | To see the folks there.”
BINDING: Pink paper wrappers, glued to first and last leaves. Letterpress; wood engravings, hand-colored.
COVER NOTES: Front wrapper illustration features a number of fairytale and folktale characters on top, of whom Dame Trot is only one; on the bottom is a contemporary party scene.
DATE RANGE: Undated.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Not in Necker.
BMC COPY: Illegible ink inscription on front cover, probably a name. Ink inscription on back cover reads “Date about 1840- mother(?) Grannie’s First book-S[ind]arch.”
1833B. The Adventures of Old Dame Trot, and Her Comical Cat: Part II. London: John Bysh, 8, Cloth Fair, West Smithfield, [ca. 1833?]. OCLC 1151354003. Full text available on the Internet Archive. BMC copy on Tripod.
8 partially numbered leaves including cover, printed one side only.
Pages numbered 2-8; blank pages not numbered or included in pagination.
Letterpress; wood engravings, hand-colored.
170 x 106 mm.
One verse (four lines each) and one image per page.
Interior title: Old Dame Trot, and Her Comical Cat. Part II.
Text begins (1v): “Dame Trot and her Cat | Went to see Punch’s show.”
BINDING: Dark green paper wrappers. Letterpress; wood engravings, hand-colored.
COVER NOTES: Publisher’s imprint and price on front wrapper.
PRICE: Sixpence (upper wrapper).
IMAGE NOTES: Many signed “W”.
DATE RANGE: Undated; date from inscription. No earlier than 1826, when the actress Madame Vestris first performed the ballad “Buy a Broom” at London’s Haymarket Theatre.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Not in Necker.
BMC COPY: Ink inscription on cover “John St. Aubyn. From Grand Papa. October 1833. Shortgrove [?]” Purchased by Ellery Yale Wood from Christopher Holton, 2004.
1835A. Dame Trot and Her Comical Cat. Baltimore: Wm. Raine, 132 Market Street [no later than 1838]. OCLC 1152198095. Full text available on the Internet Archive. BMC copy on Tripod.
8 unnumbered leaves including cover, printed one side only.
Letterpress; wood engravings, possibly stenciled. As with the other Raine book, the method is not obvious.
189 x 113 mm.
Two verses (three or four lines each) and one image per page; 1v is an exception.
Running title: Dame Trot.
Text begins (1v): “Old Dame Trot, going to the Fair, | With her Cat on her shoulder, to see the folks there.”
BINDING: Buff paper wrappers, glued to first and last leaves. Letterpress; wood engravings.
COVER NOTES: Front wrapper text “William Raine’s Edition. Dame Trot, and her Comical Cat. Embellished with Engravings, and Colored by W. Raine’s newly invented Machine. Baltimore: Printed & published by WM Raine, 132 Market Street.”
ADVERTISEMENTS: Rear wrapper publisher’s advertisements for “coloured toys” (i.e. juvenile books) in two sizes.
IMAGE NOTES: Reused illustration from another publication: Three men with a horse drawn cart full of hay or grain; a boy seated on top of the load. The images are closely related to Marks’ editions (London); either one set is based on the other, or else both are based on a third source. Same blocks as Raine’s later (1840-1842) edition.
DATE RANGE: Undated; date from newspaper announcement of Raine’s change of location in 1838.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Not in Necker.
BMC COPY: ex coll Ellery Yale Wood.
The Adventures of Dame Trot, and Her Comical Cat: Embellished with Eight Coloured Engravings. Baltimore: Printed and published by Wm. Raine, no. 74, Baltimore Street, [between 1838 and 1842?]. OCLC 191235094. Full text available on the Internet Archive. BMC copy on Tripod.
8 unnumbered leaves including cover, printed one side only.
Letterpress; wood engravings, possibly stenciled. As with the other Raine book, the method is not obvious.
185 x 111 mm.
Two verses (three or four lines each) and one image per page; page 1v is an exception.
Interior title: Dame Trot, and Her Comical Cat.
Running title: Dame Trot.
Text begins (1v): “Old Dame Trot, going to the Fair, | With her Cat on her shoulder, to see the folks there.”
BINDING: Green paper wrappers, glued to first and last leaves. Letterpress; wood engravings with printed borders.
COVER NOTES: Front wrapper text “William Raine’s Edition. Embellished with eight colored engravings. Baltimore: Printed & published by Wm. Raine, No. 74, Baltimore Street.”
ADVERTISEMENTS: Rear wrapper advertises a list of “New Coloured Books” including Dame Trot and Her Comical Cat.
IMAGE NOTES: Cover illustration unrelated, a man turning away from a woman holding his arm. The images are closely related to Marks’ editions (London); either one set is based on the other, or else both are based on a third source. Same blocks as Raine’s earlier (1838 or earlier) edition.
DATE RANGE: Undated, date range from publisher’s dates at this address. William Raine published at 74 Baltimore Street from 1840-1842. According to Baltimore city directories, William Raine published at “corner Holliday and Baltimore Streets” (i.e. 74 Baltimore Street?) in 1842.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Not in Necker.
BMC COPY: Paper bookplate of Joan Feisenberger on 2r. Several pages repaired with tape. 1v has pencil inscription “circa 1825-1830”. Ex coll Ellery Yale Wood.
Further Adventures of Old Dame Trot and Her Comical Cat. London: Orlando Hodgson, [ca. 1835]. OCLC 5084479. Internet Archive link. BMC copy on Tripod.
8 unumbered leaves, printed one side only.
Text and images engraved, no color.
114 x 95 mm.
One verse (six lines each) and one image per page.
Running head: Old Dame Trot and Her Comical Cat.
Text begins (1v): “One fine summer’s day | When Puss was dressed gay, | Dame Trot vowed her Cat should see life:”
BINDING: Marbled paper boards, rebound in red quarter calf over boards with vellum tips. Gilt tooled title on spine; no illustrations.
EXTERIOR TITLE: Old Dame Trot.
TEXT NOTES: BMC copy lacks wrappers. Bound with Hodgson’s The Adventures of Old Dame Trot, and Her Comical Cat.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Not in Necker.
BMC COPY: Purchased through the Seymour Adelman Fund.
The Adventures of Old Dame Trot, and Her Comical Cat. London: Orlando Hodgson, 111, Fleet Street, [between 1836 and 1844]. OCoLC 14630097. Internet Archive link. BMC copy on Tripod.
8 unnumbered leaves, printed one side only.
Text and images engraved, no color.
114 x 95 mm.
One verse (six lines each) and one image per page; 1v and 2r are exceptions.
Running head: Old Dame Trot and Her Comical Cat.
Text begins (1v): “Drest out in her best, Old Dame Trot, I declare, | With Puss on her shoulder, is bound for the Fair.”
BINDING: Marbled paper boards, rebound in red quarter calf over boards with vellum tips. Gilt tooled title on spine; no illustrations.
EXTERIOR TITLE: Old Dame Trot
ADVERTISEMENTS: Publisher’s ads, p. [1] of wrappers.
TEXT NOTES: BMC copy lacks wrappers. Bound with Hodgson’s Further Adventures of Old Dame Trot and Her Comical Cat.
DATE RANGE: Approximate dates inferred from dates of publisher’s address according to Brown, P.A.H. London publishers and printers, p. 91.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Not in Necker.
BMC COPY: Purchased through the Seymour Adelman Fund.
1838A. The Comic Adventures of Old Dame Trot, and Her Cat. Paris: Truchy French English library, 1838. OCLC 14091736. Full text available on the Internet Archive. BMC copy on Tripod.
8 numbered leaves. 8 additional numbered leaves of plate illustrations, printed one side only. Flyleaf not included.
Pages numbered 2-16. Illustration plates numbered separately 1-8.
Letterpress; wood engravings with printed borders, stencil and hand-colored.
112 x 148 mm printed page size. Stabbed binding leaves a narrower visible page.
One verse (four lines each) or one image per page.
Running head: Dame Trot and Her Cat
Text begins (1v): “Dame Trot and her cat, sat down for to chat, | The Dame sat on this side, and she sat on that,”
BINDING: Patterned dark green paper boards and black spine, stab bound. No text or illustration.
TEXT NOTES: Pages bound alternately with 8 illustrations, printed one side only on heavier paper. Two fly leaves and two pastedown leaves added in binding.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Gumuchian 4321. Not in Necker.
BMC COPY: ex coll Ellery Yale Wood.
1838B. Further Adventures of Old Dame Trot, and Her Comical Cat. Paris: Truchy French English Library, 1838. OCLC 14091751. Full text available on the Internet Archive. BMC copy on Tripod.
8 numbered leaves. 8 additional numbered leaves of plate illustrations, printed one side only. Flyleaf not included.
Pages numbered 2-16. Illustration plates numbered separately F.1-F.7. Frontispiece not numbered.
Letterpress; etched illustrations, hand-colored.
108 x 148 mm.
One verse (three lines each) or one image per page.
Running head: Further Adventures of Dame Trot.
Text begins (1v): “A parrot Trot bought, | It would please Puss she thought, | And serve to amuse them for hours;”
BINDING: Green paper boards, dark green spine. No text or illustration.
IMAGE NOTES: Frontispiece illustration has one image of Dame Trot depicting a verse found in other versions of the ODT narrative but not this one. The other two images, a woman opposite a well-dressed dog and a woman talking to a man with a pig at the “Market House”, may not be related to Dame Trot.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Gumuchian 4321. Opie N 699. Not in Necker.
BMC COPY: ex coll Ellery Yale Wood.