1840C. Dame Trot and Her Droll Cat. Devonport: S & J Keys, [ca. 1840]. OCLC 33127779. Full text available on the Internet Archive. BMC copy on Tripod.
6 partially numbered leaves including cover.
Pages numbered 2-11.
Letterpress; wood engravings, no color.
108 x 63 mm.
Two verses (four lines each) and one image per page.
Running head: Dame Trot.
Text begins (1r): “‘I’ll bring my friends,’ says Trot to Puss, | ‘To see your clothes so new; | For what avails such costly gear | If not expos’d to view?’”
BINDING: Yellow paper self-wrappers. Letterpress; wood engravings with printed border.
TEXT NOTES: Text of poem begins and ends on front and rear wrappers.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Not in Necker.
BMC COPY: Purchased on the Seymour Adelman Fund.
1840E. Old Dame Trot. Yorkshire or Otley: J. S. Publishing & Stationary Co, [ca. 1840?]. Series: Name unknown. OCLC 1008027926. Full text available on the Internet Archive. BMC copy on Tripod.
4 partially numbered leaves.
Pages numbered to 8 (numbers lacking on p. 6-7).
Letterpress; wood engravings, hand-colored on alternate openings (one side of sheet as printed).
167 x 104 mm.
One verse (five lines each) and one image per page.
Text begins (1r): “Dame Trot in surprise, | Could scarce trust her eyes, | When she came to the door from her room.”
BINDING: White paper wrappers. Letterpress; wood engravings. Title, illustrations, and imprint on printed yellow panel.
COVER NOTES: Title, wood-engraving and “Printed for the booksellers” printed in black ink on upper wrapper atop a yellow printed or stenciled panel. List of titles in series and publisher’s imprint printed within ruled borders on lower wrapper. “Dame Trot” is number 9.
IMAGE NOTES: (Signatures, relation to text, etc.)
TEXT NOTES: Images and text are identical to those in Dame Trot and Her Cat. London: Printed for the booksellers, ca. 1840? (In Necker 533.33) Not the same printing; two pages with accompanying illustrations are switched in the two editions.
DATE RANGE: Undated; date from Osborne’s Collection of Early Children’s Books, 1566-1910.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Osborne, I: 94. Cotsen Children’s Library 1622. Not in Necker.
BMC COPY: Owner name inscribed in blue ink on 1r “Ellery Yale Wood”. Ex coll Ellery Yale Wood.
1840G. Old Dame Trot and Her Comical Cat. London: Bishop & Co, 101, Houndsditch [ca. 1840]. OCLC 1151768920. Full text available on the Internet Archive. BMC copy on Tripod.
4 partially numbered leaves including cover.
Pages numbered 3-7.
Letterpress; wood engravings with decorated border, no color.
152 x 120 mm.
One to four verses, including half verses (four lines each) and one to two images per page.
Text begins (1v): “Old Dame Trot | Going to the Fair, | With the Cat on her shoulder, | To see the folks there.”
BINDING: White paper self-wrappers. Letterpress; woodcut illustration with decorated border, hand-colored.
COVER NOTES: Publisher’s imprint on front wrapper. Image on the rear wrapper is unrelated; depicts a woman seated on a sofa holding an infant or small child who is naked except for a hat.
ADVERTISEMENTS: Where are they located and what are they for?
IMAGE NOTES: Images appear to be reused from other editions of Dame Trot poems. P. 3 image, with Dame Trot walking and cat on her shoulder is design from xxxxxx. Images at pp 4 -7 are from an edition of the escape narrative.
DATE RANGE: Undated; date of publication suggested by estimated dates for similar works by the publisher, who is cited in Osborne as having a floruit date of 1840.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Not in Necker.
BMC COPY: Pencil inscriptions on the upper wrapper read “Not in Osborne. 2 [illegible]. A b[—]t [illegible]. fl 1840 [here an arrow is drawn pointing to the publisher’s name, Bishop & Co.] Osborne £30”. Ex coll Ellery Yale Wood.
1840I. The Renowned History of Dame Trot and Her Cat. Banbury: J. G. Rusher, 1840. Series: Banbury chap books. OCLC 270776292. Full text available on the Internet Archive (copy 1) (copy 2). BMC copy on Tripod.
Copy 1
8 partially numbered leaves including cover.
Pages numbered 2-16.
Letterpress; wood engravings, no color.
87 mm x 60 mm.
Two verses (four lines each) with one illustration or four verses (four lines each) with no illustration per page.
Text begins (1v): “Dame Trot in her cottage | And her heroine view; | The dame says, ‘Your servant!’ | Her pet favourite—‘Mew!’”
BINDING: White paper self-wrappers. Letterpress; wood engravings.
IMAGE NOTES: Illustration on title page depicts a scene which is not described in the text where Dame Trot returns to find the dog and the cat seated together. Illustration on 8v apparently reused from an unrelated work, a fat man and a skinny man.
TEXT NOTES: Text original to this publication? Longer poem on themes common in shorter works. Text related to that of Dean c. 1843.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Cotsen Children’s Library 1627. Not in Necker.
BMC COPY: ex coll Ellery Yale Wood.
Copy 2
8 partially numbered leaves including cover.
Pages numbered 2-16.
Letterpress; wood engravings, no color.
One sheet, printed and folded to 16 pages, but not sewn or trimmed. Pages are 95 mm x 63 mm, uncut sheet is 251 x 191.
Two verses (four lines each) with one illustration or four verses (four lines each) with no illustration per page.
Text begins (1v): “Dame Trot in her cottage | And her heroine view; | The dame says, ‘Your servant!’ | Her pet favourite—‘Mew!’”
BINDING: White paper self-wrappers. Letterpress; wood engravings.
IMAGE NOTES: Illustration on title page depicts a scene which is not described in the text where Dame Trot returns to find the dog and the cat seated together. Illustration on 8v apparently reused from an unrelated work, a fat man and a skinny man.
TEXT NOTES: Text original to this publication? Longer poem on themes common in shorter works. Text related to that of Dean c. 1843.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Check: Z2014.5 .P3 1890. Cotsen Children’s Library 1627. Not in Necker.
BMC COPY: ex coll Ellery Yale Wood.
History of Old Dame Trot, and Her Comical Cat. Place not identified: Publisher not identified, c.1840. OCLC. Full text available on the Internet Archive. BMC copy on Tripod.
4 unnumbered leaves including cover.
Letterpress; wood engravings, stencil- and hand-colored.
144 x 113 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: White paper self-wrappers. Letterpress; wood engravings, stencil- and hand-colored.
TEXT NOTES: Text begins and ends on outer wrappers.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Not in Necker.
BMC COPY: Purchased through the Seymour Adelman Fund.
1843B. Dame Trot and Her Comical Cats. London: Thos. Dean and Co, Threadneedle-Street, [between 1843 and 1847?]. Series: Original Toy Books. OCLC 1151008796. Full text available on the Internet Archive. BMC copy on Tripod.
6 unnumbered leaves including cover.
Letterpress; wood engravings, hand-colored.
161 x 125 mm.
One verse (four lines each) and one image per page.
Text begins (2r): “Dame Trot and her cottage, above you view, | And there is her seat, and her magpie, too;”
BINDING: Grey paper wrappers, glued to first and last leaves. Letterpress; wood engravings, and printer’s borders.
PRICE: Three-pence (front wrapper).
ADVERTISEMENTS: “Original Toy Books, thirteen uniform sorts, three-pence each” on rear wrapper.
TEXT NOTES: Text related to that of Banbury c. 1840.
DATE RANGE: Undated; date range from publisher’s form of name and years of activity at address, see P.A.H. Brown London Publishers and Printers p.55.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Not in Necker.
BMC COPY: Owner name inscribed in ink on the upper wrapper “Emily Louise Ma[illegible]”. Ex coll Ellery Yale Wood.
1845B. Old Dame Trot and Her Cat. London and Otley: Wm Walker and Son, [between 1845 and 1850?]. Series: The Illuminated Library for the Homes of Happy Childhood. OCLC 1151405207. Full text available on the Internet Archive. BMC copy on Tripod.
8 numbered leaves, including cover, printed one side only.
Pages numbered 2-15; blank pages unnumbered but included in pagination.
Letterpress; wood engravings, hand-colored.
219 x 139 mm.
Four verses (two lines each) and one image per page.
Text begins (1v): “Look here, my Puss, said Mrs. Trot, | These fish will suit you nice and hot.”
BINDING: Buff paper wrappers, glued to first and last leaves. Letterpress; wood engravings.
COVER NOTES: Front and rear wrapper identical. Text “The Illuminated Library for the Homes of Happy Childhood. Old Dame Trot and Her Cat. London and Otley: Wm Walker and Son”. Wrapper illustration of children playing, unrelated to text.
IMAGE NOTES: Illustration on each page fitted into central opening of a border of vignettes of children playing, reading, or observing nature outdoors.
TEXT NOTES: Emphasis on Dame Trot’s consumption of alcohol.
DATE RANGE: Undated; date range from Bodleian Library and dates of other titles in this series.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Not in Necker.
BMC COPY: ex coll Ellery Yale Wood.
1845C. Old Dame Trot and Her Comical Cat. London: Thomas Goode, Aylesbury Street, [between 1845 and 1859?]. OCLC 1151769548. Full text available on the Internet Archive. BMC copy on Tripod.
4 partially numbered leaves including cover. BMC copy is one sheet printed and folded, but not sewn or trimmed.
Pages numbered to 9 (cover unnumbered; pp. 2-8 numbered 3 to 9).
Letterpress; wood engravings, 1r only hand-colored.
Full sheet 192 x 119 mm. Page size varies, ~100 x 59 mm.
One verse (four lines each) and two images per page.
Text begins (1r): “Dame Trot and her cat | Sat down for to chat, | The dame sat on this side | And she sat on that.”
BINDING: White paper self-wrappers. Letterpress; wood engravings with printed borders.
IMAGE NOTES: Upper illustration generally reflects the text of the first two lines; lower illustration the text of the latter two lines of the quatrain.
TEXT NOTES: In BMC copy 5r second line printed “Cap, Necklace and rock” has letter f supplied to make “frock” in manuscript, perhaps ballpoint pen.
DATE RANGE: Undated; date of publication suggested by estimated dates for similar works by the publisher.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Not in Necker.
BMC COPY: Unsewn and untrimmed; folded unevenly such that half of the page widths are 12 mm bigger than the other half. Ex coll Ellery Yale Wood.
1846. “The Adventures of Dame Trot and Her Wonderful Cat” in The Adventures of Miss Minette and Master Jocko: To Which Is Added the Marvelous Adventures of Dame Trot and Her Wonderful Cat. New York: C.P. Huestis, 104 Nassau St., Cor. Ann, [1846?]. OCLC 27795064. Full text available on the Internet Archive. BMC copy on Tripod.
3 partially numbered leaves within a larger work.
Pages numbered 20-24.
Letterpress; wood engravings, no color.
193 x 116 mm.
Prose text; two short paragraphs and two images per page; p.24 is an exception.
Text begins (p.19): “Dame Trot came home one winter’s evening quite hungry, and trembling with cold.”
BINDING: Buff paper wrappers. Letterpress; wood engravings, no color.
COVER NOTES: Publisher imprint and address on front wrapper.
ADVERTISEMENTS: Publisher advertisements for “plain and coloured toy books, song books, almanacks, plays, cards, motto verses, blane books, stationary, &e.” as well as “The Guide to Painting, in Water Colours.” “Youth’s New Drawing Book,” and “The Art of Good Behavior” on the rear wrapper.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Not in Necker.
BMC COPY:
1847. Dame Trot and Her Cat. London: Read & Co, 10 Johnson’s Court, Fleet Street, [between 1847 and 1860?]. Series: Read’s Large Panoramic, Indestructible, Washing Children’s Toy Books. OCLC 1236023134. Full text available on the Internet Archive. BMC copy on Tripod.
8 unnumbered leaves, printed one side only; 1 sheet of paper folded accordion style to make 15 pages.
Letterpress; engraved illustrations, hand-colored.
243 x 186 mm.
Two verses (four lines each) and one image per page.
Text begins (1v): “Once old Dame Trot | Went off to the Fair, | With the Cat on her shoulder, | To see the folks there;”
BINDING: Paper boards covered in faded red cloth, cover on white paper glued to front cover. 1v glued to inside of front cover. Letterpress; engraved illustrations, printed in color.
PRICE: 2s 6d (front cover).
ADVERTISEMENTS: Publisher’s advertisements for “Read & Co’s New Indestructible and Washable Children’s Toy Books” on the front cover.
IMAGE NOTES: Illustrated but not signed by P. Cruikshank, active 1840-1860.
DATE RANGE: Undated; date range from publisher’s years at this address and period of activity of the illustrator.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Not in Necker.
BMC COPY: ex coll Ellery Yale Wood.
1849A. Dame Trot and Her Cat. London: James March, 12, Webber Street, [between 1849 and 1868]. OCLC 33127797. Full text available on the Internet Archive. BMC copy on Tripod.
4 unnumbered leaves.
Letterpress; wood engravings, no color.
139 x 84 mm.
One verse (four lines each) and one image or five verses (four lines each) and no image per page.
Text begins (location): “OLD DAME TROT | Going to the Fair, | With the Cat on her shoulder | To see the folks there.”
BINDING: White paper wrappers. Letterpress; wood engravings printed in color.
PRICE: One half-penny (front and rear wrappers).
IMAGE NOTES: Individual illustrations are captioned “The Fair,” “The Chat,” The Dance,” “The Pie,” The Duel.” Last illustration is not captioned. Images on front and back covers are in same format as interior images, and show events form poem not depicted in text.
DATE RANGE: Undated; approximate dates based on publisher’s address, established from Brown, P. London publishers and printers c. 1800-1870, p. 123.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Not in Necker.
BMC COPY: Pencil inscription on front cover records a price of €150. Ex coll Ellery Yale Wood.
1850. Dame Trot and Her Comical Cat. Albany: Gray & Sprague, no. 51 State-Street, [1858-1863]. Series: Elegantly Colored Juvenile Books. OCLC: 870697562. Full text available on the Internet Archive. BMC copy on Tripod.
8 partially numbered leaves including cover, printed one side only.
Pages 6, 7, 10, 11, 14, 15 numbered.
Letterpress; engraved illustrations, hand-colored.
180 x 112 mm.
Two verses (four lines each) and one image per page; 1v is an exception.
Interior title: Old Dame Trot and Her Comical Cat
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; engraved illustrations.
ADVERTISEMENTS: Rear wrapper advertises for “Grandmama Easy’s Large Toy Books,” “Marks’ Colored Toy Books,” and “New Preceptor for the Flute.”
COVER NOTES: Edition statement at head of title. Publisher’s imprint on front wrapper.
TEXT NOTES: This book appears to have been printed by J. L. Marks of London. Apparently the same press run as Marks’ Edition. Paper stock differs between our copy of Marks’ Edition and the Albany Edition, but layout, spacing, etc. seem the same.
DATE RANGE: More reliably dated books published by Wm. B. Sprague, Jr. at State Street address suggest a date of 1858-1863. Based on dating of Marks’ Edition from Smithfield address, probably c 1858.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Necker 533.13.
BMC COPY: Purchased through the Ellen A. Michelson Collections Fund.
1850C. Dame Trot and Her Cat. London: Printed for the booksellers, [ca. 1850?]. Series: Name unknown. OCLC 185122919. Full text available on the Internet Archive. BMC copy on Tripod.
4 numbered leaves.
Pages numbered to 8.
Letterpress; engraved illustrations, some hand-colored.
138 x 102 mm.
One verse (five lines each) and one image per page.
Text begins (1r): “Dame Trot in surprise | Could scarce trust her eyes, | When she came to the door from her room;”
BINDING: Yellow paper wrappers. Letterpress; engraved illustrations, some hand-colored.
COVER NOTES: Number 9 in an unnamed series listed on the rear wrapper.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Necker 533.33.
BMC COPY: Owner name inscribed in blue ink on 1r “Ellery Yale Wood”. Ex coll Ellery Yale Wood.
1850G. Houx-Marc, Eugène, “Aventures de Dame Trotte et de sa Chatte” in Mémorables Fredaines d’un Singe: Histoire Plaisante Suivies des Aventures de Dame Trotte, de sa Chatte et de son Chien. Paris: Published by Amédée Bédelet, Libraire, 20, rue des grands augustins (Printed by Schneider et Langrand), [between 1850 and 1860?]. Series: Bibliotheque du Premier Age. OCLC 1152524366. Full text available on the Internet Archive. BMC copy on Tripod.
6 partially numbered leaves within a larger work.
Pages numbered 22-31; first and last pages not numbered.
Engraved text and illustrations, no color.
147 x 111 mm.
Prose text; one small paragraph and one image per page.
Interior title: Aventures de Dame Trotte et de sa Chatte.
Text begins (p.22): “Or, dame Trotte rentra un soir d’hiver, affamée, tremblant de froid, la pauvre femme;”
BINDING: White paper boards. Letterpress; wood engravings, printed in color. Gilt edges.
EXTERIOR TITLE: Fredaines d’un Singe
DATE RANGE: Undated; date range based on other titles in series.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Not in Necker.
BMC COPY: Paper bookplates of Joan Feisenberger and Paul Gavault on the inside front cover. Ex coll Ellery Yale Wood.
1850H. Old Dame Trot. London: Darton and Co., Holborn Hill, [between 1845 and 1855?]. OCLC 1151628114. Full text available on the Internet Archive. BMC copy on Tripod.
8 partially numbered leaves including cover, printed one side only.
Pages 3-8 numbered; pagination excludes blank pages.
Letterpress; wood engravings, hand-colored.
251 x 169 mm.
Two verses (two lines each) and two illustrations per page; 1v and 8r are exceptions.
Interior title: Old Dame Trot, and Her Comical Cat.
Text begins (1v): “Old Dame Trot going to the fair, | With her cat on her shoulder, to see the folks there.”
BINDING: Blue paper wrappers, glued to first and last leaves. Letterpress; wood engravings.
EXTERIOR TITLE: Old Dame Trot, and Her Comical Cat.
COVER NOTES: Rear wrapper lists titles in the series “Pictorial Instruction for Young Children” at 1 shilling, and “Just out, on the same plan,” Reuben Ramble’s Travels in [5 areas of England] at 1 shilling.
PRICE: Sixpence, coloured (front wrapper).
IMAGE NOTES: Title page illustration is a vignette of Dame Trot and her cat, seated, inside a circular border. Above, seated on the border, with her back to the viewer, is Dame Trot, with the cat on her shoulder. They are viewing a dramatic performance through a proscenium. The actors include one in a Harlequin costume, and perhaps one dressed as a fool.
TEXT NOTES: Each verse and illustration is labeled with an additional word (Pleasure, Talk, Dancing, Slaughter, Notable, etc.) as the earliest publications were.
DATE RANGE: Undated; date range based on inscription and form of publisher’s name.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Not in Necker.
BMC COPY: Ink inscriptions on the front cover read “Marian Sarah Hart with Aunt Betsy’s love 1855.” Purchased on the Seymour Adelman Fund.
1857. Dame Trot and Her Comical Cat. London: J.L. Marks, 91, Long Lane, Smithfield, [c. 1857]. OCLC 1152199505. Full text available on the Internet Archive. BMC copy on Tripod.
8 partially numbered leaves including cover, printed one side only.
Pages numbered 2 to 15; blank pages unnumbered but included in pagination.
Letterpress; wood engravings, hand-colored.
180 x 109 mm.
Two verses (four lines each) and one image per page; 1v and 7v are exceptions.
Interior title: Old Dame Trot and Her Comical Cat.
Text begins (1v): “Old Dame Trot, | Going to the fair, | With her cat on her shoulder, | To see the folks there.”
BINDING: Blue paper wrappers, glued to first and last leaves. Letterpress; wood engravings.
COVER NOTES: Front wrapper includes publisher’s imprint and address.
ADVERTISEMENTS: Publisher’s advertisements on lower wrapper, all for printed products of J.L. Marks.
IMAGE NOTES: Front wrapper illustrated with fruit and nuts. The images are closely related to Raine’s editions (Baltimore); either one set is based on the other, or else both are based on a third source. The date of this edition of J. L. Marks’ Dame Trot is not clear evidence that the images were copied from Raine’s edition, as the first printing by Marks is unknown. Marks’ wood engravings were still in use in the later S. Marks and Sons edition.
TEXT NOTES: Apparently the same press run as Albany Edition, which Marks printed. Paper stock differs between our copy of Marks’ Edition and the Albany Edition, but layout, spacing, etc. seem the same.
DATE RANGE: Undated; approximate dates of c.1835-1857 based on publisher’s address (Brown, P. London publishers and printers c.1800-1870, p. 123), but simultaneous printing with Albany edition suggests a date at the end of that range.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Not in Necker.
BMC COPY: ex coll Ellery Yale Wood.
1858A. Houx-Marc, Eugène, Aventures de Dame Trotte et de sa Chatte. Paris: Amédée Bédelet, Rue des grands-augustins, 20, 1858. Series: Bibliothèque du Premier Age. OCLC 504600950. Full text available on the Internet Archive. BMC copy on Tripod.
26 partially numbered leaves. 14 additional illustrated plates, printed one side only.
Pages numbered 6-48, except on pages where a new chapter begins. Illustrated plates not numbered or included in the page count.
Letterpress; etched illustrations, some hand-colored.
155 x 114 mm.
Prose text; one half-page illustration at the end of each chapter, one full-page illustrated plate per chapter (two to four pages of text).
Text begins (4r): “Dame Trotte revenait un soir chez elle, bien tourmentée, bien fatigue.”
BINDING: Grey paper boards, red spine. Letterpress; etched illustrations, printed in color.
EXTERIOR TITLE: Aventures de Dame Trotte
DATE RANGE: Undated; date from BL catalogue.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Not in Necker.
BMC COPY: Inside front cover has a small pasted-in paper label from “Newling, Bookseller, Publisher, & Stationer. 27, Bold Street, Liverpool.” Ex coll Ellery Yale Wood.
1859A. Barrow, Frances Elizabeth, “The New History of Dame Trot and Her Cat.” In Nightcaps. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1859. Series: Nightcaps. OCLC 905335604. Full text available on the Internet Archive. BMC copy on Tripod.
14 partially numbered leaves within a larger work.
Pages numbered 67-87.
Letterpress; engraved illustrations, no color.
159 x 120 mm.
Prose text; full page of text or one full page image.
Text begins (p.66): “I suppose you have heard before about Dame Trot;”
BINDING: Brown cloth over paper boards. Faded gilt engraved illustration; blind and gilt tooling.
COVER NOTES: Blind tooled patterns on the front and back cover. Gilt tooled patterns and title on the spine.
IMAGE NOTES: Throughout the book some images are signed (by various illustrators) and others aren’t; Dame Trot images are signed respectively by “Bonfield” and “Orump.”
TEXT NOTES: One of eight narratives within the same book.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Not in Necker.
BMC COPY: Pencil inscription on front flyleaf reads “To little Carrie. from John. August 1860.” Pencil inscription on the dedication page reads “April ’74- The gift of Miss Janel(?) C. Preston, ’26.”