1890. Dame Trot and Her Comical Cat. New York: McLoughlin Bros., 1890. Series: Pleasewell Series. OCLC 1132895933. Full text available on the Internet Archive (copy 1) (copy 2). BMC copy on Tripod.
Copy 1
6 unnumbered leaves including cover.
Letterpress; lithographic illustrations, printed in color (chromolithography).
198 x 137 mm.
Five verses (four lines each) or one captioned image per page.
Interior title: Dame Trot and Her Cat
Text begins (2v): “DAME TROT was out walking one very fine day, | And close by her side went her nimble dog Tray, | When all of a sudden she heard such a sound, | Of somebody crying, she had to look ‘round.”
BINDING: White linen self-wrappers. Letterpress; chromolithographic illustrations.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Cf. Opie, I. & A. Nursery rhymes p. 320-1. Not in Necker.
BMC COPY: “$40” written in pencil on page 3. Ex coll Ellery Yale Wood.
Copy 2
6 unnumbered leaves including cover.
Letterpress; lithographic illustrations, some printed in color (chromolithography).
197 x 140 mm.
Five verses (four lines each) or one captioned image per page.
Interior title: Dame Trot and Her Cat.
Text begins (1v): “Dame Trot was walking one very fine day, | And close by her side went her nimble dog Tray,”
BINDING: White paper self-wrappers. Letterpress; chromolithographic illustrations.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Cf. Opie, I. & A. Nursery rhymes p. 320-1. Not in Necker.
BMC COPY: The top corner along the seam has been torn off. Ex coll Ellery Yale Wood.
1891. Old Dame Trot and Her Comical Cat. New York: McLoughlin Bros., [1891?]. Series: Santa-Claus Series. OCLC 995850333. Full text available on the Internet Archive. BMC copy on Tripod.
10 unnumbered leaves including cover.
Letterpress; engraved illustrations, some printed in color.
271 x 232 mm.
Two to five verses (four lines each) with one small image per page or one full page captioned image per page.
Interior title: Dame Trot and Her Comical Cat
Text begins (1v): “DAME TROT was out walking one very fine day, | And close by her side went her nimble dog, Tray, | When all of a sudden she heard such a sound, | Of somebody crying, she had to look ‘round.”
BINDING: White paper wrappers, glued to first and last leaves. Letterpress; engraved illustrations, some printed in color.
COVER NOTES: Series and publisher’s copyright imprinted on the front wrapper.
IMAGE NOTES: Images the same as in the two contemporary smaller books.
TEXT NOTES: Text is similar to the two contemporary smaller books, but considerably extended.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Not in Necker.
BMC COPY: ex coll Ellery Yale Wood.
1892B. The Comic Adventures of Dame Trot and Her Cat. London: Griffith Farran & Co., Newbery House, 39 Charing Cross Road, between 1892 and 1896. Series: The Old Corner Series. OCLC 1151850864. Full text available on the Internet Archive. BMC copy on Tripod.
11 unnumbered leaves.
Letterpress; engraved illustrations, no color.
208 x 169 mm.
One to three verses (four lines each) and zero to one images per page.
Text begins (3v): “Here you behold Dame Trot, and here Her comic Cat you see; Each seated in an elbow chair As snug as they can be.”
BINDING: White paper boards, outer leaves glued to cover, rebound. Letterpress; engraved illustrations, printed in color.
COVER NOTES: Though most front cover illustrations are specific to the Dame Trot story several are not including a man with a turban, a set of birds in conversation with a cow, and possibly an illustration of Old Mother Hubbard. Front cover has publisher imprint. Possibly a different cover used for rebinding. Back cover advertises “Robinson’s Patent Groats.”
ADVERTISEMENTS: Endpages and flyleaves advertise for everything from “Fennings’ Children’s Powers” and “Fennings’ Lung Healers” to “Fennings’ Fever Cure,” “The ‘Sun’ Knife Cleaner,” and “Epps’s Cocoa,” among others.
IMAGE NOTES: Some images signed WG by the illustrator, Will Gibbons.
TEXT NOTES: Blank flyleaf added, likely at rebinding.
DATE RANGE: Undated; Griffith Farran & Co. were in operation at 39 Charing Cross Road from 1892-1896 cf. Brown, London publishers and printers c.1800-1870.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Not in Necker.
BMC COPY: Pencil inscription records the price £22.50. Ex coll Ellery Yale Wood.
1892C. Martin, Sarah Catherine, “Old Dame Trot and Her Comical Cat.” In Old Nursery Stories. New York: McLoughlin Bros., [1892?]. OCLC 191236452. Full text available on the Internet Archive. BMC copy on Tripod.
6 unnumbered leaves.
Letterpress; lithographic illustrations, some printed in color (chromolithography).
191 x 134 mm.
Three or five verses (four lines each) of text with a ¼-½ page black and white illustration alternated with two full pages of chromolithographic illustration.
Text begins (13v): “DAME TROT was out walking one very fine day | And close by her side went her nimble dog Tray | When all of a sudden she heard such a sound | Of somebody crying, she had to look ‘round.”
BINDING: Red paper boards. Letterpress; chromolithographic illustrations, some printed in color.
COVER NOTES: Copyright imprint from 1892 on the front cover.
IMAGE NOTES: Book stories are broken up with full-page color title pages and illustrations.
TEXT NOTES: Full text contains: 5 Little Pigs, The Old Woman and Her Pig, Old Dame Trot and Her Comical Cat, The 3 Little Kittens, The House That Jack Built, Old Mother Hubbard and Her Dog.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Not in Necker.
BMC COPY: Purchased with the Seymour Adelman Fund.
Dame Trot and Her Cat. New York: McLoughlin Bros., [ca. 1894]. Series: Dame Trot Series. OCLC 34051940. Full text available on the Internet Archive. BMC copy on Tripod.
6 unnumbered leaves including cover.
Relief cuts; printed in red as well as black.
200 x 140 mm.
Two to three verses (four lines each) or one image per page. Images and text appear in alternate openings.
Interior title: The Story of Dame Trot and Her Cat.
Text begins (1v): “DAME TROT once went to a neighboring fair, | and what do you think that she bought herself there?”
BINDING: Buff paper self-wrappers. Printed in red and black ink.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Cotsen Children’s Library 1619. Not in Necker.
BMC COPY: Purchased through the Seymour Adelman Fund.
1900. Dame Trot and Her Cat. London: Frederick Warne & Co, Bedford Street, Strand [between 1900 and 1910?]. OCLC 1175589702. Full text available on the Internet Archive. BMC copy on Tripod.
8 unnumbered leaves including cover, printed one side only.
Letterpress; engraved illustrations, some hand-colored, some stencil-colored.
157 x 108 mm.
One to two verses (four lines each) and one image per page.
Text begins (1r): “DAME TROT once went to a neighbour-ing fair, | And what do you think she bought herself there? | A Pussy! the prettiest ever was seen; | No cat was so gentle, so clever and clean.”
BINDING: White paper self-wrappers. Letterpress; engraved illustrations.
TEXT NOTES: Text begins on front wrapper and ends on rear wrapper.
DATE RANGE: Undated; estimated date based on examination of materials.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Not in Necker.
BMC COPY: ex coll Ellery Yale Wood.
1930. King, Dorothy, Dame Trot and Her Cat. London: Blackie & Son Limited, [ca. 193-?]. Series: Blackie’s Easy to Read Books. OCLC 806016565. Full text available on the Internet Archive. BMC copy on Tripod.
32 partially numbered leaves.
Pages numbered 5-62.
Letterpress; line photo engraved illustrations, printed in color.
186 x 125 mm.
Prose text; one half-page image every two to three pages.
Text begins (3r): “Once upon a time there lived a little old woman in a tiny brown house, that stood at the edge of a wood, not far from a town.”
BINDING: Grey paper boards, outer leaf glued to front cover. Letterpress; line photo engraved illustrations, printed in color.
IMAGE NOTES: Images signed by illustrator Rosa C. Petherick.
TEXT NOTES: A printer’s mark on 2v reads “BOOK PRODUCTION WAR ECONOMY STANDARD.”
DATE RANGE: Undated; dated from examination of materials and styles.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Not in Necker.
BMC COPY: Pencil notes record the book was purchased for €30. Purchased through the Seymour Adelman Fund.
1973B. The Moving Adventures of Old Dame Trot and Her Comical Cat. New York: Mc-Graw-Hill Book Company, 1973. OCLC 671899. BMC copy on Tripod.
16 unnumbered leaves.
Inkjet, printed in color.
181 x 247 mm.
One verse (four lines each) and/or one image per page.
Text begins (location): “Old Dame Trot, | Going to the Fair, | With her cat on her shoulder, | To see the folks there.”
BINDING: White paper boards, dust jacket with the same title and illustration as the board cover. Inkjet, printed in color.
PRICE: $4.95 (inside front flap of the dust jacket)
IMAGE NOTES: Illustrated by Paul Galdone
TEXT NOTES: Based on the 1807 edition printed by W. & T. Darton, London.
BMC COPY: ex coll Ellery Yale Wood.