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The lively history of Jack & the beanstalk
The lively history of Jack & the beanstalk
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The lively history of Jack & the beanstalk

Date1844
Alternate Title
Jack and the bean stalk
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The lively history of Jack & the beanstalk : setting forth for the first time during many years a faithful and particular account of that hero's wonderful adventures in the country of the beanstalk, and his triumph over the murderous giant who inhabited it. Bound in decorative blue stiff-paper covers. Felix Summerly is the pseudonym of Sir Henry Cole. Harriet Jackson is a pseudonym for Harriet Taylor Mill, wife of John Stuart Mill. Cf. The making of the Home Treasury by Geoffrey Summerfield (Children's literature, vol. 8, 1980, p. 35-52.) The four plates, tinted in sepia, are engraved on wood after C.W. Cope.
Dimensions32 p.
Language
ProvenanceGift of Ann Alycin and Elliott Hayes; Bequest in memory of John Sullivan Hayes & Jo Ann Elliott Hayes
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Call Number / Accession Number37131013236385D
Dewey Number484641