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"Ask mamma," or, The richest commoner in England / by the author of "Handley Cross," "Sponge's sporting tour," etc. etc. ; with illustrations by John Leech.

Accession number
PML 133687-99
Creator
Surtees, Robert Smith, 1805-1864.
Published
London : Bradbury and Evans, 1858.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Original 13 monthly pts., dated Mar. 1857-Mar. 1858. Title leaf and preliminaries at end of pt. 13.
"Bradbury and Evans, Printers, Whitefriars"--p. 13, p. 412.
Pt. 1 exists in two issues. 1st issue has the words "Ask mamma" in outline letters; 2nd issue has solid letters. Cf. Tooley.
Library has pt. 1, 1st issue.
Pts. 1-10 and 13 include the "Ask mamma" advertiser (4 p. at front).
Advertisements on wrappers.
Title vignette.
Description
13 pts. (ix, 3, 412 p.), [17] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Classification
Department