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What-O'Clock Tales

Book
1932 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Printed illustrated book. viii, 225 pages.
Contents: The shoes of Go-Seek. -- The Rain-Child. -- Han and Kewan. -- Moozipoo. -- The Spindle-Tree. -- The Kindness of the Crocodile. -- Catspaw. -- Deep Waters. -- Tales of a Woodcutter. -- Gammelyn. -- The Green Bird. -- The Horse with the Hump. -- The Story of the White Mare. -- The Helping Hands. -- The Mountains of the Moon.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleWhat-O'Clock Tales (published title)
Materials and techniques
Case bound printed illustrated book.
Brief description
Book, by Laurence Housman. What-O'Clock Tales. Illustrated by John Robert Monsell. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1932. NAL pressmark: 861.AA.3371.
Physical description
Printed illustrated book. viii, 225 pages.
Contents: The shoes of Go-Seek. -- The Rain-Child. -- Han and Kewan. -- Moozipoo. -- The Spindle-Tree. -- The Kindness of the Crocodile. -- Catspaw. -- Deep Waters. -- Tales of a Woodcutter. -- Gammelyn. -- The Green Bird. -- The Horse with the Hump. -- The Story of the White Mare. -- The Helping Hands. -- The Mountains of the Moon.
Dimensions
  • Height: 205 mm
  • Width: 155mm
  • Depth: 280mm
  • Weight: 477g
Credit line
Donated by Anne Renier and F.G. Renier
Object history
Ownership inscription in ink on upper pastedown reads: "M. Burrows 1937". Bookplate on upper pastedown reads: "From the Library of Anne Renier and F.G. Renier". Donated by Anne Renier and F.G. Renier. Initialled in ink "AR" (ie. Anne Renier) on lower flyleaf.
Other number
861.AA.3371 - NAL Pressmark
Collection
Library number
38041803041284

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Record createdMarch 10, 2020
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