• Publication: Our Trip to Blunderland or Grand Excursion to Blundertown and BackPublication Record # 586562
• Author: Jean Jambon
• Date: 1877-10-15
• Publisher: William Blackwood & Sons
• Price:
  6/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
• Pages: 231
• Format:
  hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
• Type: NOVEL
• Notes: 1st ed. Title wording uniform, punctuation various in secondary sources Title page of Third Thousand (see below) shows no punctuation, small caps "or"; so entered here OCLC 228696056 -- Notes (quote): Halkett & Laing identify Jean Jambon as a pseudonym for John Hay Athole MacDonald: "Jean Jambon is a translation for John HAM; HAM being the initials of the author's last three names" -- "A pastiche of Alice in Wonderland." Publ date, price, and other data from advertisement Manchester Guardian 1877-10-15 p3, heading "This Day is Published" -- ... "With 60 illustrations, designed by Charles Doyle, and engraved by Messrs. Dalziel. ... Those who desire early impressions of the fine wood Engravings should apply through their bookseller without delay." -- Price 5 or 6 s. and 5 or 6 d. (online image unclear; 6/6 entered here) Internet Archive provides full view of one copy, 1st edition, stated "Third Thousand" (title page), which was announced December 1877 -- t.p. credits 60 illustrations by Charles Doyle Third Thousand (3rd printing?) OCLC 5253573 announced for Monday [-12-10] in advertisement by the publisher The Observer 1877-12-09 p8
• External IDs:
  • OCLC/WorldCat: 228696056

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• Our Trip to Blunderland or Grand Excursion to Blundertown and Back • novel by Jean Jambon
•  Our Trip to Blunderland or Grand Excursion to Blundertown and Back • interior artwork by Charles Doyle