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The King of the Golden River

John Ruskin

First published 1851
Publisher Smith, Elder & Co.
Format Hardcover
Type Chapbook
Pages 56

1st ed. (for the 1850 holiday season, as 1851) OCLC: -- Notes (quote one): "Actually published 21st of December, 1850".-- Wise. -- cover title as "Styria" -- engraved title page apparently modified from "Styria" See Project Gutenberg #33673 for image of 1885 apparent reproduction of that title page. HathiTrust Digital Library shows the same engraved title leaf in e-copies of several 19th century editions; eg, in the undated "Sixth Edition" from Smith, Elder

Publisher advertisement The Observer 1850-12-22 p1 "New Christmas Books"; this one A New Fairy Tale, illustrated by Mr. Doyle (no price) Review The Observer -12-30 p7 "New Year's Books"; not short, closing "This charming Christmas book is cleverly and fantastically illustrated by Doyle, and old and young will find in it what is pleasant to read and pleasant to look at." Not found 2017-05-02 in automated search of newspapers 1851

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The King of the Golden River Cover 1978 Hamish Hamilton Hardcover Chapbook Krystyna Turska 40
The King of the Golden River Cover 1978 Greenwillow Books Hardcover Chapbook Krystyna Turska 40
The King of the Golden River 2005 Simply Read Books Hardcover Chapbook Iassen Ghiuselev 65
The King of the Golden River: Or, the Black Brothers, a Legend of Stiria [ 1888 ] Cover 2009 Cornell University Library Trade Paperback Chapbook 82
The King of the Golden River Cover 2010 Forgotten Books Trade Paperback Chapbook 174
The King of the Golden River Cover 2010 Book Jungle Trade Paperback Chapbook 48
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