Dean’s Pantomime series Robinson Crusoe
Publisher: Dean & Son & Raphael Tuck & Sons - New York, no date – 1891*
Series: Dean's
Pantomime series, no. 2 - patent number
17105
Very rare to find any title in the Dean series (as opposed to the Tuck only ones)
12 half-pages and
one page pasted on to the inner side of the back cover. Cover cut in the
shape of a theatre. Mounted on linen, enameled
covers.
Size, 12” X 9” - 31x24 cm.
Condition - Fine - well bound, bright and clean with hardly any sign of wear
Dating this book:
In Bookseller J. Whitaker and Sons, Limited, 1891 –
Bibliography – page 1179 – the 4 books in the series are mentioned as is the
patent number 17105 and a description of the books.
Theo Gielen also talked
about the series in a Movable Stationary article – 1999 volume 7 page 12. ; “
for this last category listing the 1891 Swedish editions of the “Dean's
Pantomime Series” of shaped theatrical books: Askungen, Robinson Crusoe, Lila
Ròdkappan and Skònheten och odjuret (Cinderella,Robinson Crusoe, Little Red
Riding Hood, and Beauty & The Beast, known also in French, Dutch and
American (McLoughlin) versions.”
Collector’s Corner:
There were 4 in the series:
#1 Cinderella
#2 Robinson Crusoe
#3 Little Red Riding Hood
#4 Beauty and The Beast
