Editions and Renditions of Christina Rossetti's Goblin Market

This edition was published by Harrap Limited, 1984 in London. This is a reprint, reprinted in 1984, fairly recently. That in itself proves that it was in demand and therefore did very well when it first came out. This publisher is known for publishing Arthur Rackham’s work as well.

Christina Rossetti’s poem is printed in this edition to be marketed to children, as this version is a children’s picture book whilst simultaneously, originally, being marketed to collectors, because of Rackham’s unique artistry. The editions that were meant to be for children were most likely printed on…

The author of this text is Christina Rossetti. There are no other authors, editors, or adapters for this edition of the text. However, there is a foreword written by  Joyce Carol Oates, a renowned American writer known for her various novels, short stories, and poems. This book was published by Chronicle Books, a publishing company located in San Francisco, California in 1997. This is a reprint published by the company mentioned previously, who is known for publishing children’s literature, which was very likely the original market or audience of the text. The text is marketed…

Published in 1973 by StoneHill Publishing company in New York. This is a reprint of Christina Rosetti’s work and Laurence Housmans Illustrations of Goblin market in 1893 which was originally published by Macillan & co london. Laurence Housman was born in 1865 and died in 1950 both in the United Kingdom, he is known for being a playwright and a writer along with an illustrator. This text is the most modern rendition of Laurence Housmans illustrations. Though Housmans Illustrations were not meant for children as they express themes of sexuality , children were often the audience that…

Polly Pen and Peggy Harmon’s theatre production of Goblin Market was published by the Dramatists Play Service Inc, and first opened on October 17, 1985 at New York Vineyard’s Theatre. The production would later move to a longer and more successful run at Circle in the Square. The production company itself, formed in 1936 by a group of playwrights and theatre agents, focused on fostering national opportunities for playwrights by offering affordable publications. This would’ve been a significant detail for Pen, who both co-authored and composed Goblin Market as her first…

This rendition of Goblin Market was published in London in 1893 by MacMillan & Co. This rendition is the first edition for Laurence Housman's illustrations of the poem, which would go on to be republished numerous times. This version was designed as a gift book, meant to capture this growing market, especially around Christmas season. Housman's illustrations were meant for an older audience. This is not only because it was designed as a lavish gift book, but because his images enhance the sexual themes of the poem. His illustrations feature both sexual…

This version of Rosetti’s “Goblin Market” was published by Blackie & Son Ltd. in London in 1923. This publishing company was known for making gift books in the early 20th century. It seems to be marketed towards adults because it contains fewer illustrations compared to editions for children. The illustrations also appear to darker and more erotic which is not meant to be shown to children. Christina Georgina Rosetti (1830-1894) was a poet and this book contains other poems such as “Up-hill”, “The Convent Threshold” and “Maude Clare”. The artist for this book was Florence Susan…

This is the First U.S. edition published in 1981 by David R. Godine, Publisher, Inc. This was published at 306 Dartmouth Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116. 

This publisher is known for a wide variety of genres, but is specifically an American book publishing company. 

The book was marketed for pleasure reading towards "youngsters and adults", but due to nudity that is included in the images and the erotic, adult fairytale themes, it is said to be unsuited for children. It is now known to be considered for adults only due to its invoking of mature themes and…

Title: Poems of Christina Rossetti

Publisher: Gramercy Books,1994. Published in Avenel, New Jersey, United States; printed and bound in Singapore. This is a reprint of the Harrison-illustrated Goblin Market and Other Poems by Christina Rossetti, published in 1910 and 1923 by Blackie & Son Ltd. in London. Gramercy Books is an independent publisher known for its reproductions of classic and collectible books.

Audience: The book was marketed towards adults, particularly collectors and academics interested in Rossetti's work following the…

Ellen Raskin (March 13th, 1928 - August 8th, 1984) adapted and illustrated Christina Rossetti's Goblin Market and was published in 1970 by E.P Dutton & CO., Inc New York, first edition. With its audience directed towards children, each illustration takes up majority of each page in its vivid watercolours that attracts the attention of viewers. The poem itself is broken up into parts that are inermingled with the illustrations rather than having the poem in large, blocky format. Ellen Raskin has removed and edited portions of the poem's lines that discuss sex and…

Beyond The Looking Glass: Extraordinary World of Fairy Tale and Fantasy, is an edited anthology of Victorian novels, novellas, and poems by Jonathan Cott and published in 1973 by Stonehill Publications in New York. The anthology assembled a collection of influential "children's" fairy tales of the Victorian period, including Rosetti's "Goblin Market." The anthology featured an impressive collection of over 200 illustrations, 10 Victorian texts, and introductory material by Leslie Fielder and Jonathan Cott himself. The final text in the anthology, Cott reproduced Laurence…

Helen McCloy's murder mystery of The Goblin Market was mass-published by Dell Publishing Company in New York, NY in 1943.  It is a Mapback edition (#295), with a crime map of the story printed on the back cover.  This edition was mass-marketed, which at the time was relatively new in the United States market; Dell Publishing Company's principal competitor was Pocket Books. Christina Rossetti's poem is not printed in full, rather it is used to develop a narrative about violence and greed and betrayal between men, however, a pocket-sized volume of the …

Dante Gabriel Rossetti designed his sister Christina Rossetti's collection of poetry, Goblin Market and Other Poems, in 1862, using the title poem as the subject for his illustrations His distinctive cover, illustrative frontispiece, and a title-page vignette, made the work a Pre-Raphaelite collaboration of art and poetry. The material format of the book, as well as its contents, indicate that it was aimed at an adult audience in its first publication. The elegant cover design, a geometric arrangement in gold on dark blue cloth boards, is utterly unlike other bindings of…

The novel Goblin Market: A Caitlin Reece Mystery was first published by Naiad Press in Tallahassee, Florida, in 1993. This version appears to be a first edition copy. The Naiad Press was one of the first publishing companies to be dedicated towards publishing lesbian stories and feminist texts. It was considered the oldest lesbian literature publisher in the world before merging into Bella Books. This book was primarily marketed towards lesbian readership, as it was part of the popular Caitlin Reece Mysteries series featuring the namesake lesbian detective. The main plotline…

Goblin Market (1989) is a paperback edition produced by Victor Gollanez Ltd. at 14 Henrietta Street, London. The first edition of this book was produced in 1980 in Great Britain, also by Victor Gollanez Ltd. Gollancz Children’s Paperbacks, London, is the publication company. This edition was printed in Great Britain by Westerham Press Ltd, in Westerham, Kent. Ware’s Goblin Market (1989) was intended by Gollancz to be marketed towards 11-14-year-old pre-teens, but is often found within the children’s literature section of book stores and libraries. Christina…

Published by Warner Books 1988, New  York. 

This re-imagining of Christine Rossetti’s classic Goblin market was an attempt to retool the Victorian poem for a younger and more modern audience. Appealing to the growing popularity of the sci-fi genre that blossomed in the early 80’s Richard Bowe’s created this post-apocalyptic spin-off using his original series “War Child” in hopes of capturing the imagination of young audiences and breathing new life into a literary classic. This text is heavily adapted and only loosely conforms to some of the plot beats and…

Christina Rossetti’s Goblin Market was published in the “Ribald Classics” feature in Playboy Magazine in 1973 which introduced many pieces of classic literature to Playboy readers. Goblin Market is marketed to Playboy’s audience by highlighted the erotic elements of the poem both in the editorial introduction constructing a version of Goblin Market that highlights its place as both a nursery poem as well as an erotic tale. The poem is not printed in full; rather, it is condensed to better suit the magazine’s general article length. The article includes four canvas paintings by Kinuko Craft…

This is an image of the cover page of the 1973 Green Tiger Press published republication of Christina Rossetti's Goblin Market, originally published in London in 1893. The book was originally published by Macmillan and Company, and then republished 80 years later by Green Tiger Press in La Jolla, California, for what is assumed to be because of copyright. Green Tiger Press is typically known for republishing popular childrens stories with images to fit a younger audience, whereas Macmillan and Company is known for publishing award-winning books for both children and…

This Dover edition of Christina Rossetti's Goblin Market, with illustrations by Laurence Housman, was first published in 1983 and is an unabridged republication of the original edition published by Macmillan & Company in London, 1893. This edition was published in Toronto, Ontario by General Publishing and in the United Kingdom by Constable and Company, but was manufactured in New York City, U.S. at Dover Publications Incorporated. Dover Publications, also known as ‘Dover Books’, specializes in publishing reissues and reprints of books, usually ‘classics’ or books in the…

This pocketbook-sized anthology (10cm) of Christina Georgina Rossetti's poems was published by Collins’ Clear-Type Press in London and Glasgow (also known as William Collins & Sons). Its date of publication is unspecified but estimated to be 1890. The book itself is bound in suede for durability. It is kept within the Children's Literature Archive at the Ryerson University Centre for Digital Humanities.

This book contains Rossetti's "Goblin Market" as its first poem, accompanied by coloured illustrations of an unknown artist. Other poems in the book are "Dream land", "Winter…

This book was reprinted and published by Christina Rosetti and illustrated by Dion C. Calthrop in London (publishers T.C & E.C. Jack) in approximately 1906. Though the text in this edition is in full and unchanged, it is clearly made for a child through the images and has been manipulated since the original story published in 1866. This version of the story is marketed towards children and we can tell by the use of bright colours as well as the nature of the pictures. The women shown are in a warm home and dressed more modestly as opposed to other editions where they are shown in…

This rendition of Christina Rosetti's Goblin Market is a reprint, and was published in 1912 by George Routledge & Sons Ltd. in London, England. The original version of this book was published in 1862, by Macmillan, with illustrations by Dante Gabriel Rosetti. This edition, however, was illustrated by Margaret W. Tarrant, who was born on December 5, 1830, and died on December 29, 1894. This edition was marketed towards a child audience, made evident through the artist's decision to depict the characters as younger and more childlike; the goblins also look less-…