McGill Library's Chapbook Collection

Bibliographic Citation:

The history of Jack the Giant-Killer. London : W.S. Fortey, [between 1860 and 1885]

Alternative Title:

Jack the Giant-Killer

Contributor:

Fortey, W. S. (William Samuel) prt

Publisher:

W.S. Fortey, [between 1860 and 1885]

Notes:

Cover title.
Illustration on cover.
Undated. Date from publisher's years of activity, cf. P.A.H. Brown. London publishers and printers, p. 68.
First sentence: "In the reign of King Arthur, near to the Land's End of England, in the county of Cornwall, lived a worthy farmer, who had a son named Jack."
Includes 8 woodcuts.

Physical Description:

text.chapbook.black and white, 22 x 14 cm.

Language:

English

Subject:

Giants -- Folklore.
Giants -- Juvenile fiction.
Chapbooks -- Specimens.

Genre/Form:

Chapbooks -- England -- London -- 19th century

Chapbook Category:

Legendary Romances, Fairy Stories and Folk Tales in Prose

Call Number:

PN970 F6 H5 1860 Rare Books/Special Collections - Children's Collection

Digital Collection:

McGill Library's Chapbook Collection

Sponsor:

The McGill Library's Chapbook Collection was made possible through a generous donation from the Harold Crabtree Foundation.

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Link to this chapbook:

http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/chapbooks/fullrecord.php?ID=7381

Chapbook Identifier:

PN970_F6_H5_1860