McGill Library's Chapbook Collection

Bibliographic Citation:

Lame Jemmy. London : Printed for Houlston and Co., 65, Paternoster-Row, 1841.

Contributor:

Houlston and Co. pbl

Publisher:

Printed for Houlston and Co., 65, Paternoster-Row, 1841.

Notes:

Wrappers included in pagination.
First and last leaves pasted down to wrappers.
Publisher's advertisement on p. [32].
Woodcuts: frontispiece, title page vignette, in text.
First sentence: "'Jem! thou should'st be ashamed of thyself, great idle lad,' cried Molly Garnet to her son, 'sitting there doing nothing, when everybody else is working and striving!"
Includes 9 woodcuts.
Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: brown pictorial wrappers.

Physical Description:

text.chapbook.black and white, 12 x 8 cm.

Language:

English

Subject:

People with disabilities -- Juvenile literature.
Lameness in literature -- Juvenile literature.
Chapbooks -- Specimens.

Genre/Form:

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

Chapbook Category:

Religious and Moral

Call Number:

PN970 H685 L3 1841 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=7408

Chapbook Identifier:

PN970_H685_L3_1841