The history of Sam, the sportsman, and his gun : also, of his wife Joan ; embellished with wood-cuts.
Bibliographic Citation:
The history of Sam, the sportsman, and his gun : also, of his wife Joan ; embellished with wood-cuts. York : Printed and sold by J. Kendrew, Colliergate, [ca. 1820]
Contributor:
Publisher:
Printed and sold by J. Kendrew, Colliergate, [ca. 1820]
Notes:
  • Cover title.
  • Date from Toronto. Osborne Coll., p. 96, which also notes: "An extended chapbook version of the rhyme 'There was a little man, and he had a little gun'. At the end is 'Economy of time', a dialogue between Jenny and her grandmother." Cf. Mansell 248:131.
  • First sentence: "There was a little man, And he had a little gun, And he liv'd by the side of a wood; He had a little wife, Who lov'd him as her life, And to please him would do what she could."
  • Includes 11 woodcuts.
  • Citations/References: Davis, R. Kendrew of York, 29
  • Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: 11 woodcuts. Yellow wrappers. Osborne - p.96. Spencer Collection - p.33. Three Centuries of Nursery Rhymes and Poetry for Children - Opie - p.34. Adelphi Book Shop. Victoria, B.C. Dec/72. $8.50. Blackwells, Oxford - '76 - £15; Justin Schiller, New York - '83 - $65.00; Aleph-Bet Valley Cottage, N.Y. - 200 - $100.00.
Physical Description:
text.chapbook.black and white, 96 x 65 mm.
Language:
English
Chapbook Category:
Metrical Tales and Other Verse
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.
Copyright:
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Link to this chapbook:
http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/chapbooks/fullrecord.php?ID=7446
Chapbook Identifier:
PN970_K4_H5_1820