McGill Library's Chapbook Collection

Bibliographic Citation:

Cobb, Lyman, 1800-1864. Stories about the balloon, windmill, sofa, bureau, harp, baseviol, violin, buglehorn, fire-engine, and wheelbarrow : in words of one, two, and three syllables. Newark, N.J. : Benjamin Olds, [1844], c1835.

Creator:

Cobb, Lyman, 1800-1864.

Contributor:

Olds, Benjamin, 1790-1881. prt

Publisher:

Benjamin Olds, [1844], c1835.

Notes:

Date from upper wrapper; copyright date from t.p. verso.
"Price three cents."
"Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year, 1835 by Lyman Cobb..."--t.p. verso.
First sentence: "A Balloon is a very large bag, somewhat resembling a globe, made of silk cloth, and is covered with a kind of varnish."
Includes 13 woodcuts.
Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: orange pictorial wrappers. Woodcuts on front & back wrappers. Given to McGill in 2001.

Physical Description:

text.chapbook.black and white, 11 x 7 cm.

Language:

English

Subject:

Readers (Primary)
Musical instruments -- Juvenile literature.
Chapbooks -- Specimens.

Genre/Form:

Readers.
Chapbooks -- New Jersey -- Newark -- 19th century

Chapbook Category:

Books of Instruction

Call Number:

PN970 O5 Ser.3 No.8 1844 Rare Books/Special Collections - Sheila R. Bourke 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=7519

Chapbook Identifier:

PN970_O5_Ser_3_No_8_1844