McGill Library's Chapbook Collection

Bibliographic Citation:

Gilbert, Ann Taylor, 1781-1866. My father : to which is added, My mother. Edinburgh : James Clarke and Co., [between 1824 and 1844]

Alternative Title:

My mother.

Creator:

Gilbert, Ann Taylor, 1781-1866.

Publisher:

James Clarke and Co., [between 1824 and 1844]

Notes:

Cover title.
Undated. Date range from trading dates of James Clarke and Co., cf. National Library of Scotland, Scottish Book Trade Index WWW site.
First and last leaves pasted down to wrappers.
At head of wrapper: "17."
First sentence: "Who took me from my mother's arms, And, smiling at her soft alarms, Show'd me the world and nature's charms? My Father."
Includes 14 woodcuts.
Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: bound with The house that Jack built. Edinburgh: James Clarke and Co.,[between 1824 and 1844]. Bound together subsequent to publication with 9 other chapbooks, with binder's spine title: Chap books. Green pictorial paper wrappers.

Physical Description:

text.chapbook.black and white, 11 cm.

Language:

English

Subject:

Chapbooks -- Specimens.

Genre/Form:

Chapbooks -- Scotland -- Edinburgh -- 19th century

Chapbook Category:

Metrical Tales and Other Verse

Call Number:

PN970 C53 H68 1824 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=7856

Chapbook Identifier:

PN970_C53_H68_1824_000902461