McGill Library's Chapbook Collection

Bibliographic Citation:

John the shopkeeper turned sailor, or, The folly of going out of our element : in four parts. London : Sold by J.E. Evans, printers to the Cheap Repository for Moral and Religious Tracts, Long-Lane, Smithfield : sold also by J. Hatchard and Son, Piccadilly : J. Nisbet, 21 Berners Street, Oxford Street ; Bath : A.E. Binns : And by all Booksellers and hawkers, in town and country, [between 1829 and 1839]

Alternative Title:

John the shopkeeper
Folly of going out of our element

Contributor:

Rhodes family, former owner.
Evans, John Edward. prt
Nisbet, James, 1785-1854.
J. Hatchard and Son. prt

Publisher:

Sold by J.E. Evans, printers to the Cheap Repository for Moral and Religious Tracts, Long-Lane, Smithfield : [between 1829 and 1839]

Notes:

Undated. Date range from trading dates of J.E. Evans, cf. Brown, P.A.H. London publishers and printers, c.1800-1870, p. 64.
At head of title: Cheap Repository.
Woodcut: title-page vignette.
First sentence: "A tale I tell whose first beginning, May set some giddy folks a grinning; But, only let it all unfold, A sadder tale was never told."
Includes 1 woodcut.
Provenance: Tudor-Hart bequest.

Physical Description:

text.chapbook.black and white, 19 cm.

Language:

English

Subject:

Chapbooks -- Specimens.

Genre/Form:

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

Chapbook Category:

Religious and Moral

Call Number:

PN970 E94 J64 1829 Rare Books/Special Collections

Digital Collection:

McGill Library's Chapbook Collection

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Link to this chapbook:

http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/chapbooks/fullrecord.php?ID=8051

Chapbook Identifier:

PN970_E94_J64_1829