The book of riddles.
Bibliographic Citation:
The book of riddles. Portland : Bailey & Noyes, [186-?]
Publisher:
Bailey & Noyes, [186-?]
Notes:
  • In verse.
  • Title vignette.
  • At head of wrapper: 5
  • First sentence: "'Tis true I have both face and hands, And move before your eyes, Yet when I go, my body stands, And when I stand, I lie."
  • Includes 14 woodcuts.
  • Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: bound with The two goats and the sick monkey. Portland [Me.]:Bailey & Noyes,[not before 1860?]. Bound together subsequent to publication with 11 other chapbooks; bound in brown calf, gilt lettering. I. Mackenzie. Montreal. Feb/59. $27.50. Jo Ann Reisler, Vienna, Virginia - '91 - $275.00. Given to McGill summer 2001.
Physical Description:
text.chapbook.black and white, 10 cm.
Language:
English
Chapbook Category:
Jest Books, Humorous Fiction, Riddles
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:
All images licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/deed.en_US. For information, please contact Rare Books and Special Collections, McGill University Library.
Link to this chapbook:
http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/chapbooks/fullrecord.php?ID=8179
Chapbook Identifier:
PN970_B35_T96_1860z_003478997