McGill Library's Chapbook Collection

Bibliographic Citation:

The life and death of Jenny Wren : a very small book, at a very small charge, to learn them to read before they grow large. York : Printed by J. Kendrew, Colliergate, [ca. 1820]

Contributor:

Kendrew, James. prt

Publisher:

Printed by J. Kendrew, Colliergate, [ca. 1820]

Notes:

Cover title.
Wrappers included in pagination.
Approximate date from Davis, cited below.
First sentence: "As little Jenny Wren Was sitting by her shed, She waggled with her tail, And nodded with her head."
Includes 16 woodcuts.
Contents: The life of Jenny Wren, how she was sick and got well again -- The death of Jenny Wren, and what the doctors all said then.
Citations/References: Davis, R. Kendrew of York, 39
Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: 16 woodcuts; buff pictorial wrappers. Spencer Collection - p.34. Three Centuries of Nursery Rhymes and Poetry for Children - Opie - p.25. Adelphi Book Shop. Victoria, B.C. Dec/72. $9.00. Blackwells, Oxford - '76; Justin Schiller, New York - '83 - $65.00; Hobbyhorse Books, Ho Ho Kus, N.J. - '88 - $100.00.

Physical Description:

text.chapbook.black and white, 10 x 7 cm.

Language:

English

Subject:

House wren -- Juvenile poetry.
Birds -- Juvenile poetry.
Quacks and quackery -- Juvenile poetry.
Sick -- Juvenile poetry.
Death -- Juvenile poetry.
Chapbooks -- Specimens.

Genre/Form:

Nursery rhymes -- 1820.
Chapbooks -- 1820.
Chapbooks -- England -- York -- 19th century

Chapbook Category:

Nursery Rhymes

Call Number:

PN970 K4 L53 1820 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=8261

Chapbook Identifier:

PN970_K4_L53_1820