The silver penny : for the amusement and instruction of good children.
Bibliographic Citation:
The silver penny : for the amusement and instruction of good children. York : Printed by J. Kendrew, [between 1810 and 1841]
Publisher:
Printed by J. Kendrew, [between 1810 and 1841]
Notes:
  • Frontispiece and last leaf are mounted on inside of covers.
  • Date range from Davis, R. Kendrew of York and his chapbooks for children, p. 40.
  • First sentence: "The Apple with its rosy cheek, Doth first begin this pretty toy; How sweet it tastes! and oft is made The prize of each good natur'd boy."
  • Includes 26 woodcuts.
  • Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: woodcuts: frontispiece; 24 cuts in text; tailpiece. Ochre pictorial wrappers. Cobwebs to Catch Flies - Whalley - p.27. Osborne - p.104. Gumuchian - #1573. The Oxford Book of Nursery Rhymes - Opie - pp.97b, 213. Hockliffe Collection - p.68. Adelphi Book Shop. Victoria, B.c. Feb/91. $12.50. Blackwells. Oxford - '76 - £15. Victoria Book Shop, N.Y. - '82 - $125.00; Hobbyhorse Books, Ho Ho Kus, N.J. - '90 - $150.00; Jo Ann Reisler, Vienna, Virginia - '94 - $175.00; Aleph-Bet Books, Valley Cottage, N.Y. - '97 - $225.00.
Physical Description:
text.chapbook.black and white, 99 x 62 mm.
Language:
English
Chapbook Category:
Books of Instruction
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=8263
Chapbook Identifier:
PN970_K4_S5_1810