McGill Library's Chapbook Collection

Bibliographic Citation:

The anecdote book : a choice collection of anecdotes, jests, witty sayings, bon mots, &c., &c., selected from the best sources.

Publisher:

Notes:

Title page included in pagination.
At foot of title page: Price one penny.
First sentence: "My dear Murphy," said an Irishman to his friend, "why did you betray the secret that I told you?"
Woodcut on title page of young boy standing in front of sitting woman with book on table, in front of fireplace.
Title within ornamental border.

Physical Description:

text.chapbook.black and white, 16 cm.

Language:

English

Subject:

Wit and humor.
Chapbooks, English -- Scotland -- Specimens.
Chapbooks -- Specimens.
Anecdotes -- Juvenile literature

Genre/Form:

Chapbooks -- Scotland -- Glasgow -- 19th century.

Chapbook Category:

Jest Books, Humorous Fiction, Riddles

Call Number:

PN970 H88 Q44 1823 Rare Books/Special Collections

Digital Collection:

McGill Library's Chapbook Collection

Sponsor:

With: Queen Mary's lamentation. Glasgow : Published and sold, wholesale and retail, by R. Hutchison, bookseller, 19 Saltmarket,1823. Bound together subsequent to publication (18 cm.)

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Link to this chapbook:

http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/chapbooks/fullrecord.php?ID=10616

Chapbook Identifier:

PN970_H88_Q44_1823_004017808