McGill Library's Chapbook Collection

Bibliographic Citation:

Tom Thumb's play-book : to teach children their letters, by a new and pleasant method. Alnwick : Stereotyped and printed by W. Davison, 22, Bondgate Street, [182-?]

Contributor:

Davison, William, 1780-1858. prt

Publisher:

Stereotyped and printed by W. Davison, 22, Bondgate Street, [182-?]

Notes:

Front cover included in paging.
Title page vignette.
First and last leaves pasted-down to wrappers.
Publisher's advertisements on lower wrapper.
First sentence: "a b c d e f".
Includes 27 woodcuts.
Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: wood engravings by Thomas Bewick. Yellow pictorial wrappers. The Bewick Collector - Hugo - #458. Hobbyhorse Books, Ho Ho Kus, N.J. March/91 - $175.00.

Physical Description:

text.chapbook.black and white, 15 x 10 cm.

Language:

English

Subject:

Readers (Primary)
Alphabets.
Catechisms, English.
Chapbooks -- Specimens.

Genre/Form:

Primers.
Chapbooks -- England -- Alnwick -- 19th century

Chapbook Category:

Books of Instruction

Call Number:

PN970 D39 T6 1820z 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=7254

Chapbook Identifier:

PN970_D39_T6_1820z