Careless James, or, The box of toys : in words of one syllable / by Miss Corner ; embellished with engravings.
Bibliographic Citation:
Corner, Miss (Julia), 1798-1875. Careless James, or, The box of toys : in words of one syllable / by Miss Corner ; embellished with engravings. London : Dean and Son, 11 Ludgate Hill, [between 1857 and 1865]
Alternative Title:
Careless James
Box of toys
Creator:
Corner, Miss (Julia), 1798-1875.
Contributor:
Dean & Son. pbl
Publisher:
Dean and Son, 11 Ludgate Hill, [between 1857 and 1865]
Notes:
  • Publisher's advertisements: p. [4] of wrapper.
  • Undated. Date from publisher's form of name and years of activity at address, cf. P.A.H. Brown. London publishers and printers, p. 55.
  • First sentence: "James was one of those boys who take no care of what they have."
  • Includes 15 woodcuts.
  • Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: hand-coloured frontispiece; title-page vignette; hand-coloured cuts. Yellow hand-coloured wrappers. Laurie Hill Ltd. Montreal. Dec/65. $1.00. Hobbyhorse Books. Ho Ho Kus, N.J. - '94 - $75.00.
Physical Description:
text.chapbook.black and white, 12 x 8 cm.
Language:
English
Subject:
Obedience -- Juvenile fiction.
Laziness -- Juvenile fiction.
Mothers and sons -- Juvenile fiction.
Chapbooks -- Specimens.
Genre/Form:
Publishers' paper bindings (Binding) -- 1855.
Publishers' advertisements -- 1855.
Chapbooks -- England -- London -- 19th century
Chapbook Category:
Religious and Moral
Call Number:
PN970 D4 C3 1857 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.
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=7262
Chapbook Identifier:
PN970_D4_C3_1857