McGill Library's Chapbook Collection

Bibliographic Citation:

Surprising a leopard. London : Dean & Son, 11, Ludgate Hill, [between 1857 and 1865]

Contributor:

Dean & Son.

Publisher:

Dean & Son, 11, Ludgate Hill, [between 1857 and 1865]

Notes:

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.
Cover title and imprint.
First sentence: "A gentleman named Winton, a Civil Engineer on the Grand Indian Peninsular Railway, stationed near Nassick, about one-hundred and twenty miles north-east of Bombay, communicates to a friend in England the following deed of extraordinary courage and endurance:".
Includes 5 woodcuts.
Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections, Sheila R. Bourke Collection: 1 of 48 books plus 5 duplicates. Black and white cuts used for more than one title. Pictorial buff wrappers. Duplicates from I. Mackenzie - $2.00. each; the remainder from Laurie Hill Ltd. - $10.00 the lot. Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections, Children's Collection: 1 of 48 books in the series. Black & white cuts used for more than one title. Pictorial buff wrappers.

Physical Description:

text.chapbook.black and white, 12 x 8 cm.

Language:

English

Subject:

Leopard -- Fiction.
Animal attacks -- India -- Fiction.
British -- India -- Fiction.
Courage -- Fiction.
Chapbooks -- Specimens.
India -- History -- British occupation, 1745-1947 -- Fiction.

Genre/Form:

Chapbooks -- England -- London -- 19th century

Chapbook Category:

Prose Fiction

Call Number:

PN970 D4 D4 1857 no.33 Rare Books/Special Collections - Children's 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=7321

Chapbook Identifier:

PN970_D4_D4_1857_no_33_DUP