Jacky Dandy's delight, or, The history of birds and beasts : in prose and verse ; embellished with wood-cuts.
Bibliographic Citation:
Jacky Dandy's delight, or, The history of birds and beasts : in prose and verse ; embellished with wood-cuts. York : J. Kendrew, Printer, [ca. 1820]
Alternative Title:
History of birds and beasts
Jacky Dandy's delight.
History of birds and beasts.
Contributor:
Publisher:
J. Kendrew, Printer, [ca. 1820]
Notes:
  • Date from Toronto. Osborne Coll., p. 98, which also notes: "A chapbook with rhymes, the alphabet, moral precepts, and descriptions of the wild beasts that naughty Billy Froward was not allowed to see."
  • Mansell 275:132 gives a Glasgow, 1784 ed., and three later American eds.
  • First sentence: "Handy spandy, Jacky Dandy, Loves plum-cake and sugar-candy, He bought some at the Grocer's shop, And pleas'd, away went hop, hop, hop."
  • Includes 13 woodcuts.
  • Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: 13 woodcuts - page of alphabet. Buff wrappers. Osborne - p.98. Three centuries of nursery rhymes and poetry for children - Opie - p.32. Adelphi Book Shop. Victoria, B.C. Dec/72.$10.00. Justin Schiller, New York - '83 - $60.00; Hobbyhorse Books. Ho Ho Kus, N.J. - '91 - $90.00. Aleph-Bet. Valley Cottage, N.Y. - '97 - $100.00.
Physical Description:
text.chapbook.black and white, 99 x 66 mm.
Language:
English
Chapbook Category:
Metrical Tales and Other Verse
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:
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Link to this chapbook:
http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/chapbooks/fullrecord.php?ID=7448
Chapbook Identifier:
PN970_K4_J33_1820