Life on the farm; in amusing rhyme. Redfield's toy books. First series ; no. 4.
Bibliographic Citation:
Life on the farm; in amusing rhyme. New York : Kiggins & Kellogg, 123 & 125 William St., [between 1856 and 1857?]
Contributor:
Howland, William, engraver.
Barritt, William, b. ca. 1822, engraver.
Kiggins & Kellogg, publisher.
Publisher:
Kiggins & Kellogg, 123 & 125 William St., [between 1856 and 1857?]
Notes:
  • Kiggins & Kellogg published at 123 and 125 William St., New York, between 1856 and 1857.
  • In printed wrapper.
  • Wood-engraved illustrations variously signed by William Howland and "WB" (i.e., William Barritt?).
  • "First series.--No. 4."--series title, p. [1] of wrapper.
  • Includes publisher's advertisement, p. [4] of wrapper.
  • First sentence: "The cock is crowing, the cows are lowing, the ducks are quacking, Jane's tongue is clacking, the geese are gabbing, the brook is babblin, oh, deary me what a noise."
  • Includes 8 woodcuts.
  • Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: title-page vignette; 7 black & white plates, 1 plate by W. Howland. Blue pictorial wrappers. Woodcut on verso title-page is the same as verso of title-page of "story Book iN Verse." Adelphi Book Shop. Victoria, B.C. Feb/66. $5.00. Given to McGill 2001.
Physical Description:
text.chapbook.black and white, 85 mm.
Language:
English
Subject:
Children's poetry.
Farm life -- Juvenile fiction.
Wit and humor, Juvenile.
Chapbooks -- Specimens.
Genre/Form:
Juvenile literature -- 1856.
Poems -- 1856.
Chapbooks -- 1856.
Publishers' advertisements -- New York (State) -- New York.
Printed wrappers (Binding)
Relief prints.
Bookplates (Provenance)
Chapbooks -- New York (State) -- New York -- 19th century
Chapbook Category:
Metrical Tales and Other Verse
Call Number:
PN970 K5 L54 1856 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=7466
Chapbook Identifier:
PN970_K5_L54_1856