McGill Library's Chapbook Collection

Bibliographic Citation:

The poetic gift. New York : Printed and sold by Mahlon Day, No. 374 Pearl street, [ca. 1835?]

Contributor:

Mahlon Day, publisher.

Publisher:

Printed and sold by Mahlon Day, No. 374 Pearl street, [ca. 1835?]

Notes:

First sentence: "I've got a penny to buy a book - Where shall I go to seek it? At a Day's Book-store, do go and look, You're sure there soon to meet it."
Includes 8 woodcuts.
Copy in McGill Library Rare Books and Special Collections: yellow wrappers.

Physical Description:

text.chapbook.black and white, 81 x 48 mm.

Language:

English

Subject:

Chapbooks -- Specimens.

Genre/Form:

Chapbooks -- New York (State) -- New York -- 19th century

Chapbook Category:

Metrical Tales and Other Verse

Call Number:

PN970 M24 P6 1835 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=7486

Chapbook Identifier:

PN970_M24_P6_1835