Stories about dogs.
Bibliographic Citation:
Stories about dogs. Concord, N.H. : Rufus Merrill., [between 1843 and 1854?]
Publisher:
Rufus Merrill., [between 1843 and 1854?]
Notes:
  • Includes poetry.
  • Variant issues noted: another issue has title page stating "Part III. Stories about dogs," with no imprint statement. Text and illustrations otherwise identical.
  • Judging by dated imprints in the Research Libraries Information Network (RLIN), Rufus Merrill published as an individual in Concord between 1843 and 1854, and briefly in 1860. Copies in hand typographically identical to an issue bearing imprint date of 1850.
  • In printed wrapper.
  • Includes publisher's advertisement, p. [4] of wrapper.
  • First sentence: "No animal is so much the companion of man as the dog."
  • Includes 8 woodcuts.
  • Contents: The dog -- Esquimaux dogs -- Hare Indian dog -- Anecdotes of dogs.
  • Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: Buff pictorial wrappers; "Part III" --t.p. Adelphi Book Shop, Victoria, B.C. June/67. $5.00. Given to McGill 2001.
Physical Description:
text.chapbook.black and white, 11 x 7 cm.
Language:
English
Chapbook Category:
Geographical Description, Local History and Natural History
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=7508
Chapbook Identifier:
PN970_M477_S8_1843