The adventures of a halfpenny : commonly called a Birmingham halfpenny, or counterfeit : as related by itself.
Bibliographic Citation:
The adventures of a halfpenny : commonly called a Birmingham halfpenny, or counterfeit : as related by itself. Banbury (Bridge-Street) : Printed and sold by J.G. Rusher, [ca. 1830]
Alternative Title:
Birmingham halfpenny
Adventures of a counterfeit halfpenny
Publisher:
Printed and sold by J.G. Rusher, [ca. 1830]
Notes:
  • Dating varies; probable date from Osborne Collection as cited below.
  • "Price one penny"--Title page.
  • Edition statement from head of frontispiece.
  • Prefatory poem: p. 1, preceding frontispiece.
  • Includes introduction.
  • The autobiography of the halfpenny Tim. Turnpenny told in epistolary form.
  • In publisher's original light blue printed pictorial wrappers; publisher's advertisements on inner upper and lower wrappers.
  • First sentence: "The adulteration of the copper-coin, as it is highly pernicious to trade in general, so it more immediately affects the itinerate branches of it."
  • Includes 11 woodcuts.
  • Citations/References: Osborne Coll., II, p. 857
  • Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections Children's Collection: untrimed edges.
Physical Description:
text.chapbook.black and white, 11 x 7 cm.
Language:
English
Chapbook Category:
Travel and Adventure
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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Chapbook Identifier:
PN970_R87_A3_1830