McGill Library's Chapbook Collection

Bibliographic Citation:

Adams, H. C. (Henry Cadwallader), 1817-1899. The golden sceptre, or, The intercession of Queen Esther / by H.C. Adams. London : Frederick Warne, Bedford Street, Covent Garden, [between 1865 and 1879]

Alternative Title:

Golden sceptre
Intercession of Queen Esther

Creator:

Adams, H. C. (Henry Cadwallader), 1817-1899.

Contributor:

Frederick Warne and Co. pbl

Publisher:

Frederick Warne, Bedford Street, Covent Garden, [between 1865 and 1879]

Notes:

Undated. Date from publisher's form of name and years of activity at address, cf. P.A.H. Brown. London publishers and printers, p. 214.
First sentence: "The apartments allotted to Esther the Jewess, the newly-crowned Queen of Ahasuerus, though small compared with the reception-halls and private chambers of the King himself, were nevertheless sufficiently spaciouis, and furnished with Oriental magnificence."
Includes 1 woodcut.
Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: black & white frontispiece. Purple wrappers. Laurie Hill Montreal Dec/65. $1.00.

Physical Description:

text.chapbook.black and white, 14 x 10 cm.

Language:

English

Subject:

Christian life -- Juvenile fiction.
Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction.
Chapbooks -- Specimens.

Genre/Form:

Chapbooks -- England -- London -- 19th century

Chapbook Category:

Religious and Moral

Call Number:

PN970 W37 G6 1865 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.

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Link to this chapbook:

http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/chapbooks/fullrecord.php?ID=7584

Chapbook Identifier:

PN970_W37_G6_1865