Memoirs of a peg-top / by the Author of Adventures of a pincushion.
Bibliographic Citation:
Kilner, Mary Ann, 1753-1831. Memoirs of a peg-top / by the Author of Adventures of a pincushion. York : Printed by T. Wilson and R. Spence ..., [ca. 1800]
Creator:
Kilner, Mary Ann, 1753-1831.
Contributor:
Bewick, Thomas, 1753-1828, ill.
Spence, Robert, of York, Eng., printer.
Wilson, Thomas, fl. 1787-1800, printer.
Publisher:
Printed by T. Wilson and R. Spence ..., [ca. 1800]
Notes:
  • Published anonymously. By Mary Ann Kilner. Cf. The Book collector, v. 18, 1969, p. 519.
  • Illustrations by Thomas Bewick. Cf. Hugo.
  • Date from Proceedings of the Amer. Antiquarian Soc., v. 75, 1966, p. 346, under no. 676.
  • Signatures: A-G⁶.
  • First leaf pasted to inside of cover.
  • First sentence: "As I have heard that a Pincushion, a Dog, a Halfpenny, and a Bank-Note, have each written a history of their adventures, I though to myself one morning, when I was left upon a writing desk, that it would be a convenient opportunity for me to imitate such examples, and that the memoirs of a Peg-Top might proof equally entertaining with any of the beforementioned histories."
  • Includes 28 woodcuts.
  • Citations/References: Hugo, T. The Bewick collector, 4150
Physical Description:
text.chapbook.black and white, 12 cm.
Language:
English
Subject:
Tops -- Juvenile fiction.
Toys -- Juvenile fiction.
Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction.
Anthropomorphism in literature.
Chapbooks -- Specimens.
Genre/Form:
Juvenile literature -- 1800.
Chapbooks -- England -- York -- 19th century
Chapbook Category:
Religious and Moral
Call Number:
PN970 W56 K55 1800 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.
Copyright:
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Link to this chapbook:
http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/chapbooks/fullrecord.php?ID=7594
Chapbook Identifier:
PN970_W56_K55_1800