The new scrap-book : a selection of choice bon mots, Irish blunders, rapartees, anecdotes, &c.
Bibliographic Citation:
The new scrap-book : a selection of choice bon mots, Irish blunders, rapartees, anecdotes, &c. Glasgow : Printed for the Booksellers, [between 1835 and 1849?]
Publisher:
Printed for the Booksellers, [between 1835 and 1849?]
Notes:
  • Cover title.
  • Undated. Orr (Francis) & Sons were active from 1835 to 1849, and were probably the printer of pamphlets with imprint 'Glasgow: Printed for the booksellers'; cf. Meriton. Small books for the common man, p. 987.
  • At foot of title page: 37.
  • Title within ornamental border.
  • Woodcut: title page vignette.
  • First sentence: "An English vessel passing up the Clyde, fell in with a Highland Sloop coming down, which the captain of the former hailed with the usual salutation of 'Sloop ahoy!' when the following conversation took place:--".
  • Includes 1 woodcut.
  • Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: self-wrappers; partially uncut.
Physical Description:
text.chapbook.black and white, 17 x 10 cm.
Language:
English
Chapbook Category:
Jest Books, Humorous Fiction, Riddles
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=7836
Chapbook Identifier:
PN970_B65_N4_1835