McGill Library's Chapbook Collection

Bibliographic Citation:

Sidesplitter, Jacob. The sorrow-disperser, or, Humpy Funnydoss' bundle of mirth / carefully revised by Jacob Sidesplitter. Edinburgh : Printed & published by J. Brydone, [between 1839 and 1858?]

Alternative Title:

Humpy Funnydoss' bundle of mirth

Creator:

Sidesplitter, Jacob.

Contributor:

Brydone, James, fl. 1836-1893. pbl

Publisher:

Printed & published by J. Brydone, [between 1839 and 1858?]

Notes:

Undated. Dates from period of activity of publisher at address, cf. Scottish Book Trade Index WWW site.
Woodcut on title page.
No. 8 of a series of numbered chapbooks.
First sentence: "A negro having purchased a hat was observed to take it from his head on the fall of a shower of rain, and to manifest considerable anxiety to preserve it from the wet."
Includes 1 woodcut.
Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: self-wrappers; uncut and folded as issued.

Physical Description:

text.chapbook.black and white, 17 x 10 cm.

Language:

Subject:

Chapbooks -- Specimens.

Genre/Form:

Chapbooks -- Scotland -- Edinburgh -- 19th century

Chapbook Category:

Prose Fiction

Call Number:

PN970 B79 S6 1839 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.

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Link to this chapbook:

http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/chapbooks/fullrecord.php?ID=7847

Chapbook Identifier:

PN970_B79_S6_1839