The death and burial of Cock Robin.
Bibliographic Citation:
The death and burial of Cock Robin. London : Printed by W.S. Fortey, Monmouth Court, Bloomsbury, W.C., and sold by all newsagents in the United Kingdom, [between 1860 and 1885]
Alternative Title:
History of Cock Robin
The history of an apple pie.
An apple pie.
Contributor:
Fortey, W. S. (William Samuel) prt
Publisher:
Printed by W.S. Fortey, Monmouth Court, Bloomsbury, W.C., and sold by all newsagents in the United Kingdom, [between 1860 and 1885]
Notes:
  • Undated. Date from publisher's years of activity at address, cf. PAH Brown. London publishers and printers, p. 68.
  • Cover title. Imprint from outer lower wrapper.
  • Includes the following title: The history of an apple-pie: which was cut to pieces and eaten by twenty-five ladies and gentlemen.
  • Publisher's blue pictorial wrappers.
  • First sentence: "Who killed Cock Robin, I, said the Sparrow, With my bow and arrow, I killed Cock Robin."
  • Includes 39 woodcuts.
Physical Description:
text.chapbook.black and white, 21 x 14 cm.
Language:
English
Subject:
Nursery rhymes.
Cock Robin (Fictitious character)
Birds -- Juvenile poetry.
Alphabet rhymes.
Chapbooks -- Specimens.
Genre/Form:
Chapbooks -- England -- London -- 19th century
Chapbook Category:
Nursery Rhymes
Call Number:
PN970 F6 D43 1860 Rare Books/Special Collections - Children's Collection
Digital Collection:
McGill Library's Chapbook Collection
Copyright:
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Link to this chapbook:
http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/chapbooks/fullrecord.php?ID=7871
Chapbook Identifier:
PN970_F6_D43_1860