McGill Library's Chapbook Collection

Bibliographic Citation:

Ally's birth-day. London : Groombridge and Sons, Paternoster Row, [between 1845 and 1862]

Alternative Title:

Ally's birthday

Contributor:

Groombridge and Sons.

Publisher:

Groombridge and Sons, Paternoster Row, [between 1845 and 1862]

Notes:

Approximate date established from Brown, P. London publishers and printers c.1800-1870, p. 78
Wood engravings: frontispiece, title-page vignette, text illustrations. Frontispiece included in pagination.
Epilogue note: p. 48.
First sentence: "'Ally, Al, come here; quick! - where's Alice? Mama wants her;' cried George Taylor, a little boy of seven years old, rushing into the nursery, and looking round the room in search of his eldest sister. "
Includes 6 woodcuts.
Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: black & white frontispiece & cuts; 1 of 12 chapbooks, previously book in book form; self-wrappers; Adelphi Book Shop, Victoria, B.C. Dec/66 $2.00.

Physical Description:

text.chapbook.black and white, 12 x 8 cm.

Language:

English

Subject:

Conduct of life -- Juvenile literature.
Birthdays -- Juvenile literature.
Chapbooks -- Specimens.

Genre/Form:

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

Chapbook Category:

Religious and Moral

Call Number:

PN970 G7 A5 1845 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=8221

Chapbook Identifier:

PN970_G7_A5_1845