Memoirs of a peg-top /
by the Author of Adventures of a pincushion.

Description

Main Author

Kilner, Mary Ann, 1753-1831.

Related Names

Wilson, Thomas, fl. 1787-1800, printer.
Spence, Robert, of York, Eng., printer.
Bewick, Thomas, 1753-1828, ill.

Language(s)

English

Published

York : Printed by T. Wilson and R. Spence ..., [ca. 1800]

Subjects

Chapbooks > Chapbooks / Specimens.
Conduct of life > Conduct of life / Juvenile fiction.
Toys > Toys / Juvenile fiction.
Tops > Tops / Juvenile fiction.
Chapbooks > Chapbooks / England > Chapbooks / England / York > Chapbooks / England / York / 19th century
Juvenile literature > Juvenile literature / 1800.

Note

Includes 28 woodcuts.
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."
First leaf pasted to inside of cover.
Signatures: A-G⁶.
Date from Proceedings of the Amer. Antiquarian Soc., v. 75, 1966, p. 346, under no. 676.
Illustrations by Thomas Bewick. Cf. Hugo.
Published anonymously. By Mary Ann Kilner. Cf. The Book collector, v. 18, 1969, p. 519.

Physical Description

vi, [1], 8-84 p. : ill. ; 12 cm.

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