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Tom Thumb's folio, or, A new penny play-thing, for little giants

to which is prefixed, an abstract of the life of Mr. Thumb, and an historical account of the wonderful deeds he performed

by Printed by J. Kendrew

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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31 p. : illus. ; 11 x 7 cm. First and last leaf mounted on inside of covers First sentence: "Mr. Thomas Thumb was the son of Mr. Theophilus Thumb, of Thumb Hall, in Northumberland." Includes 7 woodcuts Date range taken from Davis, R. Kendrew of York and his chapbooks for children, p. 41 Publisher's advertisements on p. 4 of wrapper Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: wood engraving inside front wrapper; 6 cuts in text. Grey decorated wrappers. Trocchi Rare Books, London Book Fair. Jun/89. £33. Hobbyhorse Books, Ho Ho Kus, N.J. - '90 - $115.00; Hobbyhorse Books, Ho Ho Kus, N.J. - '93 - $175.00; Hobbyhorse Books - 2000 - $200.00

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends.

  • Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive matched “Fairy tales” and “Tales”. Retained metadata contains “Fairy tales” in the subject metadata and “Tales” in the subject metadata.

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    • “Tales”· via Internet Archive
    • “Fairy tales”· in subject
    • “Tales”· in subject

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to which is prefixed, an abstract of the life of Mr. Thumb, and an historical account of the wonderful deeds he performed

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1810-01-01T00:00:00ZYork : Printed by J. KendrewEnglish—Public digitized item

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  • Contributing institution: McGill University Library
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
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internet-archive:McGillLibrary-PN970_K4_T6_1810-1971
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