The world turned upside down, or, no news, and strange news.

Accession number: 
PML 88016.10
Published: 
York : Printed and sold by J. Kendrew, Colliergate, [1820?]
Description: 
30, [2] p. : ill. (wood engraving) ; 10 cm
Credit: 
Gift of Julia P. Wightman, 1991.
Notes: 

One of 39 chapbooks bound in 3 volumes (PML 88014-16) with spine title: York chapbooks. 1/2 brown calf; marbled covers and end-papers; original chapbook wrappers bound in; the 3 volumes housed in paper slip case.
Frontispiece and last leaf are pasted on inside of covers.
"Here you may see what's very rare, The world turn'd upside down; A tree and castle in the air, A man walk on his crown."--frontispiece.
Title page has image with the caption: "Tailor riding a goose".
Alphabets on t.p. verso.
"Penny books printed and sold by J. Kendrew, Colliergate, York"--Back wrapper (Davis Penny Books list A). Publisher's advertisement also on p. 30: "Little Folks may be supplied with a great / deal of Little Books".
First sentence: "To see a butcher kill a hog, / is no news; / But to see a hare run after a dog, / is strange indeed!"
Includes 29 wood-engravings.
Cover with modified title and imprint in ornamental border.
Imprint also on p. [31].
In verse form.

Binding: 
Buff or faded brown wrappers.
Provenance: 
From the library of Julia P. Wightman.
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