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A chapbook is a pocket-sized booklet. The term chap-book was formalized by bibliophiles of the 19th century, as a variety of ephemera (disposable printed material), popular or folk literature. It includes many kinds of printed material such as pamphlets, political and religious tracts, nursery rhymes, poetry, folk tales, children's literature and almanacs. Where there were illustrations, they would be popular prints. The term is derived from chapmen, chap coming from the Old English céap meaning "deal, barter, business", a variety of peddler, who circulated such literature as part of their stock. The term is also in use for present-day publications, usually poetry, of up to about 40 pages, ranging from low-cost productions to expensive, finely produced editions.
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- Related: Pamphlet, Book, Lubok, Gothic Blue Books
| The National Library of Scotland The National Library of Scotland www.nls.uk/collections/rarebooks/collections/chapbooks.html - Web |
| The Library of the University of Glasgow The Library of the University of Glasgow special.lib.gla.ac.uk/collection/chapbook.html - Web |
| The Bodleian Library of the University of Oxford The Bodleian Library of the University of Oxford www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/ballads/ballads.htm - Web |
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| Sir Frederick Madden’s Collection of Broadside Bal... Sir Frederick Madden’s Collection of Broadside Ballads, at Cambridge University Library microformguides.gale.com/Data/Introductions/30330FM.htm - Web |
| The Lilly Library, Indiana University, Chapbook Co... The Lilly Library, Indiana University, Chapbook Collection www.indiana.edu/~liblilly/chapbook.shtml - Web |
| The Elizabeth Nesbitt Room, University of Pittsbur... The Elizabeth Nesbitt Room, University of Pittsburgh www.library.pitt.edu/.../chapbookpageindex.htm - Web |
| Rutgers University, Special Collections and Univer... Rutgers University, Special Collections and University Archives www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/libs/scua/scua.shtml - Web |
| The John Rylands University Library (JRUL), Univer... The John Rylands University Library (JRUL), University of Manchester rylibweb.man.ac.uk/data2/spcoll/sharpe/ - Web |
| Literatura de Cordel Brazilian Chapbook Collection... Literatura de Cordel Brazilian Chapbook Collection Library of Congress, American Folklife Center www.loc.gov/rr/jrfell/2005-proj.html - Web |
| The University of Guelph Library, Archival and Spe... The University of Guelph Library, Archival and Special Collections www.lib.uoguelph.ca/resources/archives/Scottish/chapbooks.htm - Web |
| The National Art Library, Victoria & Albert Museum... The National Art Library, Victoria & Albert Museum, London catalogue.nal.vam.ac.uk - Web |
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| Grupo de investigación sobre relaciones de sucesos... Grupo de investigación sobre relaciones de sucesos (siglos XVI-XVIII) en la Península Ibérica. Universidade da Coruña, SPAIN rosalia.dc.fi.udc.es/relaciones/index.html - Web |
| The Ball State University Digital Media Repository... The Ball State University Digital Media Repository Chapbooks collection libx.bsu.edu/cdm4/collection.php?CISOROOT=/chapbks - Web |
| The Elizabeth Nesbitt Room The Elizabeth Nesbitt Room www.library.pitt.edu/libraries/is/enroom/index.html - Web |
| A brief history of the chapbook. A brief history of the chapbook. www.thethepoetry.com/.../ - Web |
