Description
The Care Killer. Being an Entertaining Selection of Whimsical Adventures, Laughable Tales, Bon-Mots, and Other Good Things, Extracted from the Most Celebrated Authors. London: J. Pitts, Printer, Marble & Toy Warehouse, 6. Great St. Andrew Street, Seven Dials, 1839. [1846] London: Ryle and Co., Printers, 2 & 3, Monmouth Court, Seven Dials. Ryle & Co. succeeded Paul and Ryle between 1845 and 1846. Pitt’s Care Killer was taken on by Ryle and Co., which added its colophon to page 12. 18 cm.
A woodcut vignette of two men and a woman captioned, “Oh! What Fun” appears on the title page. The same vignette appears also on page 1. There are 12 pages of unillustrated text, plus one additional unpaginated leaf, printed on the verso only. Slight foxing of covers, otherwise a good tight copy of this humorous pamphlet. Never bound.
Blackwoods Comic Zadkiel Almanac 1855
