Number I. This day, (October 1), is published, Number I. of Comic tales : to be completed in twelve numbers, and published monthly, or oftener. : Contents of Number 1. Hobby Horseical dedication ... : Conditions on which this work is published. The price to subscribers to be eighteen and three quarter cents the number, to be paid on delivery. Subscribers desirous of having the numbers reserved till the whole are finished, to pay one half in advance. To non-subscribers the price will be enhanced

Number I. This day, (October 1), is published, Number I. of Comic tales : to be completed in twelve numbers, and published monthly, or oftener. : Contents of Number 1. Hobby Horseical dedication ... : Conditions on which this work is published. The price to subscribers to be eighteen and three quarter cents the number, to be paid on delivery. Subscribers desirous of having the numbers reserved till the whole are finished, to pay one half in advance. To non-subscribers the price will be enhanced.

Other author/creator	Humphreys, James, 1748-1810.
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Philadelphia : Printed and sold by James Humphreys, Change Walk. Where subscriptions are received, 1808.
Description	72 pages ; 21 cm
Supplemental Content	Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition
Subject(s)	Wit and humor. Publishers and publishing--Pennsylvania --Philadelphia.

Uniform title	Comic tales.
Series	Early American imprints. Second series no. 14746. ^A575643
General note	Cover title. At head: Title pages, with tables of contents for this work, to bind in two volumes, will be given with the last number.
General note	Apparently an insufficient number of supscriptions were received to encourage publication of the remaining eleven numbers. The tales are not the same as those contained in: Comic tales, selected from the best English authors, with translations from the most eminent classic writers in other languages, vol. I. Philadelphia: Printed and sold by James Humphreys, 1809 (Shaw & Shoemaker 17260).
General note	"The following new publications, with many others, may be had at the bookstore of James Humphreys ..."--p. [2] of cover.
General note	"For sale, by James Humphreys ..."--p. [3-4] of cover.
References	Shaw & Shoemaker 14746
Other forms	Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction note	Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 14746).
Genre/form	Prospectuses.
Genre/form	Booksellers' advertisements Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Other title	Title pages, with tables of contents for this work, to bind in two volumes, will be given with the last number.

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