Research Catalog

Title

Stories of the ship; or, The British seamen's pleasing companion : illustrated in a series of curious and singular adventures.

Publication

London : Printed for W. Harris, 96, High-Street, Shadwell : and sold by T. Hughes, Ludgate-Street; Champante and Whitrow, Aldgate; A. Cleugh, and T. Soutter, Ratcliff-Highway; S. Elliott, High-Street, Shadwell; Wilmot and Hill, and A. Kemmish, Borough; and J. Mackenzie, Old Bailey ... T. Plummer, printer, Seething-Lane, 1807.

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Additional Authors

• Barlow, Inigo
• Cleugh, Alexander, active 1785-1811
• Elliott, S. (Stephen), active 1803-1817
• Harris, William, active 1802-1822
• Hughes, T. (Thomas), active 1807-1833
• Kemmish, Ann, active 1804-1821
• Mackenzie, J. (Joseph), active 1806-1807
• Plummer, Thomas, active 1798-1836
• Soutter, Thomas, 1774-1819
• Champante and Whitrow, publisher.
• Willmott and Hill, publisher.

Description

36 pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations; 18 cm

Alternative Title

British seamen's pleasing companion

Genre/Form

• Sea fiction.
• Chapbooks.

Note

• "Price six-pence."
• Engraved frontispiece by Barlow; woodcut title vignette.

Indexed In (note)

• Summers, M. Gothic bibliography

Call Number

Pforz (Stories of the ship)

OCLC

7098972

Title

Stories of the ship; or, The British seamen's pleasing companion : illustrated in a series of curious and singular adventures.

Publisher

London : Printed for W. Harris, 96, High-Street, Shadwell : and sold by T. Hughes, Ludgate-Street; Champante and Whitrow, Aldgate; A. Cleugh, and T. Soutter, Ratcliff-Highway; S. Elliott, High-Street, Shadwell; Wilmot and Hill, and A. Kemmish, Borough; and J. Mackenzie, Old Bailey ... T. Plummer, printer, Seething-Lane, 1807.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Indexed In:

Summers, M. Gothic bibliography, page 515

Local Note

Pforzheimer copy: Bound first, along with a copy of The fun box broke open. -- Early ownership signature on front free endpaper ("Thos. F. Meekem"); another ("F. Disher") on the rear pastedown. - Contemporary half calf over marbled boards, worn.

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Place of Publication

England London

Added Author

Barlow, Inigo, engraver.

Cleugh, Alexander, active 1785-1811, publisher.

Elliott, S. (Stephen), active 1803-1817, publisher.

Harris, William, active 1802-1822, publisher.

Hughes, T. (Thomas), active 1807-1833, publisher.

Kemmish, Ann, active 1804-1821, publisher.

Mackenzie, J. (Joseph), active 1806-1807, publisher.

Plummer, Thomas, active 1798-1836, printer.

Soutter, Thomas, 1774-1819, publisher.

Champante and Whitrow, publisher.

Willmott and Hill, publisher.

Research Call Number

Pforz (Stories of the ship)