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John Pitts: ballad printer of Seven Dials, London 1765-1844; with a short account of his predecessors in the ballad & chapbook trade.
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- London, Private Libraries Association [c1969]
- 1969
- 1 Item
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The life and times of James Catnach, (late of Seven Dials), ballad monger.
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- [Welwyn Garden City, Eng.] Seven Dials Press, 1970.
- 1968-1878
- 1 Item
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The new English of the Onitsha chapbooks.
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- [Athens] Ohio University, Center for International Studies, 1968.
- 1968
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text Sc 398.5-C (Collins, H. New English of the Onitsha chapbooks) Schomburg Center - Research & Reference Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
A C. mery talys.
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- [London, Empryntyd by J. Rastell, 1526]
- 1526
A C. mery talys.
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- [London, J. Rastell, 1525?]
- 1525
Popular education in eighteenth century England / Victor E. Neuburg.
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- London : Woburn Press, c1971.
- 1971
- 1 Item
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An interim checklist of chapbooks containing traditional play texts / [compiled by] M. J. Preston, M. G. Smith, P. S. Smith.
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- Newcastle : History of the Book Trade in the North, 1976.
- 1976
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text *Z-3215 no. 1-63 Offsite Small books and pleasant histories : popular fiction and its readership in seventeenth-century England / Margaret Spufford.
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- London : Methuen, 1981.
- 1981
- 1 Item
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Popular literature in eighteenth and nineteenth century Britain : the Robert White collection of chapbooks from the University Library, Newcastle upon Tyne : a listing and guide to the Harvester Microform Collection.
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- Brighton, Sussex, England : Harvester Microform, 1985.
- 1985
- 3 Items
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Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text *Z-5196+ Schwarzman Building - Microforms Room 315 Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text JFD 89-3128 Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315 Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.
Chapbooks : zur Literaturgeschichte d. einfachen Lesers : englische Konsumliteratur 1680-1840 / Rainer Schöwerling.
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- Frankfurt a.M. ; Bern ; Cirencester/U.K. : Lang, 1980.
- 1980
- 1 Item
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Popular literature in eighteenth and nineteenth century Britain [microform]
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- Reading, England ; Woodbridge, CT : Research Publications, 1985-1990.
- 1985-1990
- 126 Items
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text *Z-5196 [Microfilm] Reel 98, section 5, c.140, b.96 : Unit seven the Berry Ono collection Offsite Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text *Z-5196 [Microfilm] Reel 99, section 5, c.140, b. 97-99 : Unit seven the Berry Ono collection Offsite Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text *Z-5196 [Microfilm] Reel 101, section 5, c.140, b.100-102 : Unit seven the Berry Ono collection Offsite Cheap print and popular piety, 1550-1640 / Tessa Watt.
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- Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1991.
- 1991
- 1 Item
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Chap-books of the eighteenth century : with facsimiles, notes and introduction / by John Ashton.
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- London : Skoob, [1990?]
- 1990-1882
- 1 Item
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The unfortunate shipwright; or, Cruel captain. Being a faithful narrative of the unparalleled sufferings of Robert Barker, late carpenter onboard the Thetis Snow of Bristol; on a voyage from thence to the coast of Guinea.
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- London, Printed for, and sold by the sufferer, for his own benefit and no one else, 1774.
- 1774
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text Sc Rare B-Barker (Barker, R. Unfortunate shipwright) Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.
Chap-books of the eighteenth century.
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- New York, B. Blom [1966]
- 1966
- 1 Item
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Curiosities of street literature; [compiled by] Charles Hindley.
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- London, Broadsheet King, 1966.
- 1966-1871
- 2 Items
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Park's bower of Cupid, and general valentine writer : containing a large collection of new and original valentines, for the present year.
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- London : Printed and published by A. Park, [18--]
- 1800-1899
- 1 Item
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Amusing prose chap-books, chiefly of last century. Ed. by Robert Hays Cunningham.
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- London, Hamilton, Adams, 1889.
- 1889
- 1 Item
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The child and his book : some account of the history and progress of children's literature in England / by Mrs. E. M. Field.
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- London : Wells Gardner, Darton & Co., [1892].
- 1892
- 2 Items
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Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text NASB (Field, L. F. S. Child and his book) Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315 Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.
Kenilworth Castle; or, Strange things in the reign of Elizabeth. A romance of the sixteenth century: by the celebrated author of Waverley, Ivanhoe, Pirate, etc... Epitomised by a favorite author.
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- London, Printed for the Company of Booksellers [n.d.--after 1822]
- 1800-1899
- 1 Item
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Yorkshire chap-books. Ed. by Charles A. Federer. First series: comprising Thomas Gent's tracts on legendary subjects; with a memoir of the author, and a select number of facsimile reproductions of the original woodcuts.
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- London, E.Stock, 1889.
- 1889
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text NCE (Federer, C. A. Yorkshire chap-books) Offsite Die englischen schwankbücher bis herab zu "Dobson's drie bobs" (1607) von Ernst Schulz.
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- Berlin, Mayer & Müller, 1912.
- 1912
- 1 Item
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Shakespeare jest-books; reprints of the early and very rare jest-books supposed to have been used by Shakespeare ... / edited, with introduction and notes, by W. Carew Hazlitt, of the Inner Temple, barrister-at-law.
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- London : Willis & Sotheran, 1864.
- 1864
- 7 Items
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Olde tayles newlye relayted. Enryched with all ye ancyente embellyshmentes.
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- [London] The Leadenhall press [1883]
- 1883
- 2 Items
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Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text NCK+ (Olde tayles newlye relayted) Offsite Pages and pictures from forgotten children's books brought together and introduced to the reader by Andrew W. Tuer ... Four hundred illustrations.
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- London : The Leadenhall Press ; New York : C. Scribner's sons, 1898-9.
- 1898-1899
- 4 Items
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http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433069265787Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text *GBP (Tuer, A. W. Pages and pictures from forgotten children's books) Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315 Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text *KH 1898 Tuer 15-76 Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328 Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text *KH 1898 Tuer 15-271 Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328 Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.
Notes on printers and booksellers, with a chapter on chap books. by Charles Gerring.
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- London, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, & co.; [etc.,etc.] 1900.
- 1900
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text *IIE (Gerring, C. Notes on printers and booksellers) Offsite "The Catnach press." A collection of the books and woodcuts of James Catnach, late of Seven Dials, printer.
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- London, Reeves and Turner [1869]
- 1869
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text MDON (Hindley, C. Catnach press) Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308 Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.
Banbury chap books and nursery toy book literature [of the XVIII and early XIX centuries] with impressions from several hundred original woodcut blocks by T. & J. Bewick, Blake, Cruikshank, Craig, Lee, Austin and others; illustrating favorite nursery classics ... gleaned from the original works in the Bodleian library ... &c. with very much that is interesting and valuable appertaining to the early typography and topography of children's books relating to Great Britain and America ...
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- London, A. Reader, 1890.
- 1890
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text MEF+ (Pearson, E. Banbury chap books and nursery toy book literature) Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308 Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.
Narrative of conversations held with Christopher Davis and Wm. Clarke, who were executed January 27th, 1832, for the part they took in the Bristol riots : to which is added, A letter / by W. Clarke, finished on the day of his execution, on the evils of sabbath-breaking and drunkenness / by a layman.
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- Bristol : Printed and published by J. Chilcott ... and sold by Messrs Rivington, ... Hatchard and Son, and Nisbet ..., 1832.
- 1832
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text CZ p.v. 211 no. 1-5 Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315 Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.
Memoirs of Sir F. Burdett, baronet, containing a faithfull account of the public and private life of this justly-celebrated friend of his country. To which is prefixed an account of the late election for a member of parliament for the county of Middlesex, By Thomas Tegg.
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- London: Printed for T. Tegg by J.H. Hart [1804]
- 1804
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text CK p.v. 326 no. 1-3, 5-16 Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315 Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.
Curious adventures of Captain Stedman, during an expedition to Surinam, in 1773; including the struggles of the negroes, and the barbarities of the planters, dreadful executions, the manner of selling slaves, mutiny of sailors, soldiers, &c. And various other interesting articles.
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- London, T. Tegg [1809]
- 1809
- 2 Items
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text *C-2 p.v. 160 Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text *KF 1809 (Stedman, J. G. Curious adventures of Captain Stedman) Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328 Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.
Parental murder, or, The brothers, an interesting romance; in which virtue and villany are contrasted, and followed by reward and retribution.
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- London, Printed for T. and R. Hughes, 1807.
- 1807
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text NCT p.v. 106 Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.
The castle of Lindenberg, or, The history of Raymond and Agnes, a romance. Written by M. G. Lewis ...
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- London, Printed and Sold by S. Fisher [1799]
- 1799
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text NCT p.v. 106 Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.
Chap-books of the eighteenth century, with facsimiles, notes, and introduction by John Ashton.
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- London : Chatto and Windus, 1882
- 1882
- 2 Items
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https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/ec138a90-c602-012f-e76b-58d385a7bc34Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text *KF 1882 (Ashton, J. Chap-books of the eighteenth century) Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328 Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text Pforz (Chap-books) 1882 Offsite The history of the Catnach press, at Berwick-upon-Tweed, Alnwick and Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in Northumberland, and Seven Dials, London. By Charles Hindley ...
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- London, Charles Hindley <the younger> 1886.
- 1886
- 1 Item
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https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/ca171520-c605-012f-abc6-58d385a7bc34Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text *KF 1886 (Hindley, C. History of the Catnach press) Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328 Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.
Town; an essay, by Holbrook Jackson.
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- Westminster, Printed by A.T. Stevens for R.H., L.F., and H.J., at the sign of Flying Fame, 1913.
- 1913
- 1 Item
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The life and times of James Catnach, (late of Seven Dials), ballad monger. By Charles Hindley ...
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- London, Reeves and Turner, 1878.
- 1878
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text *KAG (Catnach) (Hindley, C. Life and times of James Catnach) Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328 Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.
The voyages, travels, dangerous adventures, and imminent escapes of Capt. Richard Falconer, of Burton in Somersetshire, who entered as master's mate on board the Albion frigate, bound for Jamaica ... Mr. Thomas Randal ... belonging to the bark, relates to Falconer his voyage ...
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- London, Printed and sold by S. Fisher, also sold by T. Hurst ... [1801]
- 1801
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text *KF 1801 (Chetwood, W. R. Voyages, travels, dangerous adventures, and imminent escapes of Capt. Richard Falconer) Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328 Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.
Kendrew of York and his chapbooks for children : with a checklist / Roger Davis.
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- [Collingham, Wetherby, West Yorkshire] England : Elmete Press, 1988
- 1988
- 2 Items
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text *KAG (Kendrew) 08-301 Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328 Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text *KP (Elmete) 08-321 Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328 Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.
Littérature de colportage et imaginaire collectif en Angleterre à l'époque des Dicey : 1720-v. 1800 / par Gilles Duval.
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- Talence : Presses universitaires de Bordeaux, [1991]
- 1991
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text ReCAP 11-18151 Offsite A new Christmas tract, or, The right way of rejoicing at Christmas : shewing the reasons we have for joy at the event of our Saviour's birth : in which also a description is given of the dreadful state the world was in before his coming : with some remarks suited to the times in which we live.
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- [London] : Sold by Howard & Evans ... and J. Hatchard ... by J. Binns, Bath ..., [1798]
- 1798
- 1 Item
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Watty and Meg, or, The wife reformed : a tale : to which is added, A drinking song.
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- Stirling (Scotland) : Printed by C. Randall, 1802.
- 1802
- 1 Item
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The mad pranks of Tom Tram, son-in-law to Mother Winter : to which is added, his merry jests, odd conceits, and pleasant tales, very delightful to read.
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- London : Printed and sold at the Printi[n]g Office in B[o]w-Church-Yard, [between ca. 1740 and 1770?]
- 1740-1770
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text Arents BIP (Mad 1750) 04-282 Schwarzman Building - Arents Collection Room 328 Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.
Paddy & Thomas : a conversation between two Irishmen.
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- London : Printed by P. White ... ; and sold by F. Collins ... ; and J. Nisbet ..., [18--?]
- 18
The Banbury chapbooks / by Leo John De Freitas.
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- Banbury : Banbury Historical Society, in association with Robert Boyd Publications, 2004.
- 2004
- 1 Item
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William and Anna, or, The triumph of constancy : an Irish tale : to which is added, The unhappy marriage.
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- London : Printed by T. Maiden, Sherbourne-Lane, For Ann Lemoine, White Rose Court, Coleman-Street, And J. Roe, No. 90, Houndsditch. Sold by all the Booksellers in The United Kingdom, [1805?]
- 1805
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text *KH 1805 William 15-242 Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328 Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.
English literature, history, children's books and illustrations.
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- London : Sotheby's, 2010.
- 2010
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text Berg Coll+ Children's Lit Sotheby's E54 2010 Schwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320 Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.
The History of little King Pippin : with an account of the melancholy death of four naughty boys, who were devoured by wild beasts : and the wonderful delivery of Master Harry Harmless, by a little white horse.
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- Glasgow : Published by J. Lumsden & Son, 1814.
- 1814
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text *KH 1815 History 11-72 Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328 Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.
The troubles of life : being a familiar description of the troubles of the poor labourer; the little shopkeeper; the great tradesman; the sick man; the disappointed lover; the unhappy husband; the widower; and lastly, the child of sorrow ; To which is added, the story of the guinea and the shilling; being a cure for the trouble in general.
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- London : sold by J. Evans and Sons (printers to the Cheap Repository for Moral and Religious Tracts) Long-lane, Smithfield : sold also by J. Hatchard, Piccadilly ; Bath : by J. Binns ; and by all booksellers, newsmen and hawkers in town and country, [between 1813 and 1820].
- 1813-1820
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text *KH 1813 Grave-stone 11-33 Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328 Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.
The history of Lady Godiva and Peeping Tom of Coventry : with a description of St. Michael's Church and the White Friars.
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- Coventry : Printed & sold by J. Turner, [181-?].
- 1810-1819
- 1 Item
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