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A COLLECTION OF POPULAR SONGS: viz Bonny Mally Stewart, The good ship Rover, The recruit’s farewell.
Edinburgh: Printed for the Booksellers in Town and Country, No date [circa 1815]. 8 pages. Woodcut on title/cover. 150 x 100 mm. Dis-bound from a collection, so a little worn at spine; else very good.
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A COLLECTION OF POPULAR SONGS: viz The Mug of Porter, The Mug of Porter, Fair Margaret’s misfortunes, Johnny Bluster’s wife, The spinning wheel.
Edinburgh: Printed for the Booksellers in Town and Country, No date [circa 1815]. 8 pages. Woodcut on title/cover. 150 x 100 mm. Disbound from a collection, so a little worn at spine; printing a little faint in place on one page; else very good.
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A FAITHFUL ACCOUNT OF CATHERINE MEWIS, of Barton-under-Needwood, in Staffordshire.
Manchester: J. Seddon, Market-street-Lane, No date [circa 1810]. 8 pages. Wood-engraving to the title/wrapper. 10 x 105 mm. Disbound from a collection of chapbooks at some time, and having needle holes to the spine. Else a very good copy.
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BABAY. True Story of a good Negro Woman. Cheap Repository.
Bath: S. Hazard. London. J. Marshall, No date [circa 1800]. 12 pages. Woodcut to title/cover, and one other small woodcut of a house. Original self-wrappers. 12mo. Evidence of having been disbound from a collection. Probably the first printing thus. The story is taken from 'An Essay on the Treatment and Conversion of African Slaves in the British Sugar Colonies,' by James Ramsay, first published in London in 1784. A very good copy of this tract.
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DREAMS & MOLES, with their Interpretation & Signification: Made far more manifest and plain than any yet published, to the meanest capacities, by the most ancient as well as the most modern rules of philosophy.
Manchester: printed by A, Swindells, 8, Hanging Bridge, No date [circa 1810]. 16 pages. Wood-engraving on title/wrapper, and two cuts within the text. 8vo. Spine expertly repaired, else a very good copy. Scarce.
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MARY, The maid of the Inn.
London: Orlando Hodgson, No date [circa 1830. 24 pages. Folding hand-coloured engraved frontispiece. Lacks original wrappers and now bound in plain wrappers. 177 x 110 mm. Old crease mark in frontis’ else a very good copy.
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MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF LACY POWELL Who was Executed at Derby, On Friday Aug. 14, 1801, Which were written by him during his confinement in Prison; also, A Copy of a Letter to his Wife, and another to his Parents. To which is added, an account of his behaviour in prison, and at the place of execution.
Manchester: Printed at the office of W. Shelmerdine & Co., No. 5, Hanging-ditch. Price Threepence. No date [circa 1801]. 24 pages. 178 x100 mm. Spine repaired and re-sewn; finger-soiled; edges a little worn and chipped; some marking; else a very good copy of this scarce chapbook.
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Mother Bunch’s Closet newly broke open, containing Rare Secrets of Art and Nature, Tried and Experienced, by Learned Philosophers, and Recommended to all Ingenious Young Men and Maids: Teaching them, in a natural way, how to get good Wives and Husbands. Part First and Part the Second.
Manchester: Printed by A. Swindells, 8. Hanging-bridge, No date [circa 1800]. Each part 16 pages. Part First has a wood-engraving on wrapper/title. Part the Second has a wood-engraving on wrapper/title, and five wood-engravings within the text and a tailpiece. 8vo. Spines expertly repaired, else a very good set.
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NIXON’S ORIGINAL CHESHIRE PROPHECY in doggerel verse: published from an authentic manuscript, found among the Papers of a Cheshire Gentleman, lately deceased. Together with the prophecy at Large, from Lady Cowper’s correct copy, in the reign of Queen Anne: with Historical and Political Remarks, in which its fulfilments, in many instances, are accomplished. And some particulars of his life, by John Oldmixon, Esq. and others.
Derby: Thomas Richardson, No date [circa 1830’s]. 24 pages. Illustrated with a folding hand-coloured engraved frontispiece. Lacks original wrappers and now bound in plain wrappers. 177 x 110 mm. Old corners crease to title-page; occasional marking; else a very good copy.
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Past, Present, and to come. THE HISTORY AND PROPHECIES OF MOTHER SHIPTON, OF KNARESBROUGH, Preserved in the noble family of P-----s’s, for many years; and lately discovered among other valuable manuscripts: with the explanations, etc. To which are added, the narrative of Thomas Beal and William Moon, respecting the meteorous appearance of two armies of soldiers, see by them, and many other persons on Stockton Forest, near York, January 13, 1792. Sixth Edition.
Knaresborough: Printed by W. Landale, and sold at the Dropping-Well. Price 6d. 1832. 23 [1] pages. Engraved frontispiece. Recent plain blue wrappers. 147 x 93 mm .
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THE BAD BARGAIN; or, The World Set up to Sale.
Sold by J. Masrhall (sic)… London. S. Hazard. At Bath… J. Elder, at Edinburgh, No date {circa 1795]. Price One Halfpenny. 8 pages, the last an advert’. Woodcut on title/cover. Disbound from a collection. A very good copy.
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The Fish and the Ring; or, the Fortunate Farmer’s Daughter. A Story founded on facts.
London: T. Hughes, No date [circa 1831]. 18 pages. Illustrated with a fine folding hand-coloured engraved frontispiece showing five scenes from the narrative. Lacks original wrappers and now bound in plain wrappers. 177 x 110 mm. Frontis’ is a little marked on the blank recto, and has a small closed tear in the blank margin; else a very good copy.
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THE HISTORY OF MONTELLION, the most valiant and renowned knight of the Oracle. Son to Pericles, the valiant Knight of Assyria, and the fair Constantia, the Daughter of the Emperor of Persia. Containing many strange and wonderful Adventures of his Parents, relating to their Love-Exploits.
Stirling: Printed and Sold by C. Randall, 1803. 24 pages. Illustrated with six woodcuts. 170 x 102 mm. Spine repaired and re-sewn. Some finger-soiling; edges a little worn; else a very good copy of this chapbook.
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The Life and Prophecies of Robert Nixon, of the Bridge-House, near the Forest of Delamere, in Cheshire. Containing many Remarkable Events, applicable to the present State of Europe.
Manchester: printed by A. Swindells, 8, Hanging-bridge, No date [circa 1800]. 16 pages. Wood-engraving to title/wrapper. 8vo. Spine expertly repaired, else very good copy.
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THE PROPHECIES OF ROBERT NIXON, the celebrated Cheshire prophet. In the reign of Henry VII. From Lady Cowper’s correct Copy. Also an Account of his Life and Death.
Burslem: Printed and Published by John Tregortha, 1829. 26 pages including the engraved frontispiece. Wood-engraved vignette on title. Original printed wrappers with a wood-engraving on both panels. 172 x 105 mm. Spine expertly repaired; else a very good copy. Scarce.
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‘Twas on the Morn of Sweet May Day. To which are added, Lovely Jean. Haluket Meg [,] Blythe, Blythe, an’ Merry Are We.
Glasgow: Printed by and for J. Neil, 17, Bazar, 1829. 8 pages. Woodcut of a ship on cover/title. Unopened at top edge. A fine copy.
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