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  • THE HISTORY OF THE KING AND THE COBLER. Part the First. No date [inscribed 1791, but probably earlier].
    THE HISTORY OF THE KING AND THE COBLER. Part the First. No date [inscribed 1791, but probably earlier].

    Printed and Sold in London: No imprint, 1790. 24 pages. Illustrated with 15 woodcuts. 12mo. Together with; THE HISTORY OF THE KING AND THE COBLER. Part the Second. Printed and Sold in London. No date [circa 1790 or earlier]. 24 pages. Illustrated with 9 woodcuts. 12mo. Some ink ownership scribble; spine of part two rather clumsily repaired; else a very good set.

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  • THE HISTORY OF VALENTINE AND ORSON.
    THE HISTORY OF VALENTINE AND ORSON.

    Printed for the Company of Walking Stationers, No date [circa 1790]. Chapbook. 16 pages. Woodcut on cover/title. 15.7x9 cm. Disbound from a multiple volume at some time, and spine expertly repaired and re-stitched; else a fine copy.

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  • THE HISTORY OF WAT TYLER AND JACK STRAW.
    THE HISTORY OF WAT TYLER AND JACK STRAW.

    Printed and Sold in London, No date [circa 1790]. Chapbook. 24 pages. Woodcut on cover/title, and three woodcuts within the text. 15.7 x 9 cm. Disbound from a multiple volume, and spine expertly repaired and re-stitched; else very good.

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  • THE HISTORY OF WAT TYLER, AND JACK STRAW.
    THE HISTORY OF WAT TYLER, AND JACK STRAW.

    Printed and Sold in Aldermary Church-Yard, London. No date [circa 17 70/80]. 24 pages. Illustrated with 5 woodcuts. 12mo. One leaf trimmed close to text, but without loss; spine repaired; else very good.

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  • THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT.
    THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT.

    York: R. Burdekin. Price One Halfpenny, No date [circa 1820’s]. 16pp. including self-wrappers. Illustrated with fourteen woodcuts. Spine expertly repaired; else a very good copy. Richard Burdekin’s chapbooks are rarely found. We have been able to trace only two copies of this title, one in the Bodleian Library and another at Brown University in the United States.

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  • THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT. – One Halfpenny.
    THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT. – One Halfpenny.

    Alnwick: W. Davison, No date [circa 1825]. 16 pages, including wrappers. Illustrated with ten woodcuts, and a cut to both upper and lower wrapper. 77 x 57 mm. Spine expertly restored; else an excellent copy. Rare. No copy located

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  • THE LARK. A Collection of New and Favourite Songs.
    THE LARK. A Collection of New and Favourite Songs.

    London: J. Catnach, No date [circa 1835]. [8] pages, plus wrappers. Wood-engraved vignette on the upper of the yellow wrappers, and with four woodcuts within the text. Approximately 10 x 6 cm's. Spine worn, where it looks to have been disbound from a volume of chapbooks; else a very good copy of a chapbook of popular songs and ballads.

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  • THE LAUREL. A Selection of New Songs.
    THE LAUREL. A Selection of New Songs.

    London: J. Catnach, No date [circa 1835]. [8] pages, plus wrappers. Wood-engraved vignette on the upper of the yellow wrappers, and with two woodcuts within the text. Unstitched as issued. Approximately 12.5 x 9 cm's. A very good copy of a chapbook of popular songs and ballads.

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  • The Life and Death of JENNY WREN Being a very small book, at a very small charge, to learn them to read, before they grow large.
    The Life and Death of JENNY WREN Being a very small book, at a very small charge, to learn them to read, before they grow large.

    London: J. E. Evans, No date [circa 1820]. 16 pages, including self-wrappers. Illustrated with 16 woodcuts. Expert repair to spine; else in excellent condition. Rare. WorldCat lists no editions with this precise imprint, though they do list a copy with the imprint of J. Evans and Son.

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  • THE LIFE AND DEATH OF ST. GEORGE, Champion of England.
    THE LIFE AND DEATH OF ST. GEORGE, Champion of England.

    Printed and Sold in London, No date [circa 1790]. Chapbook. 24 pages. Woodcut on cover/title, and ten woodcuts within the text. 15.7 x 9 cm. Disbound from a multiple volume, and spine expertly repaired and re-stitched; last page a little soiled; else very good.

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  • THE LIFE OF JACK SPRAT, his Wife and his Cat.
    THE LIFE OF JACK SPRAT, his Wife and his Cat.

    York: C. Croshaw, No date [circa 1830]. 16pp. Self-wrappers. Woodcut to upper cover/title, and 15 other small woodcuts. Spine expertly repaired. A very good copy. We failed to locate another copy of this book, though the Kendrew version, also published in York, is common.

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  • THE LIFE OF JACK SPRAT. His Wife and his Cat
    THE LIFE OF JACK SPRAT. His Wife and his Cat

    London: J. E. Evans, No date [circa 1820]. 16 pages, including self-wrappers. Illustrated with 16 woodcuts. Expert repair to spine; else in excellent condition. Rare. WorldCat lists no editions with this precise imprint, though they do list a copy with the imprint of J. Evans, circa 1810, which is held by the British Library.

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  • THE LYRE.
    THE LYRE.

    London: Printed and Sold by J. Catnach, No date [circa 1835]. 8 pages. Wood-engraved vignette on cover/title, and six small woodcuts within the text. Disbound from a volume of similar chapbooks, and now loose; else a very good copy of a chapbook of popular songs and ballads.

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  • THE LYRE: A Collection of New Songs.
    THE LYRE: A Collection of New Songs.

    London: J. Catnach, No date [circa 1835]. [8] pages, plus wrappers. Wood-engraved vignette on the upper of the yellow wrappers, and with two woodcuts within the text. Unstitched as issued. Approximately 12.5 x 9 cm's. A very good copy of a chapbook of popular songs and ballads.

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  • THE MAGPIE; or, Tell Tale. With fine Engravings. THE FARM HOUSE; or, Pretty Stories of Young Towler and Mary Goodwoman. With fine Prints.
    THE MAGPIE; or, Tell Tale. With fine Engravings. THE FARM HOUSE; or, Pretty Stories of Young Towler and Mary Goodwoman. With fine Prints.

    London: J. T. Ward & Co’s Juvenile Library, 1807. THE MAGPIE; or, Tell Tale. With fine Engravings. 24 pp. including paste-down wrappers. Illustrated with a wood-engraved frontispiece, 9 cuts within the text, and a cut to both upper and lower wrappers. Some small pin-holes through top inner blank corners; else an excellent copy of a scarce chapbook. Not copy listed in COPAC. THE FARM HOUSE; or, Pretty Stories of Young Towler and Mary Goodwoman. With fine Prints. 24 pp. including paste-down wrappers. Illustrated with a wood-engraved frontispiece, 9 cuts within the text, and a cut to both upper and lower wrappers. Some small pin-holes through top inner blank corners; else an excellent copy of a scarce chapbook. Not copy…

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    London: J. T. Ward & Co’s Juvenile Library, 1807. THE MAGPIE; or, Tell Tale. With fine Engravings. 24 pp. including paste-down wrappers. Illustrated with a wood-engraved frontispiece, 9 cuts within the text, and a cut to both upper and lower wrappers. Some small pin-holes through top inner blank corners; else an excellent copy of a scarce chapbook. Not copy listed in COPAC. THE FARM HOUSE; or, Pretty Stories of Young Towler and Mary Goodwoman. With fine Prints. 24 pp. including paste-down wrappers. Illustrated with a wood-engraved frontispiece, 9 cuts within the text, and a cut to both upper and lower wrappers. Some small pin-holes through top inner blank corners; else an excellent copy of a scarce chapbook. Not copy listed in COPAC. This pair of chapbooks demonstrates an effective marketing strategy sometimes employed by publishers of this period. The Magpie contains a riddle, the answer to which can only be found by purchasing The Farm House.

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  • THE MIDFORD GALLOWAY. by WHITTELL, Thomas.
    WHITTELL, Thomas.
    THE MIDFORD GALLOWAY.

    THE MIDFORD GALLOWAY. No imprint, No imprint. No date. Chapbook, circa 1750. 8 pages. Large woodcut to the cover/title. 15 x 10.2 cm. Disbound at some time from a collection. Small chip at lower, inner corner of first leaf; re-stitched; else very good. Rare.

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  • THE MUSICAL MISCELLANY. A Selection of New Songs.
    THE MUSICAL MISCELLANY. A Selection of New Songs.

    London: J. Catnach, No date [circa 1835]. [8] pages, plus wrappers. Wood-engraved vignette on both upper and lowers panels of the yellow wrappers, and with one small woodcut within the text. Unstitched as issued. Approximately 12.5 x 9 cm's. A very good copy of a chapbook of popular songs and ballads.

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  • THE NIGHTINGALE.
    THE NIGHTINGALE.

    London: Printed and Sold by J. Catnach, No date [circa 1835]. 8 pages. Wood-engraved vignette on cover/title, and six small woodcuts within the text. Disbound from a volume of similar chapbooks, and now loose. Spine splitting; couple of short tears to fore-edge; lower corners a little turned; else a very good copy of a chapbook of popular songs and ballads.

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  • THE NOSEGAY. A Collection of New Songs.
    THE NOSEGAY. A Collection of New Songs.

    London: J. Catnach, No date [circa 1835]. [8] pages, plus wrappers. Wood-engraved vignette on both upper and lowers panels of the yellow wrappers, and with three woodcuts within the text. Unstitched as issued. Approximately 12.5 x 9 cm's. A very good copy of a chapbook of popular songs and ballads.

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  • THE ROYAL FABULIST; A Choice Collection of Entertaing Fables. Intended as a present for all those Good Girls and Boys who behave according to the following Rules: That is Do as they are bid, Come when they are called, and Shut the Door after them. by [AESOP].
    [AESOP].
    THE ROYAL FABULIST; A Choice Collection of Entertaing Fables. Intended as a present for all those Good Girls and Boys who behave according to the following Rules: That is Do as they are bid, Come when they are called, and Shut the Door after them.

    Edinburgh: G. Ross. [Price One Penny.]. 20 pages, including wrappers. Illustrated with wood-eNo date [circa 1815]. Engraved frontispiece on verso of front wrapper, and 15 woodcuts throughout. Original wrappers. Spine expertly repaired; little tired; else a very good copy of a rare chapbook. WorldCat lists two copies only, one in the British Library, the other in the Morgan Library. Both copies are dated 1815.

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