Caption title., Date based on publisher John Pitts's street address. See: Todd, W.B. Directory of printers and others in allied trades, London & vicinity, 1800-1840, page 151., In one column with a woodcut above the title., A slip song., In verse., First line: My daddy was a tinker's son ..., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed for and sold by J. Pitts, No. 14, Great Saint Andrew Street, Seven Dials and Mantz, Finsbury
Caption title., Date of imprint from date of trials., Account of the three trials, with one column of verse on the murder of John Oldcroft., In the text, the name of the murder victim is given as Charles Oldcroft, not John, as in the title., Verses begin : Oh! listen to a tale of woe, I now to you unfold., Wood engraving (8 x 14.2 cm.) : Hanging scene before prison walls, with spectators., and For further information, consult library staff.
Caption title., With: Scott, John. An address to Great Britain, on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen., Broadside consisting of two seemingly separate publications, the second being ‘An Address to Great Britain, on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen’ by John Scott. At the head of the sheet is a large woodcut portrait of Queen Caroline with the first paragraph setting out a robust attack on her accusers and a defence of her good character: ‘The cause of the Queen is now indeed placed in a triumphant attitude. The question is no longer whether her Majesty has forfeited her character as a princess and a woman, but it is now whether those who have attempted to blacken her character by the most filthy imputation shall receive the merited reward of perjury and infamy’., The Lewis Walpole Library copy: Imperfect, trimmed to 47.5 x 17.5 cm with loss printer's statement., and Laid on to modern card. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Carrall, printer, Walmgate, York
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821,, and Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821.
Verse begins: "Behold here's a ditty, 'tis true and no jest,"., In four columns with the title above the first two; the columns are not separated by rules., Another printing or issue (ESTC T206945) has imprint: Sold at no. 4, Aldermary Church Yard., Dated from the address of the other printing/issue; see David Stoker, "Another look at the Dicey-Marshall publications: 1736-1806", The Library, ser. 7, v. 15:2 (June 2014), 111-157., Mounted on leaf 75. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 3.
Verse begins: "Attend, ye lovers, and give an ear"., In four columns with the title and two woodcuts above the first two; the columns are separated by columns of type ornaments., The left woodcut is found in other broadsides with Bow Church Yard and Aldermary Church Yard imprints; the date range is that covering both imprints; see David Stoker, "Another look at the Dicey-Marshall publications: 1736-1806", The Library, ser. 7, v. 15:2 (June 2014), 111-157., Susan’s surname appears in other editions as either Massie or Mease., Mounted on leaf 60. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 2.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Cemeteries, Tombs & sepulchral monuments, Skulls, and Staffs (Sticks)
Verse begins: "You youthful charming lady's fair,"., In four columns with the title and two woodcuts above the first two; imprint at foot of the last column, below a series of long dashes; the columns are separated by rules composed of long dashes., Dated from the address; see David Stoker, "Another look at the Dicey-Marshall publications: 1736-1806", The Library, ser. 7, v. 15:2 (June 2014), 111-157., Mounted on leaf 58. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 2.
Verse in three parts begins: "Hard by a sweet delightful green,"., In four columns with the title and two woodcuts above the first two; the imprint below the last two; the columns are separated by columns of type ornaments., Dated from the address; see David Stoker, "Another look at the Dicey-Marshall publications: 1736-1806", The Library, ser. 7, v. 15:2 (June 2014), 111-157., Mounted on leaf 59. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 2.
Publisher:
Printed and sold by R. Marshall, in Aldermary Church Yard, Bow Lane
Caption title., Date based on publisher John Pitts's street address. See: Todd, W.B. Directory of printers and others in allied trades, London & vicinity, 1800-1840, page 151., In one column with a woodcut above the title., A slip song., In verse., First line: A valiant soldier I dare not name ..., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
J. Pitts, printer, No. 14, Great St. Andrew Street, Seven Dials