Title from first page., Undated. Date range from trading dates of J. Marshall, cf. The British book trade index WWW site., Without music., A chapbook., Crude woodcut title vignette of a two ships engaged in battle at sea., Laid paper. Horizontal chain lines., First sentence of The battle of the Nile: "Arise, arise, Britannia's sons, arise!", First sentence of Tom Starboard: "Tom Starboard was a lover true, As brave a tar as ever sail'd; The duties ablest seamen do Tom did, and never yet had fail'd.", First sentence of The sailor's adieu: "The topsails shiver in the wind, The ship she casts to sea; But yet my soul, my heart, my mind, Are, Mary, moor'd with thee: For though they sailor's bound afar, Still love shall be his leading star.", First sentence of Tom Bowling: "Here, a sheer hulk, lies poor Tom Bowling The darling of our crew; No more he'll hear the tempest howling, For death hath broach'd him too.", First sentence of True courage: "Why what's that to you if my eyes I'm wiping A tear is a pleasure, d'ye see, in its way, 'Tis nonsense for trifles, I own, to be piping, But they that ha'n't pity--why I pities they.", First sentence of The sea boy: "To England's towers of oak farewell, No more for me shall be unfurl'd The canvas in the gale to swell, The ocean is no more my world; Yet there life's earliest years I fearless pass'd A sea-boy on the high and giddy mast.", and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed by J. Marshall, in the Old Flesh-Market. Where may also be had, a large and curious assortment of songs, ballads, tales, histories, &c.
Subject (Topic):
Chapbooks, English, Songs, English, and Ballads, English
Caption title., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: -- Cards, bills, &c. cheap and neatly printed., In one column with a woodcut above the title., A slip song., In verse., First line: Ye wives of Britain's Isle resent the suff'rings of our Queen ..., Printed on same sheet with another slip song: A new song. Royal Caroline. Tune, -- Soldiers gratitude., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Catnach, printer, 2, Monmouth-Court
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
An illustrated handbill describing the execution of Joseph Wall, former Governor of Goree, for unlawful execution in 1782 of Serjeant B. Armstrong. The large woodcut illustration depicts the punishment devised by Wall and shows the victim being whipped by presumably enslaved "black men" described in detail in the verses below
Description:
Caption title., Printed in two columns., Partially in verse; the short description of Wall's execution is followed by a six stanza poem, with the heading "A copy of verses on the melancholy occasion.", Publisher's advertisement following imprint: - Where may be had, price 6d. the Trial of Governor Wall, including a biographical account of his life, and the whole particulars of his execution., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed and sold by J. Davenport, 6, George's Court, St. John's Gate, London
Subject (Name):
Wall, Joseph, 1737-1802,
Subject (Topic):
Punishment & torture, Whipping, and Enslaved people
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 sweet country life is both pleasant and charming ..., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed and sold by J. Pitts, No. 14 Great St. Street, Andrew Seven Dials
Title from text within woodcut illustration; remainder of title from letterpress text beneath illustration., Woodcut illustration of a hot air ballloon with two flag-waving gentlemen seated in the basket. The flag to the left reads "No blanks"; the flag to the right, "All money.", Printed in red and blue ink., and Mounted to: 25 x 18 cm. With a sticker in upper left corner with blue crayon annotation "11-". For further information, consult library staff.
Caption title., First line: In the county of Norfolk, lived one Mr. Matthew Grey, a gentleman about 39 years of age, possessed of a very good estate., Printed in three columns. With three woodcut illustrations at top: one depicting a man about to hurl an infant; one depicting a man and a woman hanging from nooses; and one depicting a woman burning an infant's corpse in a fireplace while being watched through a window. With "A copy of verses" printed in lower right: Give ear to this most horrid tale, this dismal tragedy, so foul and deep it cannot fail to moisten every eye. ..., Matthew Grey, apparently insane, decided his wife was unfaithful and that he was not the father of his three children. Enraged, he murdered his entire family. The gruesome sounds of the murders attracted the attention of his neighbors, who rushed to the scene and apprehended Grey. Susan Smith, a girl of 17, was pregnant with an unwanted child. Unable to abort the pregnancy, she murdered the baby shortly after it was born. Her crime was discovered when a neighbor saw her attempting to burn the baby's corpse in a fireplace., Printer's advertisement following imprint: -- Cards and handbills printed very neat and cheap., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed by J. Catnach, 2, Monmouth-Court, 7 Dials
Subject (Geographic):
England, Norfolk., and England.
Subject (Name):
Grey, Matthew, -approximately 1830. and Smith, Susan, -approximately 1830.
Subject (Topic):
Murderers, Infanticide, Executions and executioners, and Hangings (Executions)
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: Twas on the Belfast mountains ..., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed and sold by J. Pitts, No. 14, Great St. Andrew Street, Seven Dials
Caption titles., Two slip songs printed on one sheet, in two columns, each titled separately. Woodcut illustration above title in first column., Additional printer's statement in second column: T. Bloomer, printer, Birmingham., In verse., First line of "Caroline, a new song": She comes, she comes in spite of fate ..., First line of "God save the Queen": God save Queen Caroline ..., Two songs in support of Queen Caroline on her return to England, and during the ‘trial’ in the House of Commons., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
T. Bloomer, printer, High Street, Birmingham
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
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: Come none of your nonsence I'm not to be had ..., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed and sold by J. Pitts, 14, Great St. Andrew-Street, Seven Dials