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Dame Andrews : a ballad

Creator:
More, Hannah, 1745-1833
Published / Created:
[1795 or 1796]
Call Number:
Folio 74 OL1 v. 1
Image Count:
1
Alternative Title:
Cheap Repository
Description:
Caption title., Anonymous. By Hannah More., This form of imprint was used between May 1795 and January 1796 (Spinney)., Verse begins: Near Lechlade town, in Glostershire ..., This edition has all except the price within a border consisting of intertwined ropes, one of leaf-like ornaments, the other of open ornamental dots; the words "Cheap Repository" interrupt the border in the center at the top; the two columns of text are separated by a vertical double rule., Below imprint: Great allowance will be made to shopkeepers and hawkers. Price below the border: Price an halfpenny, or 2s. 3d. per 100.---1s. 3d. for 50.---9d. for 25., Above imprint and below text, in italics: Entered at Stationers Hall., Entered in the Stationers' Register to Hannah More, 31 August 1795., The woodcut shows a family sitting by a fire at night in a room with a candle., This edition not recorded by G.H. Spinney, 'Cheap Repository tracts: Hazard and Marshall edition.' In Library, 4th series, volume 20 (1939-1940) number 3 (no. 35)., Mounted on leaf 26. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1.
Publisher:
Sold by J. Marshall, printer to the Cheap Repository for Religious and Moral Tracts, at no. 17, Queen-Street, Cheapside, and no. 4, Aldermary Church-Yard; and R. White, Piccadilly, London. By S. Hazard, printer to the Cheap Repository, at Bath; and by all booksellers, newsmen, and hawkers, in town and country
Subject (Topic):
Candles, Fireplaces, Sewing, and Reading
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Dame Andrews : a ballad

2.
Patient Joe, or, The Newcastle collier

Creator:
More, Hannah, 1745-1833
Published / Created:
[1795?]
Call Number:
Folio 74 OL1 v. 2
Image Count:
1
Alternative Title:
Patient Joe, Newcastle collier, and Cheap repository
Description:
Signed: Z., i.e. Hannah More., Verse - "Have you heard of a collier of honest renown,"., Mounted on leaf 13. Copy trimmed with loss of lines of ornaments at top of sheet and the heading "Cheap Repository"., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 2.
Publisher:
Sold by J. Marshall ..., and R. White ..., London, by S. Hazard ..., at Bath, and by all booksellers, newsmen, and hawkers in town and country ...
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Patient Joe, or, The Newcastle collier

3.
Robert and Richard, or, The ghost of poor Molly, who was drowned in Richard's mill pond To the tune

Creator:
More, Hannah, 1745-1833
Published / Created:
[1796?]
Call Number:
Folio 74 OL1 v. 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Alternative Title:
Ghost of poor Molly who was drowned in Richard's mill pond
Description:
Date of publication supplied by cataloger., Anonymous. By Hannah More., Verse begins: "Quoth Richard to Bob, "let things go as they will,"., In two columns with a woodcut and title centered above both; a second woodcut near the foot of the second column; all enclosed within an ornamental border., Cf. no. T194204 in ESTC., Lewis Walpole Library copy: Sheet trimmed within border; imprint statement wanting., Mounted on leaf 31. 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):
Tombs & sepulchral monuments, Graves, Cemeteries, Bedrooms, and Ghosts
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Robert and Richard, or, The ghost of poor Molly, who was drowned in Richard's mill pond To the tune of Collin's Mulberry Tree

4.
The gin-shop, or, A peep into a prison

Creator:
More, Hannah, 1745-1833
Published / Created:
[1795]
Call Number:
File 61 C41 M813 G+
Image Count:
1
Alternative Title:
Gin-shop, Peep into a prison, and Look through the land from north to south
Description:
BEIN BrSides 2011 72: 44 x 30 cm., Caption title., Signed: Z. [i.e. Hannah More]., Date from Spinney., Verse - "Look through the land from north"., Following imprint: "Great Allowance will be made to Shopkeepers and Hawkers.", Price from imprint: "Price an Half-penny, or 2s, 3d, per 100, 1s, 3d, for 50, 9d. for 25.", A Cheap repository tract., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Sold by S. Hazard, (printer to the Cheap Repository for moral and religious tracts) at Bath; by J. Marshall, printer to the Cheap Repositories, No. 17, Queen-street, Cheap-side, and No. 4, Aldermary Church-yard; and R. White, Piccadilly, London; and by all booksellers, newsmen, and hawkers, in town and country
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Ballads, English, Alcoholism, and Gin
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The gin-shop, or, A peep into a prison

5.
The market woman, a true tale, or, Honesty is the best policy

Creator:
More, Hannah, 1745-1833
Published / Created:
[1800?]
Call Number:
Folio 74 OL1 v. 2
Image Count:
1
Alternative Title:
Honesty is the best policy
Description:
At head of title: "Cheap repository.", Anonymous. Signed 'Z', i.e., Hannah More., Announcement in square brackets: Entered at Staioner's Hall., Verse - "A farmer's wife to market went"., Lewis Walpole Library copy: Sheet trimmed; loss of imprint statement., Mounted on leaf 1. 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:
Sold by J. Marshall, and R. White, London. By S. Hazard at Bath
Subject (Topic):
Honesty, Scales, Weights & measures, Farmers, and Bailiffs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The market woman, a true tale, or, Honesty is the best policy

6.
The riot, or, Half a loaf is better than no bread : In a dialogue between Jack Anvil and Tom Hod

Creator:
More, Hannah, 1745-1833
Published / Created:
[1795]
Call Number:
File 61 C41 M813 Ri+
Image Count:
1
Alternative Title:
Riot, Half a loaf is better than no bread, and Come neighbours, no longer be patient and quiet
Description:
Caption title below woodcut., Signed: Z. [i.e. Hannah More]., The sheet is headed: "Cheap repository"., First line reads: Come neighbours, no longer be patient and quiet., In two columns with a woodcut above the title., At foot of second column, in square brackets: Entered at Stationers Hall., Beneath imprint: Great allowance will be made to shopkeepers and hawkers., "Price an halfpenny, or 2s. 3d. per 100. - 1s 3d. for 50. - 9d. for 25.", and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Sold by J. Marshall, (printer to the Cheap Repository for moral and religious tracts) No. 17, Queen-Street, Cheapside, and No. 4, Aldermary Church-Yard; and R. White, Piccadilly, London; by S. Hazard, (printer to the Cheap Repository) at Bath; and by all booksellers, newsmen, and hawkers in town and country
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Ballads, English and Social conditions
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The riot, or, Half a loaf is better than no bread : In a dialogue between Jack Anvil and Tom Hod. To the tune of "A cobler there was," &c.

7.
The roguish miller, or, Nothing got by cheating : a true ballad

Creator:
More, Hannah, 1745-1833
Published / Created:
[1795]
Call Number:
File 61 C41 M813 R+
Image Count:
1
Alternative Title:
Nothing got by cheating and Miller there was, and he liv'd at his Mill
Description:
Caption title., Signed at end of text: Z [i.e. Hannah More]., A Cheap repository broadsheet., Date from Spinney., Beneath border at foot, in square brackets: Entered at Stationers Hall., Verse begins: A Miller there was, and he liv'd at his Mill ..., Price below imprint: "Price an Half-penny, or 2s, 3d, per 100, 1s, 3d, for 50, 9d. for 25.", Unlike most copies of the Cheap repository tracts published by Hazard and Marshall, this one does not have the phrase: Great allowance will be made to shopkeepers and hawkers., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Sold by S. Hazard (printer to the Cheap Repository for Religious and Moral Tracts) at Bath; by J. Marshall, printer to the Cheap Repositories, No. 18, Queen-Street, Cheap-Side and No. 4 Aldermary Church Yard, by R. White, Piccadilly, London; and by all booksellers, newsmen and hawkers, in town and country
Subject (Topic):
Ballads, English, Millers, and Honesty
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The roguish miller, or, Nothing got by cheating : a true ballad

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