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Fairburn's edition of The life of Jack Sheppard, a notorious housebreaker and footpad : giving a full account of his various robberies... his wonderful escape from Newgate ... is again taken and brought back to Newgate, hung at Tyburn, and buried in St. Martin's Church-yard : to which is added his own account of his surprising escapes, etc. as he left in manuscript for publication

Archive Print Item: Bibliography G-1.74/FAI

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Title: Fairburn's edition of The life of Jack Sheppard, a notorious housebreaker and footpad : giving a full account of his various robberies... his wonderful escape from Newgate ... is again taken and brought back to Newgate, hung at Tyburn, and buried in St. Martin's Church-yard : to which is added his own account of his surprising escapes, etc. as he left in manuscript for publication

Other titles: Life of Jack Sheppard

Level: Item

Classmark: Bibliography G-1.74/FAI

Additional creator(s): Sheppard, Jack (1702-1724) (Other)

Related people: Sheppard, Jack

Publisher: J. Fairburn

Publication city: London

Date(s): [182-?]

Language: English

Size and medium: 24 p., [1] folded leaf of plates

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/185293

Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991008370599705181

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"Embellished with four coloured engravings."

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