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Montgomery, James (1771-1854)8
Drake, Francis2
Drake, Francis (1695-1770)2
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Bennet, George (1840-)1
Bicknell, Alexander1
Bicknell, Alexander (1796)1
Daw, W H1
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The Pelican Island, and other poems

Montgomery, James (1771-1854)

1828

First published: 1827.

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The Pelican Island, and other poems

Montgomery, James (1771-1854)

1828

First published: 1827.

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Spice islands passed in the sea of reading

nos.1-6. Stitched in blue paper covers, nos.2-3 being stitched togerther. No.4 has pp. 62-63 numbered correctly "Seventy-three selections from the poets of Yorkshire.". Issues no. 5-6 lack volum...

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The young Crusoe : or The shipwrecked boy. Containing an account of his shipwreck, and residence for several months alone, upon an uninhabited island

Hofland, Mrs (1770-1844)

[1840?]

Added engraved t.p. "... Printed by J. Darling, Leadenhall Street." -- t.p. verso and p. 195.

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The poetical works of James Montgomery (v.1)

Montgomery, James (1771-1854)

1828

Contents: v.1. The wanderer of Switzerland, The West Indies, &c. &c. -- v.2. The world before the flood, and other poems -- v.3. Greenland, Songs of Zion, &c. &c. -- v.4. The pelican island, and other...

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The poetical works of James Montgomery (v.2)

Montgomery, James (1771-1854)

1828

Contents: v.1. The wanderer of Switzerland, The West Indies, &c. &c. -- v.2. The world before the flood, and other poems -- v.3. Greenland, Songs of Zion, &c. &c. -- v.4. The pelican island, and other...

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The poetical works of James Montgomery (v.3)

Montgomery, James (1771-1854)

1828

Contents: v.1. The wanderer of Switzerland, The West Indies, &c. &c. -- v.2. The world before the flood, and other poems -- v.3. Greenland, Songs of Zion, &c. &c. -- v.4. The pelican island, and other...

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The poetical works of James Montgomery (v.4)

Montgomery, James (1771-1854)

1828

Contents: v.1. The wanderer of Switzerland, The West Indies, &c. &c. -- v.2. The world before the flood, and other poems -- v.3. Greenland, Songs of Zion, &c. &c. -- v.4. The pelican island, and other...

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The English hermit : or, the unparalleled sufferings and surprising adventures of Philip Quarll, who was discovered by Mr. Dorrington, a Bristol merchant, upon an uninhabited island in the South Sea, where he had lived about fifty years

Longueville, Peter (fl. 1727); Bicknell, Alexander (1796)

1835

Text signed: Ed. Dorrington. Some authorities ascribe this work to Alexander Bicknell. For a discussion of authorship cf. A. Esdaile's "Author and publisher in 1727: The English hermit", in The libr...

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Voyages and travels round the world : by the Rev. Daniel Tyerman and George Bennet, Esq. deputed from the London Missionary Society to visit their various stations in the South Sea Islands, Australia, China, India, Madagascar, and South Africa, between the years 1821 and 1829

Tyerman, Daniel (1773-1828); Bennet, George (fl. 1820-1840); Montgomery, James (1771-1854); London Missionary Society

1841

First published in 1831 with title: Journal of voyages and travels.

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On Boxing Night (Monday), Dec. 27th, 1886, and every evening till further notice, at 7 o' clock, the management will have the honour of presenting Mr. W. H. Daw's Royal Jubilee pantomime, entitled Robinson Crusoe or, Harlequin; the runaway tailor, the villainous sailor, and the King of the Kickapoo Islands

Locke, Fred (1907); Daw, W H; Theatre Royal (Sheffield, England). Christmas pantomime

1886

Programme, consisting of the script of the pantomime. With illustrative cover depicting the theatre (front), and Arthur Davy's factory (back).

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