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History of James Allan, the celebrated Northumberland piper : giving an account of his parentage, education, extraordinary adventures and exploits;... with a brief narrative of his last confinement and death in Durham Gaol, which happened in 1810
[1840?]
References: Thomson, F. M. Newcastle chapbooks (1969). Thomson 351. Ill. on t.p. Eight-line quotation on t.p.
The Life of Bamfylde [sic] Moore Carew, sometime King of the beggars, containing an accurate history of his travels, voyages, and adventures : To which is added, A dictionary of the Mendicants' Cant phrases
Price, Thomas of Poole; Goadby, Robert (1721-1778); Goadby, Mrs Robert
[ca. 1815]
An abridgement and adaptation of a work variously attributed to Thomas Price, Robert and Mrs. Goadby and Carew himself.
The life, voyages and adventures of Bamfylde-Moore Carew, commonly called King of the beggars
Carew, Bampfylde Moore (1693-1770?); Price, Thomas of Poole; Goadby, Mrs Robert; Goadby, Robert (1721-1778)
[1785?]
Date from BLCat Vol. 53.
Roman stories: or, The history of the seven wise mistresses of Rome : Containing seven days entertainment, in manuy pleasant and witty tales and stories... Newly corrected, and better explain's, and enlarg'd. Adorned with many pretty pictures, lively expressing the history
Howard, Thomas (17th-18th cent)
[ca. 1757]
A1 = half title: "The history of the seven wise mistresses of Rome." "Choice novels." (12 p. at end): two short stories. Signatures: A-E¹².
The Gipsy's present, or, Unerring guide to fortune-telling
[ca. 1824]
Wrapper lettered: Gipsey's present. The folding frontispiece is coloured and depicts Mother Bridget telling a fortune with the aid of her wheel. A different illustration of the same subject forms th...
Chap-books of the eighteenth century
Ashton, John (1834-1911)
[1966]
Originally published London: Chatto & Windus, 1882.