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Total number of records: 50

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English Literature48
Brotherton Collection1
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
chapbooks, scottish50
fortune-telling3
brigands and robbers2
devil2
prophecies2
apparitions1
astrology1
bothwell bridge, battle of, 16791
dentistry1
dreams1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Allan, James, 1734-18102
Brownlee, Thomas1
Brownlee, Thomas Laird of Torfoot1
Burns, Robert, 1759-17961
Cargill, Donald, 1610?-16801
Charles Edward Stuart, Prince, 1720-17881
Douglas, Archibald, 3rd Earl of Douglas1
Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of, 1566-16011
Faust, -Approximately 15401
Graham, Dougal1

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The Scotch haggis : a selection of choice bon mots, Irish blunders, repartees, anecdotes, &c

[Between ca. 1830 and 1850?]

No. 37 of a series. (Number printed at foot of t.p.). Ill. on t.p. Two-line rhyme on t.p.

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An interesting history of Robert Burns; the Ayrshire bard

[Between ca. 1830 and 1850?]

No. 60 in a series. (Number printed at foot of t.p.).

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The life and meritorious transactions, of John Knox, the great Scottish reformer

[Between ca. 1830 and 1850?]

No. 61 in a series. (Number printed at foot of t.p.).

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A Tale of the rebellion of 1745; or, The broken heart : To which is added, The three wishes, and The adventures of two tee-totallers

[Between ca. 1830 and 1850?]

No. 118 of a series. (Number printed at foot of t.p.). Ill. on t.p.

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Ali Baba: or The forty thieves : an interesting tale

[Between ca. 1830 and 1850?]

No. 3 in a series. (Number printed at foot of t.p.). Ill. on t.p.

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Satan's invisible world discovered : detailing the particulars of strange pranks played by the Devil,... to which is added The marvellous history of Major Weir and his sister

Sinclair, George (1696)

[Between ca. 1830 and 1850?]

Anonymous. An abridgement of the work by George Sinclair. No. 116 in a series. (Number printed at foot of t.p.).

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The prophecies of Thomas the Rhymer. and, The comical story of Thrummy Cap & the ghaist

Thomas of Erceldoune, called the Rhymer (1220?-1297?)

[Between ca. 1840 and 1860?]

No. 114 in a series. (Number printed at foot of t.p.). Ill. on t.p.

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The Golden dreamer; or, Dreams realised : containing the interpretation of a great variety of dreams

[Between ca. 1830 and 1850?]

No. 17 in a series. (Number printed at foot of t.p.). Ill. on t.p.

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The comical stories of Thrummy Cap and the ghaist. Margaret and the minister. Soda water

[Between ca. 1830 and 1850?]

No. 16 of a series. (Number printed at foot of t.p.). Ill. on t.p. Title within ornamental boarder.

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