Life and adventures of Richard Turpin, a most notorious highwayman : comprising a particular account of all his robberies, his ride to York, and his trial and execution for horse-stealing, April 7th, 1739 : (illustrated with coloured plates).
Bibliographic Citation:
Life and adventures of Richard Turpin, a most notorious highwayman : comprising a particular account of all his robberies, his ride to York, and his trial and execution for horse-stealing, April 7th, 1739 : (illustrated with coloured plates). London : Printed by W.S. Fortey, Monmouth Court, Bloomsbury, W.C., [between 1860 and 1885]
Alternative Title:
Life of Richard Turpin
Contributor:
Fortey, W. S. (William Samuel) prt
Publisher:
Printed by W.S. Fortey, Monmouth Court, Bloomsbury, W.C., [between 1860 and 1885]
Notes:
  • Cover title.
  • Undated. Date from publisher's years of activity, cf. P.A.H. Brown. London publishers and printers, p. 68.
  • Illustration on cover.
  • Text continues on p. [4] of cover.
  • First sentence: "Richard Turpin was born at Hampstead, in Essex, where his father kept the sign of the Bell; and after being the usual time at school, he was bound to apprentice to a butcher in Whitechapel, but did not serve out his time, for his master discharged him for impropriety of conduct, which was not in the least diminished by his parents' indulgence in supplying him with money, which enabled him to cut a figure round the town, among the blades of the road and the turf, whose company he usually kept."
  • Includes 6 woodcuts.
  • Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: blue pictorial wrappers.
Physical Description:
text.chapbook.black and white, 21 x 14 cm.
Language:
English
Subject:
Turpin, Richard, -- 1706-1739.
Brigands and robbers -- Biography.
Chapbooks -- Specimens.
Genre/Form:
Chapbooks -- England -- London -- 19th century
Chapbook Category:
Historical, Political and Biographical
Call Number:
PN970 F6 L4 1860 Rare Books/Special Collections - Children's Collection
Digital Collection:
McGill Library's Chapbook Collection
Sponsor:
The McGill Library's Chapbook Collection was made possible through a generous donation from the Harold Crabtree Foundation.
Copyright:
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Link to this chapbook:
http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/chapbooks/fullrecord.php?ID=7385
Chapbook Identifier:
PN970_F6_L4_1860