McGill Library's Chapbook Collection

Bibliographic Citation:

More, Hannah, 1745-1833. John the shopkeeper turned sailor, or, The folly of going out of our element : Part II. London : Sold by J. Marshall (printer to the Cheap Repository for Religious and Moral Tracts) NO.17, Queen-Street, cheapside, and No. 4, Aldermary Church-Yard ; and R. White, Piccadilly, London ; Bath : By S. Hazard, at Bath ; and by all Booksellers, Newsman, and Hawkers, in Town and Country, [1796?]

Alternative Title:

Folly of going out of our element
Shopkeeper turned sailor

Creator:

More, Hannah, 1745-1833.

Contributor:

Marshall, John, printer.
White, R.
Hazard, Samuel, d. 1806.

Publisher:

Sold by J. Marshall (printer to the Cheap Repository for Religious and Moral Tracts) NO.17, Queen-Street, cheapside, and No. 4, Aldermary Church-Yard ; and R. White, Piccadilly, London ; Bath : By S. Hazard, at Bath ; and by all Booksellers, Newsman, and [1796?]

Notes:

Cover title.
Anonymous. By Hannah More.
Undated. Date from Spinney, cited below.
In verse.
"[Entered at Stationers Hall.]" (in black letter)
Series statement at head of title.
First sentence: "'Twas told you in a former lay, How on a luckless evil day The Trader John, a landsman brave, Left the dry ground to try the wave."
Includes 4 woodcuts.
Citations/References: Spinney, G.H. Cheap repository tracts. (The Library, 4th ser., v. 20, no. 3 (Dec. 1939): 295-340), 58.
Citations/References: BLC, v. 358, p. 279.
Citations/References: ESTC., T300735
Copy in McGill Library Rare Books and Special Collections: self wrappers.

Physical Description:

text.chapbook.black and white, 18 cm.

Language:

English

Subject:

Chapbooks, English.
Chapbooks -- Specimens.

Genre/Form:

Chapbooks -- England -- London -- 18th century

Chapbook Category:

Religious and Moral

Call Number:

PN970 C52 no.58 Rare Books/Special Collections

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.

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Link to this chapbook:

http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/chapbooks/fullrecord.php?ID=8033

Chapbook Identifier:

PN970_C52_no_58