The fair maid of the west; who sold her maidenhead for a high-crown'd hat

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Title: The fair maid of the west; who sold her maidenhead for a high-crown'd hat
Published / Created: [between 1754 and 1783?]
Publication Place: London and England London
Publisher: Printed and sold in Aldermary Church-Yard, Bow Lane, London
Description: Verse - "I pray attend unto this jest,". - In four columns with the title and two woodcuts above the first two; the columns are separated by ornamental rules.
In four columns with the title and two woodcuts above the first two; the columns are separated by columns of type ornaments; imprint below the last two columns.
Dated from the address; see David Stoker, "Another look at the Dicey-Marshall publications: 1736-1806", The Library, ser. 7, v. 15:2 (June 2014), 111-157.
Mounted on leaf 37. Copy trimmed.
Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1.
Provenance: One of three volumes of ballads purchased from P. Murray Hill by W.S. Lewis; July 1948.
Extent: 1 sheet ([1] p.) : 19 x 34 cm.
Language: English

Genre: Early works to 1800
Poetry
Single sheet verse
Broadside poems
Woodcuts England London 1760
Material: 2 woodcuts ;
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain
England
London (England)
Subject (Topic): Broadsides
Defloration
Prostitution
Man-woman relationships
Young women
Conduct of life
Clothing and dress
Social aspects
Social life and customs
Subjects: Broadsides > Great Britain > Early works to 1800
Defloration > Poetry > Early works to 1800
Prostitution > Early works to 1800
Man-woman relationships > Poetry > Early works to 1800
Young women > Conduct of life > Early works to 1800
Clothing and dress > Social aspects > England > Early works to 1800
London (England) > Social life and customs > Poetry > Early works to 1800
England > London > 1760

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