Caption title above the first two columns of verse. Also above first two columns is the imprint enclosed in square brackets and the woodcut of a bird perched on branch., Verse beginning "Batchelors of every station ..." in five columns not separated by rules., Above the first line: Part I., Date from ESTC., Mounted on leaf 8. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1.
Publisher:
Printed and sold by J. Evans, no. 41, Long-lane, West-Smithfield, London
In four columns with title and two woodcuts above the first two; the columns are separated by rules., Verse in four parts begins: "You lovers all draw near,", 'Part 1' precedes first line., Imprint below fourth column., Date supplied by cataloger., In this edition woodcuts from left to right depict a sailing ship near a castle and a woman seated in front of a column., Mounted on leaf 14. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1.
Publisher:
Printed and sold in Aldermary Church Yard, Bow Lane
Subject (Topic):
Sailing ships, Castles & palaces, Women, and Columns
In four columns with the title and two woodcuts above the first two; the columns are not separated by rules., Verse begins: "A merchant's son of worthy fame,", In this edition the woodcuts from left to right depict a sheep and a couple walking through a countryside., Imprint below fourth column., Date supplied by cataloger., Mounted on leaf 15. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1.
Caption title., Title continues: which was committed on Sunday last, in White Post Lane, near East Ham, in the county of Essex, upon Richard Moss, a youth only 14 years of age, who was robbed and murdered by a footpad., In one column with title and woodcut above; no rules or onamental type present., Date of publication conjectured based on date of the crime 8 September 1782. The murderer was executed on 10 March 1783., First line: Sunday last the following bloody murder was committed upon the body of an unhappy youth, without the least provocation ..., Mounted on leaf 33. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1.
Publisher:
s.n.
Subject (Geographic):
England and Essex
Subject (Topic):
Murder, Deaths head, Skull & crossbones, Hourglasses, and Banners
Verse - "A sailor courted a farmer's daughter,". - In four columns with the title and an ornamental rule above the first two; the columns are not separated by rules., Mounted on leaf 53. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Courtship, Man-woman relationships, Young men, Conduct of life, Young women, Sailors, and Wealth
Perjur'd ship-carpenter and Perjured ship-carpenter
Description:
Verse begins: "In Gosport of late there a damsel did dwell,"., In four columns, with title and illustration above the first two; imprint at the foot of the fourth column, below a single rule; the columns are not divided by rules., 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 54. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1.
Verse begins: "Good people now I pray give ear,"., In five columns with the title and two woodcuts above the first two; the columns are not separated by rules., 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 63. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1.
Publisher:
Printed and sold at No. 4 Aldermary Church Yard
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Broadsides, Ballads, English, Courtship, Lifestyle, Seduction, Man-woman relationships, Elopement, Pregnancy, Betrayal, Young men, Conduct of life, Young women, Couples, and Fans (Accessories)
Verse - "Good Christian people all I pray,". - In five columns with the title and woodcut above the first two; the columns are not separated by rules., Date of publication from ESTC., Mounted on leaf 69. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1.
Publisher:
Sold at no. 42, Long Lane
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Incest, Murder, Defloration, Domestic relations, Brothers and sisters, and Gallows
Age of man, display'd in ten different stages of life
Description:
Caption title on three lines., Verse - "In prime of years, when I was young,"., In three columns separated by columns of type ornaments; the title and three woodcuts span the first two columns; the sequence of woodcuts is: Father Time; a woman riding a donkey, with a baby in a cradle and a lamb in the foreground; Death., Six long dashes above imprint at foot of column three., Mounted on leaf 1. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1.
Publisher:
Printed and sold at the Printing-Office in Bow-Church-Yard
Subject (Topic):
Life cycle, Human, Songs, English, Life cycle, Death, and Youth
Title from caption above woodcut that appears above the first two columns., Another issue has no imprint. Cf. ESTC T21841., Verse in four columns: "Young men and pretty maidens ...", Mounted on leaf 2. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1.
