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1.
Harris's list of Covent-Garden ladies, or, Man of pleasure's kalendar, for the year 1773

Published / Created:
MDCCLXXIII [1773]
Call Number:
646 773 H24B
Image Count:
91
Description:
Page 104 misnumbered '103'., Signatures: A⁶(-A1) B-N⁶ ²A-B⁶ (- ²B6) [$3 signed (-A2, -G2, 3, -K2, 3, ²B3; A2 signed 'A3')]., Half-title wanting?, Verso of the title page: Contents to the Supplement, for 1773., Caption title on p. [1], second sequence: Supplement to Harris's list for 1773., Description based on imperfect copy: final leaf (²B5?) mutilated with loss of upper half. Page numbering based on Contents listed on verso of title page., Untitled frontispiece, signed in lower left "J. June invt. sculpt." shows a young gentleman approaching a prostitute with the arcade at Covent Garden behind them and a crowd of other men and women engaged in similar activities., Supposed to have been composed by Jack Harris, waiter at the Shakespear's Head; first edition 1760. Cf. Lowndes who says "Benjamin" Harris., and For further information including E.J. Burford's description of the British Library's 1st ed., consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed for H. Ranger, Temple Exchange Passage, Fleet-Street
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Topic):
English wit and humor, Prostitution, Almanacs, English, Sex, City & town life, Couples, and Prostitutes
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Harris's list of Covent-Garden ladies, or, Man of pleasure's kalendar, for the year 1773 : containing an exact description of the most celebrated ladies of pleasure who frequent Covent-Garden, and other parts of this metropolis

2.
Harris's list of Covent-Garden ladies, or, New Atalantis for the year 1764 : containing, an exact

Published / Created:
MDCCLXIV [1764]
Call Number:
646 764 H24
Image Count:
76
Description:
Signatures: [A]⁶(-A1) a⁶ B-L⁶ M⁴(-M4) [$3 signed (-B2,3)]., Supposed to have been composed by Jack Harris, waiter at the Shakespeare's-Head, and edited by S. Derrick. First ed. 1760. Cf. Lowndes (who says "Benjamin" Harris); H.W. Bleackley., and With H.W. Bleackley's ms. notes.
Publisher:
Printed for H. Ranger, near Temple-Bar
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
English wit and humor, Prostitution, Almanacs, English, and Sex
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Harris's list of Covent-Garden ladies, or, New Atalantis for the year 1764 : containing, an exact description of the persons, tempers, and accomplishments of the several ladies of pleasure who frequent Covent-Garden, and other parts of this metropolis

3.
The crafty London apprentice, or, bow-bells

Published / Created:
[1736 through 1763]
Call Number:
Folio 74 OL1 v. 1
Image Count:
1
Alternative Title:
Bow-bells
Description:
In four columns with the title and two woodcuts above the first two; the columns are separated by rules., Verse begins: "You London dames, that love to range", Imprint below the third and fourth columns., Date from ESTC., Mounted on leaf 23. 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, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, England, London, and London (England)
Subject (Topic):
Broadsides, Prostitution, Apprentices, Women, Moral and ethical aspects, Social conditions, Men, Sex, Prostitutes, Abused children, and Social life and customs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The crafty London apprentice, or, bow-bells

4.
The crafty lass's garland, : who'll buy the rabbit? or, The coney brought to a fair market. Tune

Published / Created:
[ca. 1775?]
Call Number:
Folio 74 OL1 v. 1
Image Count:
1
Description:
Verse begins: "Come all that love to be merry,", In four columns, with the title and illustrations above the first two; the columns are separated by columns of type ornaments; the imprint is below the last two columns., Imprint below the third and fourth columns., Date conjectural., Mounted on leaf 22. 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 Sympson's Warehouse, in Stonecutter-Street, Fleet-Market
Subject (Geographic):
England and London
Subject (Topic):
Women, Social conditions, Men, Moral and ethical aspects, and Sex
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The crafty lass's garland, : who'll buy the rabbit? or, The coney brought to a fair market. Tune the Cambridgeshire lass

5.
The merry broomfield, or, The west country wager. To a new tune. Licens'd according to order

Published / Created:
[between 1711 and 1769]
Call Number:
Folio 74 OL1 v. 2
Image Count:
1
Alternative Title:
West country wager
Description:
Verse - "A noble young 'squire that liv'd in the west,". - In four columns with the title and woodcut above the first two; the first and second as well as the third and fourth columns are separated by ornamental rules., Range of publication dates from the Bodleian Library Ballads database., In four columns with the title and woodcut above the first two; the first and second as well as the third and fourth columns are separated by lines of ornamental type. Imprint below ornamental line in third and fourth columns., Mounted on leaf 4. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 2.
Publisher:
printed and sold by John White, in Pilgrim-street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Broadsides, Ballads, English, Songs, English, Joking, Man-woman relationships, Sex, Wagers, Hunting, Bows (Archery), Arrows, and Deer
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The merry broomfield, or, The west country wager. To a new tune. Licens'd according to order

6.
The miraculous farmer, or, No cock like the west-country cock

Published / Created:
[between 1754 and 1783?]
Call Number:
Folio 74 OL1 v. 3
Image Count:
1
Alternative Title:
No cock like the west-country cock
Description:
Verse - "You women in city and country I pray". - In four columns with the title above the first two; the columns are separated by ornamental rules., In four columns with the title above the first two and imprint below the last two; the columns are separated by columns of type ornaments., 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., Title ends with a comma., Mounted on leaf 50. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 3.
Publisher:
Printed and sold in Aldermary Church-yard, Bow-Lane, London
Subject (Topic):
Husband and wife, Pregnancy, Adultery, Domestics, Men, Sexual behovior, Women, Sexual behavior, Sex, Farmers, Astrology, and Physicians
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The miraculous farmer, or, No cock like the west-country cock

7.
The only true list, of those celebrated sporting ladies, or petticoat amblers, who afford the bucks

Published / Created:
[ca. 1780]
Call Number:
Quarto 646 780 On58
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text and still image
Description:
Caption title., Place and date of publication based on provence: formerly bound in a collection of chapbooks published in Lichfield in the 1770s., First line: Miss Diana G---y is arrived at this meeting for the diversion of those gentlemen who are stong in hand ..., Not in ESTC., and Broadsides printed on laid paper and mounted in an album bound in red, quarter-leather morocco with Cockerell-marbled boards and vellum corners, with black-leather, gilt-stamped spine label. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England, England., and London.
Subject (Topic):
Prostitutes, Prostitution, Brothels, and Sex
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The only true list, of those celebrated sporting ladies, or petticoat amblers, who afford the bucks and bloods an amorous felicity every evening during the races

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