A chapbook of Cries, with hand-colored illustrations: The frontispiece shows a street scene in front of John Harris's shop with St. Paul's Cathedral in the background where a fashionable lady and a boy talk to a street-vendor selling goods from his basket. The shop window shows Harris sold medicines as well being a lending library and bookseller. The chapbook includes images and cries of a Georgian street vendors --- chimney sweeps, milkmaids, fish-women, watercress sellers, men making and selling mats and brooms or repairing chairs, sellers of cat and dog meat, swords and standards, nosegays and florists, sellers of live geese and chickens, foods like Banbury cakes or hot gingerbread, potatoes, strawberries, fresh fish, eels, lobsters and flounder, rabbits, matches, and a newspapers, and ending with two watchmen in front of the Watch-House. On the back wrapper is an advertisement for seven other works, "new editions of the following celebrated little works" each priced 1s, 6d.
Alternative Title:
Cries of London and Description of the cries of London
Description:
Title from printed title page., Published with yellow wrappers, the upper cover printed with the title and imprint surrounded by a single fillet border. On the verso: publisher's list of new editions., and With an inscription on flyleaf. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
John Harris, St. Paul's Church-Yard
Subject (Geographic):
England, London., and London
Subject (Topic):
Cries, Cities and towns, Occupations, Peddlers, Children's poetry, Picture books for children, and Street vendors
Cover title. Number of part printed above title., Engraved throughout., "This work appears to have been issued in four montly parts, each of four plates between May and August 1816, before being published as a complete suite. An advertisement on the final leaf of the 1820 edition of John Cawse's 'Introduction to the art of painting' shows that the work was still being issued in four parts at this late date, at a price of three shillings sixpence per part"--Cf. British Architectural Library., Illustrations numbered in upper right corner of each plate., Price on cover: Three shillings + sixpence., Publisher;s advertisements on wrappers., BAC: British Art Center has parts 1 and 2 only. Parts 3 and 4 missing. Original printed blue paper wrappers. Stitched. Ms. ownership inscriptions of Miss Homes Cone (one dated March 24 1817) on front covers of both parts. Publisher's advertisements inside front and back covers of both parts., and Stitched as issued in the original publisher’s wrappers. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Published by R. Ackermann, 101, Strand; and may be had of all the book and printsellers in the United Kingdom. [J. Diggens, Printer, St. Ann's Lane, London.]
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Architecture, Domestic, Cottages, and Landscape drawing, English
Dorian Book Service Dorian Book Service. Catalog Dorian Book Service. Dorian booklist Dorian Book Service. Paperback catalogs
Published / Created:
[1966?]
Call Number:
2010 +S53
Collection Title:
Paperback titles catalog.
Container / Volume:
Folder 7
Image Count:
2
Description:
[Folder 7.] The gay cookbook [1966?] (1 sheet ([2] p.), 28 cm.) -- Sale [1966?] ([4] p., 28 cm.) -- Mailing envelope addressed to Jane L. Forsyth, postmarked Jan 14 1966. and Material related to books of interest to gay men and lesbians, sold by Dorian Book Service.
Publisher:
Dorian Book Service,
Subject (Name):
Dorian Book Service--Catalogs and Forsyth, Jane L.--(Jane Louise),--1921---Ownership
Subject (Topic):
Advertising--Books, Booksellers' catalogs--California--San Francisco, Gays' writings--Catalogs, Gays--Books and reading, Homosexuality--Books, and LGBTQ resource
