Caption title., First lines: What horrid deeds from gaming, take place now every day, the human mind inflaming, 'tis sure to lead astray ..., Entirely in verse; text printed in five columns confined to lower half of sheet. The six woodcut illustrations include two portraits of the accused with mention of their punishments ("John Thurtell, guilty, death"; "Joseph Hunt for transporta[t]ion"); three views of areas associated with the crime ("A view of Gill's Hill Lane"; "View of Probert's cottage and pond"; "The pond where the body was found"); and an uncaptioned depiction of the public execution of Thurtell in front of a crowd of onlookers and hawkers., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Pitts printer, wholesale toy and marble warehouse, 6, Great St. Andrew Street, 7 Dials
Subject (Geographic):
England and Hertfordshire.
Subject (Name):
Weare, William, -1823., Thurtell, John, 1794-1824., Hunt, Joseph, active 19th century., and Probert, William, -1825.
Caption title., Date of publication from English short title catalogue., Verse begins: "Young men and maidens all give"., In five columns with the title above the first two; the columns are not separated by rules., 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. 3.
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
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 - "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
Includes Gardelle's account of his murder of Anne King and a description of his attempts at suicide after he was apprehended., Two woodcuts show Gardelle in his prison cell with visitors and the courtroom as the jury announces its verdict., and Not in ESTC.
Title above first two columns., In four columns with the title above the first two; the columns are not separated by rules., Date of publication from English short title catalogue., Verse begins: "Lovers I beg lend an ear to this story,"., In this edition the initial word "The" is captialized., Mounted on leaf 79. 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:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Barbados
Subject (Topic):
Love poetry, Parent and child, Cruelty, Merchants, Murder, Sailors, Ghosts, Letter writing, and Man-woman relationships
Shepherd's daughter betray'd and Shepherd's daughter betrayed
Description:
Caption title., First verse - "Come all you constant lovers, and to me lend an ear,", In three columns with the title and two woodcuts above the first two; the imprint is below the last column, under a single rule composed of long dashes., Dated from the address; see David Stoker, "John Marshall, John Evans, and the Cheap Repository tracts, 1793-1800", PBSA 107:1 (2013), 81-118., Mounted on leaf 12. 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, Westsmithfield, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Marriage, Social aspects, Parental consent, Murder, Arranged marriage, Doves, Nets, and Elk
