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ref. 1390546578.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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1830ref. 29079London: H. Disley 1830. Good overall. That's Where You're Wrong' includes references to emigration to Canada a spirited revolutionary song: "Rise Britons rise and ring your voices thro' the land…" This is a broadside ballad were sold for half a penny or penny on the streets in London Manchester and other British cities during the 19th century. Once newspapers became more widespread and cheaper they largely displaced this type of street literature. Printed on cheap tissue paper they included religious warnings political arguments satire comedy bawdy tales crime news fantastic tales love and relationship advice and calls for social reform. In some cases the printer would suggest a familiar tune that would fit the lyrics provided. Most had a woodcut illustration although it may have been unrelated to the subject matter. Many broadside ballads in London were printed in the Seven Dials district. They were sold in large numbers on street corners in squares and at fairs by travelling ballad singers and also pinned on the walls of alehouses where they were sung and read. However because they were meant to be disposable presaging both the consumer culture and mass media relatively few have survived. 7 1/2 by 9 1/2 inches toned edges chipped fold line repaired. H. Disley unknown
ref. 29078London. First line: "Have you heard of the rumpus there was I declare All the Popes in the world was in Belgrave Square…" With The Wonderful Crocodile. "Now list ye landmen all to me To tell you truth I'm bound What happen'd to me by going to sea…" According to Burl Ives this tune was based on an old Irish air. John and Alan Lomax collected it in Nova Scotia in 1921 from a man who said it was a song he'd known since he was a boy - "one of thoses that used to be roared out in the back rooms of taverns frequented by seamen forty or so years ago." This is a broadside ballad were sold for half a penny or penny on the streets in London Manchester and other British cities during the 19th century. Once newspapers became more widespread and cheaper they largely displaced this type of street literature. Printed on cheap tissue paper they included religious warnings political arguments satire comedy bawdy tales crime news fantastic tales love and relationship advice and calls for social reform. In some cases the printer would suggest a familiar tune that would fit the lyrics provided. Most had a woodcut illustration although it may have been unrelated to the subject matter. Many broadside ballads in London were printed in the Seven Dials district. They were sold in large numbers on street corners in squares and at fairs by travelling ballad singers and also pinned on the walls of alehouses where they were sung and read. However because they were meant to be disposable presaging both the consumer culture and mass media relatively few have survived. 7 1/2 by 10 inches. Edges slt ruffled o/w vgc. unknown
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ref. 15906Early eighteenth century. Another later version published in the Gentleman's Magazine London May 1744. 2pp. on both sides of a strip of 35.5 x 11.5 cm laid paper with fleur-de-lys watermark. In a secretary hand employing the thorn and long s. In fair condition on aged and worn paper. An untitled forty-line poem divided into five numbered eight-line stanzas. The narrator is an older married woman advising a younger woman not to marry with observations on the frailties of the male sex. The first stanza reads: 'Ere ye. read ys. ye. may suppose. That some new listed Lover. By means of Poetry has chose. His Passion to discover. Know Faire one I am a Matron Grave Which Time & Care has wasted And would thy Youth from sorrow save Which I have in Wedlock tasted.' A variation of the poem was published in the Gentleman's Magazine May 1744 with the title 'The MATRON's Advice to a YOUNG LADY A new BALLAD. Tune Sally.' The grammar of the Gentleman's Magazine version is more modern in tone its first line reading: 'Ere you read this you may suppose' and the variations are most apparent in the third stanza including 'Beset thy dwelling' in the published version for 'Surround thy Threshold' in the manuscript; 'heedless' for 'regardless'; 'Pass all your minutes' for 'Thy Moments pass on'; 'While flames are offer'd at our shrine And Men like Idols sue us' for 'Darts flames & hoards adorn Our shrine And Awful Hymen woo us.' The writer has begun to write another poem on the reverse of the slip: 'Come lesten sic ye tories & jacobites now Your Plot <.> shew'. Not present in the English Broadside Ballad Archive. Early eighteenth century. [Another (later?) version published in the Gentleman's Magazine, London, May 1744.] unknown
ref. 6873'Printed and Sold by J. Pitts No. 14. Great Saint Andrew Street Seven Dials'. Printed on one side of a piece of rough laid paper approximately 24.5 x 8.5 cm. Crude circular woodcut of pedlar at head diameter 3.5 cm. Good on aged paper with a little creasing at head and foot. Consists of four four-line stanzas with refrain 'Doodle doodle doo.' First stanza heavy with double-entendre reads 'HEAV'N bless my dearest little dear The wind is not quite fair From Portland Road I write this here - Oh! bless your little hair. Doodle doodle doo.' Clearly refers to a high society Regency scandal possibly that concerning the Duke of York and Mary Anne Clarke. Not listed in Shepard's Short-List. Excessively scarce: no copy on COPAC. Image on application. 'Printed and Sold by J. Pitts, No. 14. Great Saint Andrew Street Seven Dials,' unknown
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ref. 22259Printed by 'William Thomas Argraffydd Caerfyrddin.' No date late Vicvtorian. The title is 'Hanes alarus am 26 o golliers a gollasant eu bywydau yn pwll glo Bedwellty gerllaw Tredegar Dydd Gwener Mehefin 16 1865.' This may be translated as 'The woeful tale of 26 colliers who lost their lives in the Bedwellty coal mine near Tredegar Friday 16 June 1865. 4pp 16mo 15.5 x 9 cm. Paginated 1-4. Bifolium. Printer's slug at foot of last page. Disbound. A frail survival: aged and worn. Beneath the title and covering the rest of the first page is a list of 25 of the deceased their ages and dependents headed 'ENWAU Y PERSONAU.' The first entry in the list is 'Thomas Meredith 50 oed priod ac un plentyn'; and the fourth 'Lewis Lewis 40 gweddw a phump o blant'. The poem in sixteen four-line stanzas covers pp.2-4 and is headed 'HANES ALARUS.' No copy in the National Library of Wales. The only copy of this item located either on OCLC WorldCat or on COPAC is at Swansea University where it is bound with other pamphlets by Carmarthen printers. Printed by 'William Thomas, Argraffydd, Caerfyrddin.' No date [late Vicvtorian]. unknown
1868ref. 96509Kensington Gardens January 27th 1868. 1868. Very good. - Approximately 32 words penned on his 7 inch high by 4-1/2 inch wide stationery embossed with his monogram and Kensington Gardens address. Replying to a request for his autograph Reeves writes "I have to apologize for the delay in answering your polite note requesting me to send my autograph." Signed "Sims Reeves" with the date penned within his signature's flourish. Once folded the letter is mounted with glue from the verso onto heavier stock clipped from an album. Very good. Considered the foremost English operatic oratorio and ballad tenor vocalist of the mid Victorian era John Sims Reeves 1821-1900 received his early music education from his father who was a bass soloist in the Royal Artillery Band. He was appointed organist and choirmaster of North Gray church at the age of 14. He trained under Thomas Simpson Cooke first as a baritone and then a tenor while also learning to play several instruments. Kensington Gardens, January 27th, 1868. unknown
ref. AQ31852London: J. Pitts s.d. c. 1820-44 Single leaf broadside edges uncut. Printed in four columns. With three woodcut vignettes. Old central vertical fold. A trifle creased and marked. A rare survival of a broadside ballad in which the captain of a ship bound for India discovers on board the young servant girl whom he had pledged to wed but then abandoned. He finds that she is carrying his child and though at first angered by her 'betrayal' agrees to marry. However 'fortune to them proves unkind' and a storm descends upon them sweeping the maiden into the sea. When the captain finds her body 'floating on the main' two days later he casts himself overboard to 'share the same fate'. The publishing house of John Pitts 1765-1844 was responsible for a prodigious output of cheap popular printing in the first half of the nineteenth-century. COPAC records copies at just two locations BL and Hull; OCLC adds two further Adelaide and Toronto. . Dimensions 360 x 250 mm. [J. Pitts], [s.d., c. 1820-44] unknown
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2010ref. Viva-9780763791285JONES & BARTLETT LEARNING 2010. Paperback with Sewing. New. JONES & BARTLETT LEARNING paperback
2010ref. Viva-9780763791285JONES & BARTLETT LEARNING 2010. Paperback with Sewing. New. JONES & BARTLETT LEARNING paperback
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1986ref. 2111902153303475Kokusho Publishing Association 1986. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Kokusho Publishing Association paperback
1973ref. 2091202133405419NW-SF company A5 size magazine 1973. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. NW-SF company A5 size magazine paperback
1966ref. 2091202133001734Hayakawashobo 1966. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Hayakawashobo paperback
2012ref. 2090502113716820Not Available 2012. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
