Tag Archives: Chapbooks

The spectre mother, or, The haunted tower

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frontispiece and title page

  • Author: Mitchell, John (Allegorist)
  • Title: The spectre mother, or, The haunted tower / by the author of Midnight horrors, Female pilgrim, &c.
  • Publication: London : Printed & sold by Dean & Munday, 35, Threadneedle Street, [between 1810 and 1814]

Catalog Record

763 810 M681

Acquired April 2023

The spectres, or, Lord Oswald and Lady Rosa

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colored frontispiece and printed title page

  • Author: Wilkinson, Sarah Scudgell, 1779-1831, author
  • Title: The spectres, or, Lord Oswald and Lady Rosa : including an account of the Marchioness of Civetti, who was basely consigned to a dungeon beneath her castle, by her eldest son, whose cruel avarice plunged him into the commission of the worst of crimes, that stain the annals of the human race : an original romantic tale / by Sarah Wilkinson.
  • Publication: London : Printed and published by J. Fairburn, 110, Minories, [1814?]

Catalog Record

763 814 W687

Acquired April 2023

The Golden dreamer

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  • Title: The Golden dreamer ; or, The universal guide to the interpretation of dreams : with a correct signification of moles on men and women.
  • Publication: Alnwick : Printed and sold by W. Davison, Bondgate Street, where may be had, a large assortment of histories, tracts, pictures, children’s Books, &c., [between 1830 and 1850?]

Catalog Record

File 69 830 G618

Acquired November 2022

On the death of the Princess Charlotte

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  • Title: On the death of the Princess Charlotte.
  • Publication: London: Printed and sold by J. Evans and Sons, Long-Lane, sold also by F. Collins, 60 Paternoster-Row; and J. Nisbet, 15 Castle-Street, Oxford-Street, [between 1817 and 1818]
  • Manufacture: London: Printed and sold by J. Evans and Sons, Long-Lane, sold also by Collins, Paternoster-Row; and Nisbet, Castle-Street, Oxford-Street.

Catalog Record

File 56 C47 817On

Acquired November 2021

The true and affecting history of Henrietta Belgrave

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medley of colored depictions of woman's life

  • Title: The true and affecting history of Henrietta Belgrave, : woman born only for calamities: Being an unhappy daughter, a wretched wife, and an unfortunate mother. Containing a series of the most uncommon adventures that ever befel[sic] one person, by sea and land; particularly the shipwreck of herself and parents, her falling into the power of a brutal villain, her timely rescue by a party of Indian hunters, and her further sufferings, to her death. / Written by herself, and addressed to her daughter, Zoa.
  • Publication: Derby : Thomas Richardson; Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., ; London, [1830?]

Catalog Record

763 830 T865

Acquired March 2022

The pilgrims : an allegory

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  • Author: More, Hannah, 1745-1833, author.
  • Title: The pilgrims : an allegory.
  • Publication: [London] : Sold by J. Evans & Son, (printers to the Cheap Repository for Moral and Religious Tracts), No. 41 and 42, Long-lane, West-Smithfield; and J. Hatchard, No. 190, Piccadilly, London; by J. Binns, Bath:– and by all booksellers, newsmen, and hawkers in town and country, [between 1813 and 1820?]

Catalog Record

61 C41 M813 P

Acquired December 2021

The authentic history of Zoa, the beautiful Indian

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  • Title: The authentic history of Zoa, the beautiful Indian, (daughter of Henriette de Bellgrave), and of Rodomond, an East-India merchant, whom Zoa releases from confinement and intended death, and with him escapes to England ; to which is added, Lisette and Login, an affecting Russian tale.
  • Publication: London : Published by Dean & Munday, Threadneedle-Street, [between 1808 and 1816]
  • Manufacture: [London] : Dean & Munday, printers, Threadneedle-Street.

Catalog Record

763 808 Au939

Acquired July 2021

The true and affecting history of Henrietta Belgrave

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printed cover of pamphlet

  • Title: The true and affecting history of Henrietta Belgrave, : woman born only for calamities: Being an unhappy daughter, a wretched wife, and an unfortunate mother. Containing a series of the most uncommon adventures that ever befel[sic] one person, by sea and land; particularly the shipwreck of herself and parents, her falling into the power of a brutal villain, her timely rescue by a party of Indian hunters, and her further sufferings, to her death. / Written by herself, and addressed to her daughter, Zoa.
  • Publication: Derby : Thomas Richardson; Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., ; London, [1830?]

Catalog Record

763 830 T865

Acquired March 2022

The history of Donna Eugenia, or, The innocent adulteress

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  • Title: The history of Donna Eugenia, or, The innocent adulteress : in which is exemplified the bad effects of disproportionate ages in marriage, the consequence of indulging in illegitimate passion and revenge, and the beneficial result of timely repentance.
  • Publication: London : Printed by Lewis and Hamblin, Paternoster-Row; for Langley and Belch, 173, Borough High-Street, 1807.

Catalog Record

659 807H

Acquired December 2021