Robert and Richard; or, The ghost of poor Molly, who was drowned in Richard's mill pond. To the tune of Collins's Mulberry Tree

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  • Robert and Richard; or, The ghost of poor Molly, who was drowned in Richard's mill pond. To the tune of Collins's Mulberry Tree
  • Ghost of poor Molly; Cheap Repository
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London] : sold by J. Marshall, (printer to the Cheap Repository for Moral and Religious Tracts) no. 17, Queen-Street, Cheapside, and no. 4, Aldermary Church-Yard, and R. White, Piccadilly, London. By S. Hazard, at Bath: J. Elder, at Edinburgh, and by all booksellers, newsmen, and hawkers in town and country, [1797 A cheaper edition for hawkers.; ..
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Marshall, John (Printer), printer, bookseller.; Hazard, Samuel, -1806, bookseller.; White, Richard, active 1795-1796, bookseller.; Elder, John, active 1788-1800, bookseller.
Publication year
1797
ESTC No.
T45154
Grub Street ID
273493
Description
7, [1] p. : ill.; 8°.
Note
Anonymous. By Hannah More

Verse - 'Quoth Richard to Bob, "let things go as they will,'

Price below imprint: Great allowance will be made to shopkeepers and hawkers. Price one halfpenny. Or 2s. 3d. per 100.-1s. 6d. for 50.-9d. for 25. A cheaper edition for hawkers

Below imprint in italics, in square brackets: Entered at Stationers Hall

Entered in the Stationers' Register 1 January 1796 (Spinney)

This form of imprint was in use from January to July 1797 (Spinney); the advertisements on p. [8] list tracts published through September 1796, but according to Spinney, at this date, the advertisements were no longer routinely updated to the latest publications

Also issued as part of: 'Cheap repository tracts, published during the year 1796. Forming volume II.' London, [1797]

Signatures: A]4.