The shopkeeper turned sailor; or, The folly of going out of our element. Shewing what a clever man John the shopkeeper was in his own business, and what a rash step he took in resolving to go upon the water. Part I

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  • The shopkeeper turned sailor; or, The folly of going out of our element. Shewing what a clever man John the shopkeeper was in his own business, and what a rash step he took in resolving to go upon the water. Part I
  • Shopkeeper turned sailor. Part 1
  • Folly of going out of our element; Cheap Repository
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London] : sold by J. Marshall, (printer to the Cheap Repository for Religious and Moral Tracts) no. 17, Queen-Street, Cheapside, and no. 4, Aldermary Church-Yard, and R. White, Piccadilly, London. By S. Hazard, at Bath, and by all booksellers, newsmen, and hawkers, in town and country, [1796
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Marshall, John (Printer), printer.; White, Richard, active 1795-1796, bookseller.; Hazard, Samuel, -1806, bookseller.
Publication year
1796
ESTC No.
T48066
Grub Street ID
276022
Description
8 p. : 1 ill. ; 8°.
Note
Anonymous. By Hannah More

Verse - "A tale I tell whose first beginning"

The illustration is a woodcut on the title page

Price from imprint: Great allowance will be made to shopkeepers and hawkers. Price one halfpenny.--2s. 3d. per 100.--1s. 3d. for 50.--9d. for 25

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

Entered in the Stationers' Register 29 February 1796 (Spinney)

In this edition, the end of the second line of the imprint reads: "for Religi-"

This form of imprint was in use from February to December 1796 (Spinney)

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

Signatures: A]4.