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	STREET BALLADS. A Garland of New Songs. Printed by J. Marshall, Newcastle. [c.1800]. 16mo (150 x 100mm), 8pp., woodcut vignette, folded as issued, uncut. Containing: 1. The Bay of Biscay, O. 2. All Well. 3. Poor Joe the Marine. 4. The Mid Watch. 5. The Sea-Boy. 6. The Sailorâ€™s Adieu. GBP 32.00 [Appr.: EURO 36 US$ 53.31 \| JP¥ 4742] Book number: 24887 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	CHAPBOOK. An Account of the Conversion and Death of Poor Joseph. To which is added, The Dying Christianâ€™s Address to his Soul. By Alex. Pope. Printed by J. Marshall, Newcastle. [c.1810]. 12mo, 8pp., woodcut to tile-page, folded as issued, uncut. GBP 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 39.25 US$ 58.31 \| JP¥ 5187] Book number: 24860 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	MCKAY (BARRY) An Introduction to Chapbooks. With Particular Reference to their Printing, Sale and Distribution. Drawing Especially on Examples from the County of Cumberland 1760-1815. Incline Press, Oldham. 2003. 40pp., one of 250 signed an numbered copies, illustrated throughout with title-pages and woodcuts, there is a packet of full-size facsimiles fixed in the back of the book, printed on a paper especially hand-made for the purpose at Griffin Mill, orig. quarter holland, blue paper boards. Based on the illustrated talk that the author has given to the Manchester Bibliographical Society. Barry McKay begins with an amusing introduction, in which he focuses on the role of chapbooks in disseminating a common culture through cheap literature. He follows that with a series of case studies, concentrating on a cluster of printing publishers in the far north-west of England. GBP 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 50.5 US$ 74.97 \| JP¥ 6669] Book number: 20898 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	NEUBURG (VICTOR E.) The Penny Histories. A Study of Chapbooks for Young Readers over Two Centuries. Oxford University Press. 1968. First Edition, 12mo, ex-library, facsimiles, cloth-backed boards, d.w. With a detailed bibliography of source material. GBP 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.25 US$ 29.99 \| JP¥ 2668] Book number: 12124 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	SHEPARD (LESLIE) John Pitts; Ballad Printer of Seven Dials, London 1765-1844. With a Short Account of his Predecessors in the Ballad & Chapbook Trade. Private Libraries Association. 1969. First Edition, tall 8vo, 160pp., numerous illustrs., throughout, orig. cloth. GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 28.25 US$ 41.65 \| JP¥ 3705] Book number: 21410 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.

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	STREET BALLADS. A Garland of New Songs. Printed by J. Marshall, Newcastle. [c.1800]. 16mo (150 x 100mm), 8pp., woodcut vignette, folded as issued, uncut. Containing: 1. The Bay of Biscay, O. 2. All Well. 3. Poor Joe the Marine. 4. The Mid Watch. 5. The Sea-Boy. 6. The Sailorâ€™s Adieu. GBP 32.00 [Appr.: EURO 36 US$ 53.31 \| JP¥ 4742] Book number: 24887 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	CHAPBOOK. An Account of the Conversion and Death of Poor Joseph. To which is added, The Dying Christianâ€™s Address to his Soul. By Alex. Pope. Printed by J. Marshall, Newcastle. [c.1810]. 12mo, 8pp., woodcut to tile-page, folded as issued, uncut. GBP 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 39.25 US$ 58.31 \| JP¥ 5187] Book number: 24860 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	MCKAY (BARRY) An Introduction to Chapbooks. With Particular Reference to their Printing, Sale and Distribution. Drawing Especially on Examples from the County of Cumberland 1760-1815. Incline Press, Oldham. 2003. 40pp., one of 250 signed an numbered copies, illustrated throughout with title-pages and woodcuts, there is a packet of full-size facsimiles fixed in the back of the book, printed on a paper especially hand-made for the purpose at Griffin Mill, orig. quarter holland, blue paper boards. Based on the illustrated talk that the author has given to the Manchester Bibliographical Society. Barry McKay begins with an amusing introduction, in which he focuses on the role of chapbooks in disseminating a common culture through cheap literature. He follows that with a series of case studies, concentrating on a cluster of printing publishers in the far north-west of England. GBP 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 50.5 US$ 74.97 \| JP¥ 6669] Book number: 20898 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	NEUBURG (VICTOR E.) The Penny Histories. A Study of Chapbooks for Young Readers over Two Centuries. Oxford University Press. 1968. First Edition, 12mo, ex-library, facsimiles, cloth-backed boards, d.w. With a detailed bibliography of source material. GBP 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.25 US$ 29.99 \| JP¥ 2668] Book number: 12124 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	SHEPARD (LESLIE) John Pitts; Ballad Printer of Seven Dials, London 1765-1844. With a Short Account of his Predecessors in the Ballad & Chapbook Trade. Private Libraries Association. 1969. First Edition, tall 8vo, 160pp., numerous illustrs., throughout, orig. cloth. GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 28.25 US$ 41.65 \| JP¥ 3705] Book number: 21410 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.