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A narrative of all the robberies, escapes, &c. of John Sheppard : giving an exact description of the manner of his wonderful escape from the castle in Newgate ...by Sheppard, Jack, 1702-1724; Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731



Publication date 1724

Publisher London: : Printed and sold by John Applebee...
Digitizing sponsor Boston Public Library
Language English

Not in fact by Sheppard. Sometimes attributed to Daniel Defoe (Lee, Trent, Hutchins, Moore, Novak). Attribution disputed by Furbank and Owens, Defoe de-attributions

Printed from the same setting of type as prior editions, with altered t.p. -- cf. Moore 466 note


https://archive.org/details/fisherchapbook419/page/2/mode/2up
Life of Jack Sheppard, the notorious house and gaol breaker
by Crawhall, Joseph, 1821-1896 (association); Zaehnsdorf Limited (binder)

Topics Chapbooks, Scottish, Chapbooks, English
Publisher [Glasgow and other locations : various publishers]
Collection thomasfisherchapbooks; thomasfisher; toronto
Digitizing sponsor University of Toronto
Contributor Fisher - University of Toronto
Language English
A collection of approx. 600 chapbooks, mainly from the first half of the nineteenth century, although most are undated. Most are printed in Scotland; imprints include Glasgow, Paisley, Edinburgh, Stirling, Falkirk, Aberdeen, Ayr and Kilmarnock, as well as London, Sheffield, Newcastle, Manchester, York and Coventry. Most are anonymous but some titles attributed to authors such as Hannah More, Daniel Defoe, Robert Burns, John Bunyan, James Hogg and Allan Ramsay. Many of the titles are illustrated wtih woodcuts.

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