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Chapbook
Prayer Book — GRACES
A
prayer book for families
and private persons, upon various subjects and occasions; in which all the prayers
are so arranged, that when any one is too long to be used without inconvenience,
it may be shortened by leaving out some of the paragraphs: and this may be done
without injury to the connection. To which are added, graces for young persons.
Glasgow: Pr. for the booksellers, [1850?]. 12mo. 24 pp.
• NSTC 2P24752. Removed from a nonce volume. Title-page cropped close to the border along the top edge and the spine; second leaf with outer edge chipped. (16771)
Go
to the Highlands,
My Jewel,
with Me .
. . The Blaeberry courtship;
to which is added, the crook and plaid. Glasgow: Pr. for the booksellers, [1820?].
12mo. 8 pp. 
• This ed. not in NSTC. Removed from a nonce volume. Slightly age-toned, else crisp and clean. (16779)
Twa
Ballads in
Dialect
Bonnie
baby Livingstone; to which is added the twa martyr's widows.
Glasgow: Pr. for the booksellers, [1850]. 12mo. 8 pp.
• Not in NSTC. Removed from a nonce volume. (16766)
Some
Songs in
DIALECT,
Some
--- Not Bundle and go;
to which are added, Donald and Mary, The wonders, Sweet Kitty o' the Clyde. Stirling
[Scotland]: W. Macnie, [ca. 1825?]. 12mo. 8 pp.
• NSTC 2B57765. Removed from a nonce volume. The front edges of the title and verso are darkened, else very good. (16759)
Three
Verse StoriesBurness, John. The comical stories of
Thrummy Cap and the ghaist. Margaret and the minister. Soda water. Glasgow: Pr.
for the booksellers, [1840?]. 12mo. 24 pp. 
a
woodcut vignette of a man playing a barrel organ with a monkey on a leash at
his feet, with "[No.] 16" printed at the foot of the title.
• NSTC 2T11878. Removed from a nonce volume. Title-page separated; title-page and some others with short edge nicks, otherwise clean and fresh. (16777)
A
TRIO — WITH
CUTS
(CATALAN Chapbooks). [drop-title]
La semana empleada buenamente entre un galan y su dama. Reus: Juan Bautista Vidal
y Angel Cami, 1845. Small 4to. [2] ff. [with] Segunda parte de la semana
mal empleada, que tuvo un galan cortejando á una dama. Reus: Juan Bautista
Vidal y Angel Cami, 1845. Small 4to. [2] ff. [with] Cancion nueva del
desgraciado. Para cantar los aficionados. Reus: Juan Bautista Vidal, 1847. Small
4to. 4 pp. 3 items: 
• I: Palau 307057; II: Palau 306232; III: not in Palau. As issued.
A
Gift for
Jerry Springer?
(CATALAN Chapbook —
Just One). [drop-title]
Nueva relacion y curioso romance de un caso que ha sucedido en este presente
año en la ciudad de Roma, de una muger que dió veneno á su
madre, y despues dió muerte a su marido y a una hija suya.... [colophon:
Murcia: Fernando Rodriguez, ca. 1820?]. 8vo. [2] ff.
• A poetic recounting of events supposed to have occurred in Rome involving a young woman in love with her father who kills her mother, husband, and child. Written with a major overlay of religion, including a woodcut illustration of the Virgin, Her Child, and a saint.• Folded as issued; one crease; some spotting; small tear in inner margin. A sound exemplar of a rarity.
Who's
Happier?
[drop title] A
conference between a king and a Christian, recommended by the
late Mr. S. Medley of Liverpool. London: Pr. by W. Day, 17, Goswell Street,
for L.I. Higham, No. 6, Chiswell Street, n.d. (ca. 1840). 12mo. 4 pp. 
Click the image for an enlargement. • Uncut. Folded as issued; never sewn. Soiling around margins. Good ++ copy. (8527)
RarePOLITICAL
Chapbook
Dialogue
between John and Thomas on the corn laws, the charter, teetotalism,
and the probable remedy for the present disstresses. Paisley [Scotland]: Printed
for the Author, by G. Caldwell, 1842. 12mo. 8 pp.
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the image for an enlargement.
• Original self wrappers. Unbound; removed. Slightly darkened. Very good. (17412)
Songs
--- for
Stirling The disappointed lover;
to which are added, Up in the morning, Wellington's address, My bonny Jean. Stirling
[Scotland]: W. Macnie, 1825. 12mo. 8 pp. 
• NSTC 2L23278. Removed from a nonce volume. Outer edges of pp. 6 and 7 darkened, otherwise clean. (16758)
Daughter
Jean is
the
Interesting
One
The
Duke of Gordon's daughters. To which is added, The challenge.
Stirling: W. Macnie, [1820-1830]. 12mo. 8 pp. 
• NSTC 2G14282. Removed from a nonce volume. Pages slightly age-toned, with some minor offsetting to first and last leaves, else clean. (16823)
Political
Fury Elegy in memory of that valiant champion, Sir R. Grierson, late laird of Lag, who died Dec. 23d, 1733. Wherein the Prince of Darkness commends many of his best friends, who were the chief managers, of the late persecution. Glasgow: Pr. for the booksellers, n.d. (ca. 1848). 12mo. 24 pp.
anti-Bonnie Prince Charlie chapbook.
• Not in NSTC. Removed from a bound volume. Wrappers lacking. Good++ condition. (8412)
IntemperanceKilled
the Tailor?
Elegy
on Jamie Gemmill, tailor. [Paisley, Scotland?]: no publisher/printer,
[18--]. 12mo. 8 pp.
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the image for an enlargement.
The last page offers a “Per Contra” claiming, “Jamie Gemmill yet is leevin” — with a note on where you can find him to buy him a drink!
• Original self wrappers (unbound; removed). Very good. (17415)
Three
Tales
The
famous history of Valentine & Orson. Glasgow:
Pr. for the booksellers, [1850?]. 12mo. 24 pp. 
• NSTC 2V248. Removed from a nonce volume. Title-page with slight scuffing to inner edge of woodcut frame, last leaf with spots of foxing, otherwise clean. (16843)
Both
Pieces in
Scots
Dialect VerseForbes, William. Dominie deposed, with
the sequel.... To which is added, Maggy Johnston's elegy. Glasgow: Pr. for the
booksellers, n.d. (ca. 1848). 12mo. 24 pp. 
• Not in NSTC. Removed from a bound volume. Good++ condition. (8419)
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I'm
Lonesome
Since I Cross'd the Hills Four excellent
songs. Glasgow: Pr.
for the booksellers, [ca. 1840]. 12mo. 8 pp. 
• Not in NSTC. Removed from a nonce volume. Clean and fresh. (16853)
One Could Collect ChapbooksFeaturing GHOSTS . . . Four favourite songs. Glasgow: Pr. for the booksellers, [ca. 1830?]. 12mo. 8 pp.
• Scarce. The title-page gives, in addition to the main piece, "William and Margaret. / Go, Yarrow Flower.
/ Robin and Anna. / Could a Man Be Secure"; it also bears a woodcut vignette of a girl in a bonnet carrying two pails slung from a hoop round her knees, with "[No.] 10" printed below. In "William and Margaret" [3 pages], Margaret's ghost appears to the young man who betrayed her. He throws himelf on her grave and never speaks again.
• NSTC 2S31074. Removed from a nonce volume. Clean save for some smudging to outer margin of one page. (16760)
AGreat Series
of Song Titles . . . Four favourite
comic songs. Glasgow: Pr. for the booksellers, [ca. 1825?].
12mo. 8 pp. 
“The
Cork Leg and Steam Arm. / The Great Sea Snake. / The Sailor's Consolation. /
The Wonderful Nose” — a woodcut vignette
shows a young man dancing with one arm raised and “[No.] 28” printed
at the foot.
• Not in NSTC. Removed from a nonce volume. Pages age-toned, otherwise clean. (16763)
BALLADS Glasgow Peggy;
to which is added the favourite ballad of The drowned lovers.
Glasgow: Pr. for the booksellers, [1840?]. 12mo. 8 pp. 
• NSTC 2P9592. Removed from a nonce volume. Pages slightly age-toned, otherwise clean. (16785)
“Tom”
Stories &
Three Other Jokes
Graham, D. Comical tricks of Lothian Tom; with a selection of anecdotes. Glasgow: Pr. for the booksellers, n.d. (ca. 1848). 12mo. 24 pp. 
• NSTC 2G16638 & 2B35835. Removed from a bound volume. Good++ condition. (8417)
“My
daddie looks sulky, my minnie looks sour,
They
frown upon Jamie because he is poor”
Harry
Bluff. Logie O'Buchan.
Glasgow: Pr. for the booksellers, [ca. 1825?]. 12mo. 8 pp.
• NSTC 2B38504. Removed from a nonce volume. A few traces of very faint spots of foxing, else clean and fresh. (16824)
The “Added” Songs Are“Negro & Comic” History of Donald and his dog. To which is added a collection of songs. Glasgow [Scotland]: Printed for the Booksellers, [18--]. 12mo. 24 pp.
Click the image for an enlargement. This story is followed by a “Negro and Comic Songster.” Four of the nine songs are written in comic “negro dialect” and three concern slaves in Virginia and Alabama. The songs are: “Lucy Long,”“Lucy Neal As Sun By Mr. Barlow,” “Old Dan Tucker,” and “The Old Jawbone”.
Rare. Not found in RLIN.
• The top corners of 2 leaves are creased, else very good. Original self wrappers (unbound; removed). (17575)
SO
SAD! Jemmy &
Nancy of Yarmouth; or the constant lovers: A tragical ballad.
Glasgow: Pr. for the booksellers, [ca. 1835?]. 12mo. 8 pp.
• This ed. not in NSTC. Removed from a nonce volume. Page edges slightly darkened, otherwise clean. (16757)
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O!
“The Beggar Was
aCunnin
Loon”
The
jolly beggar. Glasgow: Pr. for the booksellers, 1823. 16mo.
8 pp. 
• NSTC 2B15226. Removed from a nonce volume. Pages darkened and stained; title-page with small hole in bottom margin, not affecting text. (16845)
“Hail
us the Jovial Sons of Jove”
The
jovial sons of Jove. Glasgow: Pr. for the booksellers,
[1850]. 12mo. 8 pp.
• Not in NSTC. Removed from a nonce volume. Fresh and clean save for small spot of light staining to upper inner corner of last page. (16841)
BIBLE
CHAPBOOK
(Judas).
Bible. N.T. Paraphrases. The lost and undone
son of perdition, or, the life and death of Judas Iscariot. N.p. [Glasgow]: Pr.
for the booksellers, n.d. (1828?). 12mo. 24 pp.; illus. 
• NSTC 2J12889. Uncut, unopened. Folded as issued; never sewn. A very good copy. (8467)
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