The hackney coachman, or, The way to get a good fare :
to the tune of "I wish I was a fisherman," &c.

Description

Main Author

More, Hannah, 1745-1833.

Related Names

Hazard, Samuel, d. 1806.
White, R.
Marshall, John, printer.

Language(s)

English

Published

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 : [1796]

Subjects

Chapbooks > Chapbooks / Specimens.
Chapbooks, English.
Chapbooks > Chapbooks / England > Chapbooks / England / London > Chapbooks / England / London / 18th century

Note

Includes 1 woodcut.
First sentence: "I am a bold Coachman and drive a good Hack, With a coat of five capes that quite covers my back; And my wife keeps a sausage-shop not many miles From the narrowest alley in all Broad St. Giles."
Undated. Date from Spinney (cited below).
Publisher's advertisement: p. [1]-[2] (2nd group).
Series statement at head of title.
Signatures: [A]⁴.
Signed at end of text: Z. [i.e. Hannah More].
Cover title.

Physical Description

6, [2] p. ; 18 cm. (12mo)

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