False Alarms; or The Mischievous Doctrine of Ghosts and Apparitions, of Spectres and Hobgoblins, Exploded from the Minds of Every Miss and Master. To which is added, The Little Prisoner, A Moral Tale.

ID 12214
Title False Alarms; or The Mischievous Doctrine of Ghosts and Apparitions, of Spectres and Hobgoblins, Exploded from the Minds of Every Miss and Master. To which is added, The Little Prisoner, A Moral Tale.
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Signed Author Anonymous
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Self-published No
Volumes 1
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Date of Publication 1787
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Date of First Publication
Imprint Printed for E. Newbery
Colophon
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Location of Printing London GB
Format Unknown ()
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Price (pence) 3.0
Total Price (in pence) 3
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  • Welsh 216
Notes Date of publication between 1787 and 1788. Johnson may not be the author - Roscoe. "Christmas edition."
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Johnson, Richard. False Alarms; or The Mischievous Doctrine of Ghosts and Apparitions, of Spectres and Hobgoblins, Exploded from the Minds of Every Miss and Master. To which is added, The Little Prisoner, A Moral Tale.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 12214, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/12214. Accessed 2025-10-25. 

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  author={Johnson,Richard},
  year={1787},
  title={False Alarms; or The Mischievous Doctrine of Ghosts and Apparitions, of Spectres and Hobgoblins, Exploded from the Minds of Every Miss and Master. To which is added, The Little Prisoner, A Moral Tale.},
  publisher={Elizabeth Newbery},
  address={London},    }

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