The shop-keeper turned sailor: or, The folly of going out of our element. Ornamented with cuts.

ID 18721
Title The shop-keeper turned sailor: or, The folly of going out of our element. Ornamented with cuts.
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Signed Author [Anonymous]
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Firms
Self-published No
Volumes 1
Pagination 24
Date of Publication 1812
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Imprint Published by Benjamin Johnson, no. 455, Market Street.
Colophon
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Location of Printing Philadelphia US
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Length (cm) 14
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Notes AAS Notes:
In verse.
By Hannah More.
One wood-engraving signed: M.
Shaw, R.R. American bibliography,
Welch, D.A. Bibliography of American children's books printed prior to 1821,
Upgraded
American Antiquarian Society CL-Facs. copy is an electrostatic copy of original held by Western Reserve University Library School, Cleveland. The gift of d'Alté A. Welch. Copy has p. [3]-5 (including t.p.), 9, 11, 21, and 24 only.
American Antiquarian Society copy CL-Pam copy sewn through the gathering; bears reader's arithmetic. Inscribed: James Calkins, his book bought 8th Month 1814; James B. Calkins, his book bought at John S. Dumnay; Bought Aug. 17th 1814.
Hand-Verified No
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More, Hannah. The shop-keeper turned sailor: or, The folly of going out of our element. Ornamented with cuts.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 18721, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/18721. Accessed 2025-10-26.

More, Hannah. The shop-keeper turned sailor: or, The folly of going out of our element. Ornamented with cuts. Philadelphia: Benjamin Johnson [455 Market Street], 1812. 

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  author={More,Hannah},
  year={1812},
  title={The shop-keeper turned sailor: or, The folly of going out of our element. Ornamented with cuts.},
  publisher={Benjamin Johnson [455 Market Street]},
  address={Philadelphia},    }

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