Single sheet, printed on one side only. Woodcut vignette to head. A trifle creased, evidence of earlier mounting to verso. A rare survival of an early nineteenth-century slip sheet issue of Charles Dibdin's (1745-1814) song on the theme of a sailor with 'a wife in each port' who ultimately resolves to resist their advances having sworn fidelity to his 'Poll' at home. The publishing house of John Jennings (fl.1782-1819) of Water Lane, Fleet Street was responsible for a prodigious output of cheap, popular printing in the first half of the nineteenth-century. Single song sheets such as the one present were available from as little as one half-penny, and read by an increasingly literate society. OCLC and COPAC together locate a single copy at NLS. Size: Dimensions 100 x 210 mm. Seller Inventory # AQ32004

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Title: [Drop-head title:] Jack's Fidelity

Publisher: Printed and sold by Jennings, [s.d., c. 1810], London

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Established 2007, Antiquates Ltd is an Antiquarian bookseller with a large, custom built shop in the heart of the Dorset countryside. We sell fine and rare books from our Wareham shop, in catalogues, and via our website (www.antiquates.co.uk). Specialising in early printed books both English and Continental, fine English Literature, and books by, for, and about Women and Children, we nevertheless stock a wide range of works on paper from 1500-present - including modern first editions. Our bias is towards the unusual, the interesting and the important - and always have a good stock of rare books by local authors such as T.E. Lawrence and Thomas Hardy; we are just the place if you're looking for an extra-special gift for a wedding, birthday, anniversary or graduation. (Open Wednesday - Saturday, 10am-4pm)

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