The Market Woman, a True Tale; or, Honesty is the Best Policy

by Hannah More

$2,250 · Offered by Whitmore Rare Books

First edition · Signed

Bath and London: S. Hazard, J. Marshall, and R. White, 1795 . First edition. First issue, with Spinney recording this form of imprint in use from March to May of 1795; the second variant, also scarce, was used from May 1795 through early 1796. Broadside ballad on one sheet measuring 420 x 270mm and printed to recto only. Woodcut ornament at head; signed Z Hannah More at end. In Near Fine

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