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The wandring spy: or, The merry observator : Consisting of the following familiar poems, viz. I. The compleat vintner. II. The merry travellers. III. The return from Bromley. IV. The Southwrek election. V. The parish guttlers. VI. The Garden-House intrigue. VIII. The dancing devils, or, The roaring dragon, &c.

Author/creator Ward, Edward, 1667-1731
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoLondon : Printed for the author, and sold by A. Bettesworth at the Red-Lion in Paternoster-Row, MDCCXXIV. [1724]
Description2 unnumbered pages;54, 2 unnumbered pages;2 unnumbered pages, 78;2 unnumbered pages, 71, 1 unnumbered page;40;64;2 unnumbered pages, 28;70 pages, plate ; 8⁰.
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General noteAnonymous. By Edward Ward.
General noteEach of the seven parts has separate titlepage, pagination and register.
General noteThe parts are: 'The delights of the bottle', "printed by W. Downing", 1720; 'The merry travellers', part 1, second edition, 1724; 'The wand'ring spy'; 'The contending candidates: .. and other comical humours of the late Southwark election' without titlepage; 'The parish gutt'lers', "printed in the year", 1722; 'The northern cuckold'; and 'The dancing devils', "printed; and sold by A. Bettesworth, J. Bately; and J. Brotherton', 1724.
General notePrice on title page: Price 5s. Where most of the same author's writings are also to be had.
General noteReproduction of original from British Library.
References English Short Title Catalog, T64898.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Genre/formPoems.

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