Preface dated London, 1850.

Published in ninety-two parts.

Parts are paged continuously; each consists of eight pages, except the last, which has four.

First published in 18 weekly installments by Edward Lloyd in The people's periodical and family library, issues 7-24 (21 Nov. 1846 to 20 Mar. 1847); in a greatly expanded version as a penny-part serial in 92 parts (the first four parts issued together) from about 1847-1848; then as a single volume in 1850. The title of the first number ("The string of pearls, or, A sailor's gift : a romance of pecular interest") was revised to "The string of pearls, or, The barber of Fleet Street : a domestic romance" in the course of publication, and a new preface was added.

Written by James Malcolm Rymer; cf. Smith, H.R. New light on Sweeney Tood (2002), cited in Mack. Previously attributed to G.A. Macfarren and Thomas P. Prest; also to Edward P. Hingston and to Albert Richard Smith.

Illustrated with 89 unsigned wood engravings, one on the first page of each part, except for nos. 1-4, the only numbers issued together, which have only one engraving. Some illustrations are by J. Reading; cf. Mack.

Publisher's advertisements printed vertically in the inner margins of individual numbers.

Two colums to the page.

Reproduction of the original from the British Library.

Barber of Fleet street

People's periodical and family library.

String of pearls, or, A sailor's gift : a romance of pecular interest.

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