A narrative of all the robberies, escapes, &c. of John Sheppard giving an exact description of the manner of his wonderful escape from the castle in Newgate, and of the Methods he took afterward for his Security. Written by himself during his Confinement in the Middle Stone-Room, after his being retaken in Drury-Lane. To which is Prefix'd, A true Representation of his Escape from the Condemn'd Hold, curiously engraven on a Copper Plate. The whole Publish'd at the particular Request of the Prisoner (printed and sold by John Applebee, a little below Bridewell-Bridge, in Black-Fryers, 1724)
English Short Title Catalog, T72256
Moore, 466
Not in fact by Sheppard. Sometimes attributed to Daniel Defoe (Lee, Trent, Hutchins, Moore, Novak). Attribution disputed by Furbank and Owens, Defoe de-attributions
Price from imprint: price Six Pence
Reproduction of original from British Library