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A compleat history of the lives and robberies of the most notorious highway-men, : foot-pads, shop-lifts, and cheats, of both sexes, ... To, which is prefix'd, the thieves new canting-dictionary, ... By Capt. Alex. Smith

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1719.
Call number: 106603
Creator: Smith, Alexander (active 1714-1726)(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: (12mo)
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