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Memoirs of the life and times, of the famous Jonathan Wild, : together with the history and lives, of modern rogues, several of 'em his acquaintance, that have been executed before and since his death, for the high-way, pad, shop-lifting, house-breaking, picking of pockets, and impudent robbing in the streets, and at court. Never before made publick

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1726.
Call number: 613228
Creator: Smith, Alexander (active 1714-1726)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Bernard Quaritch Ltd, June 2005.
Dimensions: 17 cm (12mo)
Associated people: Briscoe, Samuel, (active 1691-1727,); Jackson, J., (active 1728-1761,); Crokatt, James, (active 1723-1752,); Worrall, Thomas, (-1767,)
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