London Low Life.- Cheats of London Exposed (The); or, the Tricks of the Town laid open to both Sexes..., 96pp., ?first edition, engraved frontispiece and 5 plates, short tear to inner margin of frontispiece and title slightly extending into image of the former, stab-holes, for J.Cooke, [?1770] bound with [King (Richard, attributed to, pseudonym)] The New London Spy: or, a Twenty-Four Hours Ramble through the Bills of Mortality. Containing a True Picture of Modern High and Low Life; from the Splendid Mansions in St.James's, to the Subterraneous Habitations of St.Giles's, &c., [2], iv, 160pp., first edition, engraved frontispiece (shaved affecting caption at head, for J.Cooke, [1771], together 2 works in 1 vol., some light browning and offsetting, mostly to titles, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, rubbed, head of spine worn, upper joint cracked, 12mo ⁂ Two scarce guides to London and its dangers. The first is aimed at "innocent Country People", warning them of the base practices of highwaymen, sharpers, swindlers, money-droppers, duffers, setters, mock-auctions, quacks, bawds, jilts etc. in 18th century London. One plate depicts "The Conjurer Detected". All editions of both are uncommon. ESTC lists only one copy of this edition of the first item (Bodleian Library Oxford), and 2 UK copies of the second (BL & Senate House Library) plus 3 in America.
London Low Life.- Cheats of London Exposed (The); or, the Tricks of the Town laid open to both Sexes..., 96pp., ?first edition, engraved frontispiece and 5 plates, short tear to inner margin of frontispiece and title slightly extending into image of the former, stab-holes, for J.Cooke, [?1770] bound with [King (Richard, attributed to, pseudonym)] The New London Spy: or, a Twenty-Four Hours Ramble through the Bills of Mortality. Containing a True Picture of Modern High and Low Life; from the Splendid Mansions in St.James's, to the Subterraneous Habitations of St.Giles's, &c., [2], iv, 160pp., first edition, engraved frontispiece (shaved affecting caption at head, for J.Cooke, [1771], together 2 works in 1 vol., some light browning and offsetting, mostly to titles, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, rubbed, head of spine worn, upper joint cracked, 12mo ⁂ Two scarce guides to London and its dangers. The first is aimed at "innocent Country People", warning them of the base practices of highwaymen, sharpers, swindlers, money-droppers, duffers, setters, mock-auctions, quacks, bawds, jilts etc. in 18th century London. One plate depicts "The Conjurer Detected". All editions of both are uncommon. ESTC lists only one copy of this edition of the first item (Bodleian Library Oxford), and 2 UK copies of the second (BL & Senate House Library) plus 3 in America.
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