The Memoirs of James Hardy Vaux: Including his Vocabulary of the Flash Language.
by McLACHLAN, Noel (Editor)
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
pp. lxxxii, 315; 8 pages of b/w plates, chronological outline, notes, index; hardback, dustjacket with minor wear, clipped, good copy.
James Hardy Vaux was a quick-witted and notorious pick-pocket and swindler who flourished in the early nineteenth century. He gives vivid descriptions of the London underworld and his life in the penal settlement under Governors King and Macquarie.
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- Bookseller
- Littera Scripta (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BKS071
- Title
- The Memoirs of James Hardy Vaux
- Author
- McLACHLAN, Noel (Editor)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1964
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- pick-pocket,swindler,convict,sydney,london,underworld,
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