Author: McLACHLAN, NOEL; Editor.
Title: The Memoirs Of James Hardy Vaux. Including His Vocabulary Of The Flash Language.
Description: Demy 8vo; pp. lxxxii, 315; 8 pages of b/w plates, chronological outline, notes, index; hardback, dustjacket with minor wear, good copy. London; William Heinemann Ltd.; 1964. `James Hardy Vaux was a quick-witted and notorious pick-pocket and swindler who flourished in the early nineteenth century, and who was transported to Australia on a number of occasions. He gives vivid descriptions of London underworld and his life in the penal settlement under Governors King and Macquarie make fascinaring reading.'

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