1- The Discoveries of John Poulter, alias Baxter Who was apprehended for robbing Dr Hancock, of Salisbury, on Clarken Down, near Bath. L, Printed for R Sherborne, 1753, 7th. Edn. With additions. 44pp. C19 half leather; rubbed; 2- The Life of David Haggart, Alias John Wilson, Alias John Morison, Alias Barney M'Coul, Alias John M'Colgan, Alias Daniel O'Brien, Alias The Switcher. Edinburgh, printed for w. & C Tait, 1821, 1st. Edn. With a frontis plus a facsimile letter. PP: viii, 173. C19 full calf, the Armorial bookplate of 'Lord Rosebery' to front pastedown; 3- Genuine memoirs of the life and adventures of that infamous assassin Robert-Francis Damien (from the time of his birth) who attempted the life of his sovereign Lewis XV, King of France. Taken from the mouth of his wife, now a Prisoner in the Bastile, and communicated by a gentleman, residing in Paris, to the editor in London. London printed for C. Langford, 1757 [Price six-Pence]. 31pp (including half title). C19 half leather; rubbed; 4- A true and perfect narrative of the late terrible and bloody murther of St. Edmondberry Godfrey.. Printed by N.T. 1678. 8pp. Recent 1/4 leather over marbled boards; 5- Diego Redivivus: or The last will and testament of the pretended Humphrey Wickham, Esq. alias William Morrel, alias Bowyer, &c. With a full relation of his notorious cheats and impostures: who dyed at Mr Cullins house, the third of the instant January, in the parish of St. Clement Danes, &c. Licensed and entred in the register-book of the Company of Stationers. London: printed for Abel Roper, 1692. 10pp. Recent 1/4 leather over marbled boards (5)
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