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The Lives & Actions of the Most Noted Highwaymen

Title: The Lives and Actions of the Most Noted Highwaymen, Street-Robbers, Pirates, &c.&c.
Author: Johnson, Captain Charles
Description: [2], 504 pp. With 12 etched plates including the frontispiece; engraved vignette on title-page. 8½x5, original blindstamped blue cloth. Stated Third Edition.One of the most famous histories of pirates and other miscreants, first published in 1734, long presumed to be a pseudonymous work by Daniel Defoe, though that theory has come into doubt of late.
Heading: zzfPlace Published: London
Publisher: Thomas Tegg
Date Published: 1839