[Rarebooks] FOR SALE: RARE AUSTRALIAN CRIME NARRATIVE

[Norman Kane]

VAUX, JAMES HARDY.  MEMOIRS OF JAMES HARDY VAUX, A SWINDLER AND THIEF, NEWLY TRANSPORTED TO NEW SOUTH WALES FOR THE SECOND TIME AND FOR LIFE. WRITEN BY HIMSELF. SECOND EDITION.  London: Whittaker, Treacher, & Arnot, Ave-Maria Lane, MDCCCXXX, 5 1/2 X 3 1/2 inches,  [iii]-xxiv, 288 pages.  Old calf boards present, but detached. Spine worn. Preliminary advt. leaf missing.  "Second Edition" of THE FIRST AUSTRALIAN AUTOBIOGRAPHY.  2 copies of this edition on line: approx. $1380.00 & $1530.00.  An apt candidate for rebinding.  $850.00  (Trade Discount Available)


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