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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.
