Eric Chaim Kline, Bookseller

Eric Chaim Kline, Bookseller
Item #27049 The Elizabethan Underworld. A Collection of Tudor and Early Stuart Tracts and Ballads Telling of the Lives and Misdoings of Vagabonds, Thieves, Rogues and Cozeners, and Giving Some Account of the Operation of the Criminal Law. A. V. Judges.
The Elizabethan Underworld. A Collection of Tudor and Early Stuart Tracts and Ballads Telling of the Lives and Misdoings of Vagabonds, Thieves, Rogues and Cozeners, and Giving Some Account of the Operation of the Criminal Law
The Elizabethan Underworld. A Collection of Tudor and Early Stuart Tracts and Ballads Telling of the Lives and Misdoings of Vagabonds, Thieves, Rogues and Cozeners, and Giving Some Account of the Operation of the Criminal Law

The Elizabethan Underworld. A Collection of Tudor and Early Stuart Tracts and Ballads Telling of the Lives and Misdoings of Vagabonds, Thieves, Rogues and Cozeners, and Giving Some Account of the Operation of the Criminal Law

London: George Routledge & Sons, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. LXIV, [2], 543pp. Original cloth with gold lettering and illustration on spine. Frontispiece. Title-page in blue and black lettering. First edition of this fascinating work compiling 16 of the more important tracts from the 16th and early 17th centuries dealing with the lives and misdoings of thieves, rogues, and tricksters. For the most part, the original authors were men of experience: watchmen, constables, and those who drifted into the London underworld and learnt its tricks. This study is profusely illustrated with 20 b/w illustrations. Some age-wear on binding with rubbing along edges and spine age-toned. Front board partly rippled. Previous owner's name on free front endpaper and dated 1934. Very minor age-toning along paper margin. Binding in overall fair to good-, interior in good to very good condition. g. Item #27049

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