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Hardbound. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Description: Includes a frontis and two additional double sided black and white plates. A well documented biography of the greatest 'gentleman of the road'. The bibliography presents a chronological list of newspaper references (and other material). Information included in the appendices: A: Thieves' Canting Dictionary (Words, terms, and phrases used in the language of thieves); B: Notes on Epping Forest; and C: Notes on York Castle. ''This unique biography of England's most notorious highwayman gives the true unvarnished tale of is life, sign-posted almost day by day with cutting from contemporary new sheets. The factual story corroborates once again the old adage, 'Truth is strange than fiction'; for the manner of Turpin' unmasking alone is stranger than anything that an author might devise.'' BINDING/CONDITION: black cloth with gilt; a Very Good+ book, with a Good+ dust jacket; the dust jacket is not price clipped. The jacket spine is slightly faded. bibliography, appendices, index. decorated endpapers. 8vo (about 8.75 inches tall). 156 pages.