Criminals.- Genuine Life of John Rann (The), Otherwise Sixteen-Strings Jack; Who is now under Sentence of Death, for Robbing Dr. William Bell..., engraved portrait frontispiece, title with repaired tear to gutter and upper corner repaired, light soiling to verso of final f., few light stains, some light browning, modern marbled boards, E. Johnson, [?1774] § Life and Actions (The) of the Noted Jonathan Wild, Thief-taker; William Nevison, Highwayman; John Sheppard, Housebreaker; And Several Others, tenth edition, early ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper and head of A3, few ink scribbles or smudges to title and verso of final f., final f. with small hole not affecting text and couple marginal nicks, some light damp-staining, browning, front free endpapers working loose, later calf-backed boards, loss to backstrip, quite worn, upper cover detached, lower joint cracked but holding, for L. Hawes &c, 1768; and 3 others relating to criminals, including 2 vol. set of the Criminal Recorder (Nottingham, 1815), 8vo & 12mo (5)
⁂ The second mentioned seemingly an unrecorded edition.
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