Frauds Exposed
New York: J. Howard Brown, 1880.
First edition. 576 pp. Original yellow cloth lettered in black and gilt, currency-like green and white patterned endpapers. Very Good overall with staining and a few patches of rubbing to front cover, light edge wear, internally near fine with front tissue guard intact, clean and bright pages. A very sturdy, presentable copy; rare in such nice shape. An illustrated compendium of what Victorian morality deemed "vice," spanning from con artistry to stock and banking fraud, lotteries, pornography, and quackery. The author's name became synonymous with the suppression of vice, book burning, and censorship. Item #140937062
Price: $1,500.00
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