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Memoirs of the northern impostor; or prince of swindlers : Being a faithful narrative of the adventures and deceptions of James George Semple, commonly called Major Semple, alias Harrold, Maxwell, Grant, &c. &c. With an account of his devices at Lord Salisbury's, Sir Thomas Dundass's, Mr. Pitt's, the Marquis of Landsdown's, Baron Hompesch, Lord Suffield, Sir Sampson Gideon, Dr. Prettyman, &c. &c. Also the various inventions by which he obtained goods of different tradesmen; and the Names of the Persons who were the Objects of his Depredations. To which is annexed his trial and sentence.
- Format:
- Book
- Standardized Title:
- Northern hero.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Semple, James George, b. 1759.
- Semple, James George.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (159,[1]p. )
- Edition:
- The eighth edition, very much enlarged.
- Place of Publication:
- London : printed for G. Kearsley, No. 46, Fleet-Street, [1786]
- Notes:
- Originally issued as 'The northern hero'.
- Edition statement from head of titlepage.
- Price from imprint: price eighteen-pence Entered at Stationers Hall. Just published, The History of Charles Price: with a faithful Detail of his several Forgeries on the Rank of England, and various other Depredations on Society for upwards of fifty Years.
- Reproduction of original from British Library.
- Cited in:
- English Short Title Catalog, T147014.
- OCLC:
- 642447766
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