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The tricks of the town: or, ways and means for getting money. Wherein The various Lures, Wiles, and Artifices, practised by the Designing and Crafty upon the Weak and Unwary, are fully exposed. Recommended to the serious perusal of all adventurers and sharers in bubble-undertakings, the Pursuers of Pennyworths, and Bargain-Buyers. Chiefly collected from some papers of the ingenious Mr. John Thomson, scattered between Laurence-Pountney's-Hill and Dover.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thomson, John, fl. 1732.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fraud.
- London (England)--Social conditions.
- London (England).
- London (England)--Social life and customs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource ([2],62p. )
- Other Title:
- Tricks of the town
- The tricks of the town
- Place of Publication:
- London : printed for J. Roberts, near the Oxford-Arms in Warwick-Lane: and sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster, [1732]
- Notes:
- Purporting to be by John Thomson, a swindler of the Charitable Company.
- Price from imprint: price One Shilling.
- Reproduction of original from British Library.
- Cited in:
- English Short Title Catalog, T51724.
- OCLC:
- 642622288
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