The Life And Extraordinary Adventures Of Samuel Denmore Hayward Denominated The Modern Macheath, Who suffered at the Old Bailey, on Tuesday, November 27, 1821, for the Crime of Burglary: With An Address To The Rising Generation on the imminent Danger to be dreaded from what is termed, being "On The Town

London & Glasgow: Sherwood, Neely, And Jones, 1822. First edition. Hardcover. Three quarter red morocco, marbled boards with matching endpapers. Aeg. Near fine. 208 pages. 16.5 x 10.5 cm. Color etched frontispiece by I.R. Cruikshank after Smart. A memoir and warning to society not to be duped by "fashionable young men into the bosom of their families, as if nothing else was necessary than an outward appearance." All in all a cunning tale.