Captain Macheath; or, the Highwayman of a Century Since! Interspersed with numerous Racy Sketches of Celebrated Male and Female Characters. The Whole of the Designs Drawn and Etched by Pierce Egan the Younger

London: F. Hextall, 1842. First edition. Engraved frontispiece and numerous wood-engraved vignettes in text (one full page. [2], 270 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original black blind-stamped cloth. Spine laid down, some toning to title page. Very good. Very scarce. Egan, Pierce the Younger. First edition. Engraved frontispiece and numerous wood-engraved vignettes in text (one full page. [2], 270 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Macheath was a highwayman, thief, and friend of Mat o’ the Mint, Giant Dick, Crook Finger’d Jack, et. al. An adaptation of John Gay's The Beggar's Opera in the style of the penny dreadfuls. OCLC: 123175457 (BL, Yale, Stanford, National Sporting, U. Melbourne)