The Fortunate Youth; or, Chippenham Croesus: Containing the Commencement, Action, and Denouncement of the Newmarket Hoax. With Original Observations and Various Mysterious Anecdotes, and Midnight Adventures Connected With Love and Politics, During His Two Months' Extraordinary Career, Hitherto Unpublished
London: J. Johnston, 1818. Paperback. 42pp, [4] ads. Sid stitched signatures. Foxed throughout with some expected loss to the edges and a stain to the top of the front, else a good, complete example. Uncommon. An odd hoax, perpetrated by a student at Shrewsbury School. Abraham Cawston, aged about 16..... More