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Rubenhold, Hallie.
The Covent Garden Ladies Pimp General Jack & The Extraordinary Story of Harris's List.
Publisher: Tempus, [Stroud];
Date of Publication: 2005
Stock Code: 14512
First Edition. Hardcover octavo, pp., 318. Publisher’s pictorial cream dust-jacket. Publisher’s black cloth, titled in gilt to spine. Twenty-seven illustrations within text. Appears unread with no noticeable faults or imperfections. A near fine copy A history of ‘Harris’ List of Covent Garden Ladies’ (1757-95), a notorious directory of sex workers operating in London. The author’s novelistic account of the lives of three of the individuals responsible for the List combines detailed historical research with a flair for scurrilous storytelling. £45.00