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THB[FREAKS]. Bentley’s Life. The Only Genuine Edition. Authent...
Lot 208
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[FREAKS]. Bentley?s Life. The Only Genuine Edition. Authentic Memoirs of the Life of the Celebrated Nath. Bentley, Esq. (Commonly called Dirty Dick - Late Proprietor of the Remarkable Dirty Warehouse)? London: Alex. Hogg & Co., [ca. 1802]. Small 8vo. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece portrait of ?Nathaniel Bentley Esqr. An Eccentric Character & late Hardwareman of Leadenhall Street, London.? [ii], 31, [5, ads] pp. Front wrapper (front wrapper quite worn, torn, soiled, rear wrapper missing, text toned, soiled, torn). Fair. FIRST EDITION THUS OF THIS SCARCE ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE OF BENTLEY. Bentley (or, ?Dirty Dick?) was a London merchant, who, when his fianc?e unexpectedly died, vowed to never wash again. Bentley became famous for his filth.
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