Lot 250
Miscellaneous Books. An Authentic, Candid, and Circumstantial Narrative of the Astonishing Transactions at Stockwell... 1772, soiled, defective, 24pp., 8vo, London: J. Marks, 1772; The Frequency of Capital Punishments... by William Dodd, 20pp., 8vo, [London, c.1800]; A Short and True Narrative of a Swindling Scheme, 28pp., wrappers, 8vo, London: Printed for the Author, 1794; and others, mostly late eighteenth and early nineteenth century, v.s. (a quantity)
The principal item in this lot describes a poltergeist active within two households in London and centred upon a maidservant.
