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[LONDON LOW-LIFE]. Pair of Versions of “The Dens of London”. Including: A Peep Into The Holy Land, or, Sinks of London Laid Open! Forming a Pocket Companion for the Uninitiated… [on verso of title-page:] The Dens of London Exposed… London [publisher and date erased]. Small 8vo. With hand-colored frontispiece (presumably inserted from another book, most likely A Living Picture of London, 1828) of people reveling in a brothel, inserted at front. [ii], [1]-106 pp. 6 5 / 8 x 4”. Bound in contemporary quarter black morocco over marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt (binding worn, joints cracking, spine chipped, recased with later endleaves, some offsetting from frontispiece to title-page). Good. EARLY EDITION. — Another Copy. London: Printed for & Published by the Author, 1835. Small 8vo. With hand-colored frontispiece, “The Cadger’s House,” a different image than the other title in this lot. [i]-[xvi], [1]-106 pp. Bound with half-title. Bound in contemporary (publishers?) plain boards, printed paper label on front cover (rebacked with later cloth and printed spine label, boards worn and soiled, hinges starting, a few leaves loose, some occasional soiling or foxing). Good. EARLY EDITION. Two unusual and rare early versions of this guide book to vice in London.