[GROSE, Francis.] Lexicon Balatronicum. A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Whit, and Pickpocket Eloquence… and now considerably altered and enlarged with the Modern Changes and Improvements, by a Member of the Whip Club. London, Pall-Mall: for C. Chappel, 1811. 8vo (211 x 133mm.) (Spotting to preliminaries, browning.) Near contemporary half calf over marbled paper-covered boards (upper cover nearly detached, rubbed to extremities). - And a further three volumes (including Thomas Dilworth's 'The Young Book-Keeper's Assistant: Shewing Him in the Most plain and easy Manner, the Italian Way of Stating Debtor and Creditor', 1793, 8vo, and Alain-René Lesage's 'Le Diable Boiteux: or, the Devil Upon Two Sticks', 1763, 8vo) (4).