SPIV'S PROGRESS
Written by John Worby
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.
in 1939
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SPIV'S PROGRESS
Written by John Worby.
Stock no. 1820991
1939.
Hardback.
Very good condition.
Sequel to 'The Other Half'. Autobiography of John Worby, a spiv. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w frontis. Reprint. Covers and text block browned.
Front cover
Contents
- I. Rain on the Road
- II. A Roadside Fire - A New Mate - Joe Goes Tapping
- III. Beginnings in Burglary
- IV. Kip-house Blues
- V. A Flat in Shaftesbury Avenue
- VI. Snide - Toots and Mr X - Devil Worshippers
- VII. Running a Club - Jimmy the Rat - Good-bye to Gladys
- VIII. In and Out of the Army - What Every Young Couple should have - Starved for Love
- IX. A New Racket - Gang Warfare
- X. Silk Stockings - Red Ace and lack Magic
- XI. Super Dodgems - Clowning Policeman - Nancy
- XII. New Clothes - Trying to Run Straight
- XIII. Big Business in Crime - Harry the Tinker - A New Way to Catch Rabbits
- XIV. Rosy
- XV. Another Girl - The Road to Inverness
- XVI. A Housemaid's Story
- XVII. Washing Day - The End of a Road
- XVIII. Another Suit of Clothes - Early Morning Tea
- XIX. Hotel Habits
- XX. The Tapper and Sucker Racket
- XXI. Furniture Removal
- XXII. Lorry-drivers' Women - The Life of a Pro
- XXIII. Trafalgar Square - The Silver Lady - Beginning to Wonder
- XXIV. I Become a Writer
- XXV. A New World - 'The Other Half'
- XXVI. Fame and Boiled Shirts - Mayfair Nights Entertainment
- XXVII. A Bank Account - Drunk with Success
- XXVIII. A Wedding in Brixton Road - Literary Lunch - Honeymoon
- XXIX. Back to Work - A child
- XXX. Thoughts by Firelight
- Glossary