'A Legende of Limehouse' Hand-written book of three historical stories by William Stout, with pen-and-ink sketches and watercolours by A. G. Stout. With William Stout's bookplate inside front cover. Pages i-cxxxxv (Pages 1-145): 'A Legende of Limehouse': anti-socialist and anti-union historical satire, set in Limehouse in 1654. Watercolour sketches of Hackney on page xxxxii (page 42) and St Dunstan's Stepney on page lxxvi (page 76), and pen-and-ink sketch of the deluded socialists being executed on page cxxxxiii (page 143). Pages 3-44: 'The Old Mast House; or the Pirates of Blackwall': anti-socialist historical satire set in 1761. With many pen-and-ink sketches. Pages 45-56: 'The Last of the Ghosts: A Christmas Story': illustrated Dickensian parody [of the author Charles Dickens' work]. c. 1902