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THE HANGING TREE: EXECUTION AND THE ENGLISH PEOPLE 1770-1868
by V. A. C. Gatrell
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0198204132
- ISBN 13
- 9780198204138
- Seller
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Chamblee, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press, 1994. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Pages are clean, no markings from previous owners. Boards are clean. Binding is square and tight. Faint wear to cloth at spine ends and corners. Text block is clean. Dust jacket is clean, bright, and unmarked with slight edgewear. PICTURES PROVIDED UPON REQUEST.
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- Bookseller
- Atlanta Vintage Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 41066
- Title
- THE HANGING TREE: EXECUTION AND THE ENGLISH PEOPLE 1770-1868
- Author
- V. A. C. Gatrell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0198204132
- ISBN 13
- 9780198204138
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford ; New York
- Date Published
- 1994
- Keywords
- European History, Capital punishment--Great Britain--History, Executions and executioners--Great Britain--History, Hanging--Great Britain--History
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Atlanta Vintage Books
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Chamblee, Georgia
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