The Hangmen of England
by Bleackley, Horace
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London : Chapman & Hall, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. Fair. 8vo, cloth boards with gilt titles on spine. Damp staining to boards. Repairs to binding at front and rear. Xix + 272pp with frontispiece and 18 other plates in the text (2 are loose), including a folding plan of Newgate. A history of public executions and the hangmen of England during the 18th and 19th centuries. John Price, William Marvell, John Hooper, Thomas Turlis, John Langley, James Foxen, etc.
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- Bookseller
- Bird's Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2335
- Title
- The Hangmen of England
- Author
- Bleackley, Horace
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Chapman & Hall
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1929
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- hangmen, corporal punishment, death sentence, newgate gaol, newgate jail, english justice
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- Biography; Historical & Antiquity;
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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