The Italian boy : murder and grave-robbery in 1830s London / Sarah Wise

London : Jonathan Cape, 2004. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Not price-clipped. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; xix, 347 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Suspiciously fresh -- Persons unknown -- The thickest part -- Houseless wretches -- Systematic slaughter -- Houseless wretches again -- Neighbors -- Meat : an interlude -- Whatever has happened to Fanny? -- A horrid system -- At the Bailey -- A Newgate stink -- I, John Bishop ... -- Day of dissolution -- The use of the dead to the living -- How many? Subjects; Bishop, John fl 1831 murderer and bodysnatcher. Ferrari, Carlo fl. 1931 murder victim. Williams, Thomas fl. 1831 murderer and bodysnatcher. 1800-1899. 19th century. Body snatching England London History 19th century. Grave robbing England London History 19th century. Murder England London History 19th century. Poor England London History 19th century. Body snatching. Grave robbing. Manners and customs. Murder. Poor. Social conditions. Murder England London History 19th century Case studies. Body snatching History. Grave robbing History.