Murder for sex, and cases of manslaughter under the new Act by Traini, Robert - 1960-01-01

William Kimber, 1960. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. d/.

William Kimber, London, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. Introduction by author. Black and white photographic frontispiece, showing John Christie and one of his victims, Ethel, his wife; and for other black-and-white photographs within the text. Black coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Plaintext dustwrapper with red and white coloured titles to the front panel and black coloured titles to the back strip. In 1957 the Homicide Act came into law in Britain. With this law, sex killers were no longer hanged for their crimes. In this book the author a crime reporter for a major paper, investigates two cases where the killers of women were tried under this new law, and, " ... has studied the details of each case and the implications of the new Act. His criticisms are worthy of widespread attention." – from front fold over panel blurb. Softening of the back strip edges with rubbing of the… Read More

London, UK: William Kimber, 1960. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 268pp. Brown cloth-covered boards, green titles on spine. Lightly bumped spine ends, small tear half way up spine cover at rear board. Free endpapers tanning. Text block edges starting to fox. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. No dust jacket. 8vo. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Looks at the trials of Christie, Heath and Whiteway, the abolition of the death penalty and the effect of the newly introduced defence of diminished responsibility.