The Chronicles of Newgate by Arthur Griffiths - 1988-05-31

Dorset Press, 1988. HARDCOVER. VG / VG. 8x5x1. VERY-GOOD HARDBACK-WITH-DUSTJACKET

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Dorset Press, 1987, 1987. Paperback. Like New. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: Dorset Press, 1987 [1883]. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket condition very good. History of England's most notorious gaol, its famous criminals & their infamous crimes, and of the tortures, executions & punishments practiced there. Compiled by one of Her Majesty's Inspectors of Prisons, Major Late 63rd Regiment. Facsimile edition. 596 pages, index. Near Fine, very light general wear.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Dorset Press, 1987, January 1987. Paper Back. Very Good.

Dorset Press, 1987-01-01. Paperback. Very Good. A nice hardcover with a crisp dust jacket, a tight binding and an unmarked text.Same day shipping with tracking number and delivery confirmation.From a smokers library

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Dorset Pr. 1988. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". F First Edition Used. H Hard Cover. Very Good.

New York: Dorset Press, 1988. First Printing This Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket. Faint blind stamp lower title page. 419pp. Index. Appears unread. "Fact or Fancy". Size: 12mo - over 6?" - 7?" Tall

Paperback. Very Good. Hardcover with DJ,

New York: Dorset Press, 1987. Hardcover, cloth spine over red paper covered boards, in original dust-jacket. 596pp., Index. Illustrated with facsimile engravings after the original nineteenth-century edition. First edition thus, first printing with full number line, by this publisher. "A histroy of England's most notorious goal, its famous criminals and their infamous crimes, and the tortures, executuons and punishments practiced there." Written by one of H.M. Inspector's of Prisons, one of a myriad of reformers who finally, in 1881, succeeded in getting Newgate shut down. An excellent commentary on the historical practices and practical consequences of of early penology. Parenthetically, Griffith's book was written 119 years after Cesare Beccaria's landmark treatise on penal reform, published in Italy in 1764. No previous ownership marks. A very clean, square, unmarked copy, near as new. Very fine in a very fine dust-jacket.. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Fine/Very… Read More