The hangmen of England by Bleackley, Horace - 1929

Chapman and Hall, 1929. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1929. No edition remarks. 272 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are moderately tanned with heavy foxing. Moderate cracking to front hinge. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown and endpaper. Mild thumb-marking present. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and heavy marking to boards. Heavy sunning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing and tearing to ends. Mild water stains and droplets to boards. Book has forward lean. Boards are mildly warped.

London: Chapman and Hall. Good with no dust jacket; Usual library stamps and markings, spine sunned, . boards worn, hinges cracked.. 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. xix, 272pp. Black and white illustrations. Black cloth binding titled in gilt. Appendices, index, bibliography. History of public executions and the hangmen of England during the 18th and 19th centuries. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

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.

Wakefield : EP Publishing, 1976. Fine Facsimile Reprint. Hardback. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. ; 272 pages; Reproduces the 1st edition, London, Chapman and Hall, 1929. Description: xix, 272 p. , [20] leaves of plates : ill. , facsims. , map, ports. ; 23 cm. Includes index. Subjects: Executions and executioners --England --Biography.