Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals: Who Have Been Condemned and Executed, for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or Other Offences
by Hayward, Arthur L. [editor]
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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North Tonawanda, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company. 1927. VG+/VG- (minus) , former ownerÕs name ffep, light spotting first few eps and rear pastdown. DJ spine darkened (lettering barely legible) , minor edgewear head/foot of spine. Overall, a tight solid copy protected in mylar. ; 4to, black cloth with gilt dec. , gilt lettering with gilt dec. Spine, top page edges tinted red (others uncut) , frontis, DJ, 640pp. , index. Collected from the original papers and authentic memoirs, and published in 1735. Includes 16 b&w illustrations (inc. Frontis) . .
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- Bookseller
- Old Editions Inc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1866
- Title
- Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals: Who Have Been Condemned and Executed, for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or Other Offences
- Author
- Hayward, Arthur L. [editor]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1927
- Keywords
- CRIMINAL, BIOGRAPHIES, CRIMINOLOGY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Area Studies / England;
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Old Editions Inc.
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- VG+/VG-
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- Spine
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