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The Trial of Peter Barnes and Others (The I.R.A. Coventry Explosion of 1939).
by Fairfield, Letitia
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London; William Hodge and Company Limited, 1953., 1953. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp. xiii, [1], 284. Fold-out plan of Coventry and 18 photographic plates. Publishers' scarlet cloth with gilt titles and ruling to spine, in cream pictorial dust-jacket. Spine lightly sunned; contents clean with no annotation or inscriptions. Jacket a little surface soiled with creases top edge and very minor nicks. A Near Fine copy in Very Good jacket. Notable British Trials series. Report on the arraignment of Peter Barnes and others on a charge of murder at the 1939 Birmingham Assizes, in connection with the bombing of Coventry in which a civilian was killed. Barnes and one of his associates were convicted and executed, following a trial which was regarded as a fine example of how a case should be presented. Scarce in the dust-jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Keel Row Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8005
- Title
- The Trial of Peter Barnes and Others (The I.R.A. Coventry Explosion of 1939).
- Author
- Fairfield, Letitia
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London; William Hodge and Company Limited, 1953.
- Date Published
- 1953
- Keywords
- Crime & Criminology
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Established 1980. Members: ILAB/ABA/PBFA
Established 1980. Members: ILAB/ABA/PBFA
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