The Complete Newgate Calendar; Being Captain Charles Johnson's General History of the Lives and Adventures of the Most Famous Highwaymen, Murderers, Street Robbers, and Accounts of the Voyages and Plunders of the Most Notorious Pyrates, 1726
Published by Navarre Society, London, 1926
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Seller: Rob Zanger Rare Books LLC, Middletown, NY, U.S.A.Rob Zanger Rare Books LLC
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Condition: Used - Near fine
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5 volumes, 8vo., 8 5/8 x 5 5/8 inches (213 x 143 mm). Vol. 1: xvi, 335, frontispiece + seven plates; Vol. 2: xv, 328, frontispiece + three plates; Vol. 3: xv, 336, frontispiece + five plates; Vol. 4: xvi, 336, frontispiece + four plates; Vol. 5 xvi, 346, frontispiece + four plates; appendixes and index in each volume. Rubricated half title, rubricated title page, engraved frontispiece in each volume with tissue guard. 3/4 levant morocco bindings with gilt rules and compartments, gilt titles, raised bands, marbled endpapers, t.e.g. Pages very lightly and evenly toned, some pages unopened, 1-inch split to front hinge on vol. 5, all volumes firmly bound. Limited Edition of 2000 copies, printed on fine quality paper. A smart complete set of this historical collection of moralizing stories of sin, crime, and criminals. Complete in five volumes. The Newgate Calendar was a popular collection of moralizing stories of sin, crime, and the criminals who commit them in England during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Originally produced as a monthly bulletin of executions by the Keeper of Newgate Prison in London, the title was appropriated by many publishers and collected editions began to appear from the mid-eighteenth century. This edition includes: General History of the Lives and Adventures of the Most Famous Highwaymen, Murderers, Street-Robbers and Account of the Voyages and Plunders of the Most Notorious Pyrates, 1734. Written by Captain Charles Johnson, a British author whose true identity remains a mystery. Compleat History of the Lives and Robberies of the Most Notorious Highwaymen, Foot-Pads, Shop-Lifts, and Cheats, 1719; The Tyburn Chronicle, 1768; and The Malefactor's Register, 1796. Written by Captain Alexander Smith, a British biographer. Celebrated Trials, 1825. Written by George Borrow, an English novelist and travel writer. The Newgate Calendar, 1826. Written by Andrew Knapp and William Baldwin, English writers. Chronicles of Crime, 1841. Written by Camden Pelham, a British author. Collated and edited with some appendices by J. L. Rayner and G. T. Crook.…
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- Title
- The Complete Newgate Calendar; Being Captain Charles Johnson's General History of the Lives and Adventures of the Most Famous Highwaymen, Murderers, Street Robbers, and Accounts of the Voyages and Plunders of the Most Notorious Pyrates, 1726
- Author
- Rayner, J.L. and G.T. Crook, editors
- Publisher
- Navarre Society, London
- Publication year
- 1926
- Condition
- Near fine
- Edition
- Limited Edition.
- Seller catalogs
- 18th Century, RARE BOOKS
Rob Zanger Rare Books LLC
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