Executions (15 results)

Soft cover. Condition: As New. Pamphlet by author of 'Shot at Dawn' which exposed the First World War British court martial executions of British soldiers. 22 pages. 3 essays: one on Pte Thomas Highgate shot at dawn on September 8, 1914; one on the revisionist historians who challenged the pardons; and one on a celebration of the Shot at Dawn campaign. …

Condition: Very Good. 3 pages, illustrated. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 14 x 21.5 cms. Category: Military Historical Society; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condition: Very Good. 4 pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 17 x 24 cms. Category: Institute of Historical Research; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condition: Very Good. 24 pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 18 x 26 cms. Category: Royal Statistical Society of London; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condition: Very Good. 21 pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 18 x 26 cms. Category: Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condition: Very Good. 21 pages, illustrated. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 15 x 23 cms. Category: Saturday Books; New Arrivals; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condition: Very Good. This detailed statistical table from the Annual Register for 1810 offers an early attempt to quantify crime across England and Wales. It records more than 7,000 individuals brought to trial, listing offences from larceny and burglary to forgery, riot, and murder, alongside the sentences imposed. Transportation dominates the punishments, with imprisonment, whipping, fines, and a small number of executions also noted. As a contemporary government derived return, it provides a rare, data driven snapshot of criminal justice during the Napoleonic War years, when economic strain shaped patterns of offending and prosecution. An authentic standalone chart, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 13 x 20 cms. Category: Annual Register; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condition: Very Good. This remarkable group of trial reports and polemical pamphlets offers a concentrated lens on the fevered climax of the Popish Plot prosecutions in 1679. At its heart are the trials and executions of five Jesuit priests; Thomas Whitebread, William Harcourt, John Fenwick, John Gavan, and Anthony Turner, accused of conspiring to assassinate King Charles II. Their proceedings at the Old Bailey, alongside that of Richard Langhorn, a Catholic barrister, became emblematic of the era's volatile mix of religious paranoia, political opportunism, and judicial theatre. Supplementary tracts, animadversions, rebuttals, and spiritual accounts reveal the contested legacy of these men, with voices both condemning and defending their final speeches and conduct at Tyburn. The surrounding trials of Sir George Wakeman and several Benedictine monks, show the breadth of the campaign against Catholic clergy. Meanwhile, Chief Justice Scroggs's courtroom speech and the pamphlet skirmishes that followed reflect the judiciary's struggle to maintain authority amid a pamphlet war that threatened to undermine public trust. Together, these documents form a vivid archive of the legal, religious, and rhetorical machinery of persecution at the height of the Plot. 196 pages, printed in double columns. Printed between 1809 and 1826, these historic documents are vivid extracts from Cobbett's State Trials; pages from the courtroom record that preserve the voices, arguments, and verdicts which helped shape the course of British justice and still echo through its constitutional legacy. Over two centuries old, each leaf is a tangible fragment of legal history, compelling, original, and rarely encountered outside institutional collections. These are not reprints or replicas, but authentic 19th-century printings that are rich in drama, and steeped in history. This particular trial report has been removed from a volume of Cobbett's State Trials and is now preserved in a modern card cover for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 15 x 25 cms. Category: State Trials; State Trials::Octavo; This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost. Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

First edition. An interesting copy of an interesting book, which contains engravings and biographies of the Charles I Regicides. Caulfield's writing is mostly concerned with the details of whether the individual signed the death warrant, whether they fled, were captured, or surrendered, and if/how they were tried and executed, often in vivid detail. This copy unique with the hand coloring. A grisly book. 4to, xi, [1], 112, [4]pp. Index. 24 fine engraved portraits, each within a border of skulls and bones, etc. This copy, unusually, has all the plates hand colored in a pinkish red (to resemble blood?). Original drab boards, rebacked with a heavy tan paper strip and 3 spine labels. Corners of boards worn and chipped. Clean internally and very good.…

2 woodcuts, the first 215 x 350 mm. the second, 130 x 220 mm. These woodcuts are probably cut from contemporary execution broadsides. According to contemporary accounts, the mother, common law wife, brother and others made up a party "to see the last of old Tom" and when it was over retired to a public house to make a day of it.…

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 1054. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1923 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 1054.…

A Triple Execution at Staffordshire [Broadside]. [Executions]. Shaw, Charles [d.1834]. Tomlinson, Richard [d.1834]. Smith, Mary [d.1834]. The Trials of Charles Shaw, Aged 16, For Murdering John Oldcroft, Aged 9. Richard Tomlinson, For Murdering Mary Evans, His Sweetheart. Mary Smith, For Drowning her Infant Child. Who All Three Received Sentence of Death, At the Late Staffordshire Spring Assizes, And were Ordered for Execution Last Wednesday, March 19, 1834. [London]: G. Smeeton, Printer, [1834]. 14-3/4" x 9-3/4" broadside. Text in three columns enclosed by black rules, large woodcut vignette of execution scene flanked by excepts from Genesis IX, 6 and Matthew XIX, 18. Verses at the end of each account. Evenly toned, slight creasing, small chips on the margins, with no loss of text. Rare. $1,650. * Shaw and Tomlinson appeared to have murdered in fits of rage sparked by disputes over money. In both cases witnesses were called to prove insanity. Smith, who may have been suffering from post-partum depression, threw her twelve-day-old baby into a canal. Nobody proposed an insanity defense for her. OCLC and Library Hub locate 3 copies of this rare item (Library of Congress, Harvard Law School and Princeton). We located another copy at Cornell Law School.…

The Only Known Copy [Broadside]. [Executions]. Austin, William Henry [c.1789-1825]. Edmunds, John [c.1801-1825]. Jasper, Richard William [c.1800-1825]. The Sorrowful Lamentation of Wm. Henry Austin, John Edmunds, And Richard Wm. Jasper, Who are Ordered for Execution on Tuesday Next. [London]: Birt, Printer, 1825. 9-1/2" x 7-1/2" (24.3 x 19.2 cm) broadside, edges untrimmed, mounted to later 10" x 8" (25.7 x 20.2 cm) backing sheet. Text in double columns separated by thin rule below headline. Negligible light soiling, a few tiny holes (no loss to text), small spots of adhesive or residue to verso. Rare. $1,250. * This broadside records the outcome of a Privy Council meeting to discuss the fates of fourteen prisoners held at Newgate under sentence of death after their conviction at the Old Bailey October sessions in 1825. "His Majesty was graciously pleased to respite" eleven of the prisoners, including two teenage girls convicted of housebreaking and a gang of seven convicted of larceny. Our broadside is careful to note the duration of the meeting ("upwards of an hour and a half"), reflecting the important optics of the prerogative of mercy in the age of the Bloody Code. William Henry Austin, a postal employee who stole a letter, John Edmunds, convicted of horse theft, and Richard William Jasper, who forged a bill of exchange, were not so lucky. All three were hanged on December 27, 1825. A seven-stanza ballad of typically dubious quality commemorates their sentence. This broadside appears to be unrecorded. No copies located on OCLC or Library Hub. Not at Harvard, Oxford or the British Library. …

London: J. V. Quick; and Sold by J. Pitts, [1831]. Extremely Rare Broadside Account of the Trial and Execution of the "London Burkers" [Broadside]. [Executions]. Bishop, John [d.1831]. Williams, Thomas [d.1831]. May, [James]. Trial, Execution, And Confession of the Burkers, On Monday, December 5th, 1831 for the Murder of Charles Fariere, An Italian Boy. [London]: Printed by J[ohn] V[andenburg] Quick, 42, Bowling Green Lane, Clerkenwell; And Sold by J. Pitts, Great St. Andrew Street, 7 Dials, [1831]. 15" x 10" (38 x 25.5 cm) broadside, text in three columns below headline and three woodcut vignettes of the defendants. Light browning, minor edgewear, a few faint stains, horizontal and vertical fold lines with slight creasing along them, clean tear to central horizontal fold affecting text without loss to legibility. $1,750. * Known as the "London Burkers," John Bishop, Thomas Williams, and James May were "resurrection men" whose grim trade directly mirrored the murderous exploits of Edinburgh's William Burke and William Hare. Rather than relying solely on grave robbing, the trio began luring vulnerable individuals to their home, where they were drugged and drowned to preserve the corpses for anatomical sale. Their enterprise collapsed in early November 1831 following the "Italian Boy Murder"-so named because the victim was mistakenly believed to be a missing Italian street musician. When the suspects attempted to sell the remarkably fresh corpse to King's College, an astute anatomist noticed the lack of burial soil and suspicious trauma, promptly alerting the authorities. The subsequent investigation uncovered evidence of multiple murders, culminating in a sensational trial. On December 3, 1831, all three were convicted; Bishop and Williams were hanged two days later before a crowd of thousands, while May's sentence was commuted to transportation to Van Diemen's Land. This highly sensational broadside reflects the intense public fascination and moral panic surrounding the case. Printed immediately following the executions, the text assumes a contemporary readership already intimately familiar with the gruesome details. It provides a vivid contemporary account of the trial and final executions, augmented by a poignant, purported farewell letter from Williams to his wife, and concludes with seven stanzas of moralizing cautionary verse. Extremely Rare. OCLC locat. London: J. V. Quick; and Sold by J. Pitts, [1831]. (illustrator). …

Leather Bound. Condition: New. Language: English. Language: English. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition, expertly crafted with Original Natural Leather that gracefully adorns the spine and corners. The allure continues with Golden Leaf Printing that adds a touch of elegance, while Hand Embossing on the rounded spine lends an artistic flair. This masterpiece has been meticulously reprinted in 2024, utilizing the invaluable guidance of the original edition published many years ago in 1923. The contents of this book are presented in classic black and white. Its durability is ensured through a meticulous sewing binding technique, enhancing its longevity. Imprinted on top-tier quality paper. A team of professionals has expertly processed each page, delicately preserving its content without alteration. Due to the vintage nature of these books, every page has been manually restored for legibility. However, in certain instances, occasional blurriness, missing segments, or faint black spots might persist. We sincerely hope for your understanding of the challenges we faced with these books. Recognizing their significance for readers seeking insight into our historical treasure, we've diligently restored and reissued them. Our intention is to offer this valuable resource once again. We eagerly await your feedback, hoping that you'll find it appealing and will generously share your thoughts and recommendations. Lang: - English, Vol: - , Pages: - 1054, Print on Demand. If it is a multi-volume set, then it is only a single volume. We are specialised in Customisation of books, if you wish to opt different color leather binding, you may contact us. This service is chargeable. Product Disclaimer: Kindly be informed that, owing to the inherent nature of leather as a natural material, minor discolorations or textural variations may be perceptible. Explore the FOLIO EDITION (12x19 Inches): Available Upon Request. 1054 1054.…