The Underworld Sutton Charles (1 results)
The New York Tombs; its Secrets and its Mysteries. Being a History of Noted Criminals with Narratives of Their Crimes, as Gathered by Charles Sutton, Warden of the Prison [.] SPlendidly Illustrated from Original Designs
[CRIME & THE UNDERWORLD] SUTTON, Charles; James B. Mix and Samuel A. Mackeever, eds
Published by United States Publishing Company, New York, 1874
- First Edition
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst Edition. Sold by Subscription. Large octavo. Publisher's green pictorial cloth, titles in gilt on spine; pale yellow endpapers; 670pp; illus. Boards heavily chaffed along foredge, thus Good only, but otherwise a tight, well-preserved copy, with gilt and pictorial devices still crisp and bright. An encyclopedic history of n…oted New York crimes and criminals, with sections on contemporary penological practices including capital and corporal punishment. Like most subscription books from this period, rather cheaply produced and consequently uncommon; this, despite defects, a presentable copy.
