Thompson Douglas Hay Peter Linebaugh (25 results)

Paperback. Condition: Fair. First Edition. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

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Paperback. Condition: Good. Good paperback, bumped/creased with shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by Hogarth cover art"Idle Prentice execution tyburn" (illustrator). First Edition?. VERY GOOD CONDITION, CLEAN, SOLID, BRIGHT; DEEP RED & WHITE titles on glossy BLUE paper covers showing POPULAR CROWD AT PUBLIC HANGING.much jovial & comic behaviour. ; 352 pages.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First US Edition. First American Edition. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Clean, bright, unmarked wraps with light wear to extremities, faint creases to spine; tight, solid and square. Iinterior is clean with underlined and bracketed text and some notes written in, all neat and does not interfere with easy reading. A good, solid, clean volume. An exploration of the contrasts of a settled ruling class ruling through a form of judicial terror and a populace deferential by day but deeply insubordinate by night. A very different look at 18th century England, from the England of the aristocracy and gentry, of politeness, of the arts, culture. 352 pages with index. 8.25 x 5.4 inches. Pantheon Books-Random House, New York, 1976.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 352 pages; Trade sized paperback in glossy pictorial covers. Bright, tight and fresh; no marks. Just superficial shelf evidence to cover edges. VG+.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: New. In the popular imagination, informed as it is by Hogarth, Swift, Defoe and Fielding, the eighteenth-century underworld is a place of bawdy knockabout, rife with colourful eccentrics. But the artistic portrayals we have only hint at the dark reality. In this new edition of a classic collection of essays, renowned social historians from Britain and America examine the gangs of criminals who tore apart English society, while a criminal law of unexampled savagery struggled to maintain stability.Douglas Hay deals with the legal system that maintained the propertied classes, and in another essay shows it in brutal action against poachers; John G. Rule and Cal Winslow tell of smugglers and wreckers, showing how these activities formed a natural part of the life of traditional communities. Together with Peter Linebaugh's piece on the riots against the surgeons at Tyburn, and E. P. Thompson's illuminating work on anonymous threatening letters, these essays form a powerful contribution to the study of social tensions at a transformative and vibrant stage in English history.This new edition includes a new introduction by Winslow, Hay and Linebaugh, reflecting on the turning point in the social history of crime that the book represents.

Softcover. Condition: Good. First American edition. Trade paperback. Owner's name penned on half-title, tideline on page foredges, good only.

Paperback. Condition: New. In the popular imagination, informed as it is by Hogarth, Swift, Defoe and Fielding, the eighteenth-century underworld is a place of bawdy knockabout, rife with colourful eccentrics. But the artistic portrayals we have only hint at the dark reality. In this new edition of a classic collection of essays, renowned social historians from Britain and America examine the gangs of criminals who tore apart English society, while a criminal law of unexampled savagery struggled to maintain stability.Douglas Hay deals with the legal system that maintained the propertied classes, and in another essay shows it in brutal action against poachers; John G. Rule and Cal Winslow tell of smugglers and wreckers, showing how these activities formed a natural part of the life of traditional communities. Together with Peter Linebaugh's piece on the riots against the surgeons at Tyburn, and E. P. Thompson's illuminating work on anonymous threatening letters, these essays form a powerful contribution to the study of social tensions at a transformative and vibrant stage in English history.This new edition includes a new introduction by Winslow, Hay and Linebaugh, reflecting on the turning point in the social history of crime that the book represents.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Tight clean book, unmarked but for name to front endpaper; in ligthly rubbed dust jacket. ; 8.8 X 5.7 X 1.4 inches; 352 pages.

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 2nd edition. 352 pages. 8.25x5.25x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First Printing in unclipped dust jacket AS NEW, no markings, NOT ex-lib, binding tight pages bright & unfoxed, slight sunning & wear to jacket spine, owner blind stamp to endpaper, else Fine (dj in mylar)--scarce in cloth; 8vo; 352pp indexed & illus.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. A little faded on the spine, a little edgewear on the inner dust jacket sleeves. A small pen inscription on the enpaper. Otherwise perfect.

Paperback. Condition: New. In the popular imagination, informed as it is by Hogarth, Swift, Defoe and Fielding, the eighteenth-century underworld is a place of bawdy knockabout, rife with colourful eccentrics. But the artistic portrayals we have only hint at the dark reality. In this new edition of a classic collection of essays, renowned social historians from Britain and America examine the gangs of criminals who tore apart English society, while a criminal law of unexampled savagery struggled to maintain stability.Douglas Hay deals with the legal system that maintained the propertied classes, and in another essay shows it in brutal action against poachers; John G. Rule and Cal Winslow tell of smugglers and wreckers, showing how these activities formed a natural part of the life of traditional communities. Together with Peter Linebaugh's piece on the riots against the surgeons at Tyburn, and E. P. Thompson's illuminating work on anonymous threatening letters, these essays form a powerful contribution to the study of social tensions at a transformative and vibrant stage in English history.This new edition includes a new introduction by Winslow, Hay and Linebaugh, reflecting on the turning point in the social history of crime that the book represents.

Paperback. Condition: New. In the popular imagination, informed as it is by Hogarth, Swift, Defoe and Fielding, the eighteenth-century underworld is a place of bawdy knockabout, rife with colourful eccentrics. But the artistic portrayals we have only hint at the dark reality. In this new edition of a classic collection of essays, renowned social historians from Britain and America examine the gangs of criminals who tore apart English society, while a criminal law of unexampled savagery struggled to maintain stability.Douglas Hay deals with the legal system that maintained the propertied classes, and in another essay shows it in brutal action against poachers; John G. Rule and Cal Winslow tell of smugglers and wreckers, showing how these activities formed a natural part of the life of traditional communities. Together with Peter Linebaugh's piece on the riots against the surgeons at Tyburn, and E. P. Thompson's illuminating work on anonymous threatening letters, these essays form a powerful contribution to the study of social tensions at a transformative and vibrant stage in English history.This new edition includes a new introduction by Winslow, Hay and Linebaugh, reflecting on the turning point in the social history of crime that the book represents.