Hard Cover. Near Fine-/Near Fine -. First Printing. A look inside the movement to abolish public execution in Victorian England. Dj has minimal shelf wear. Crease on lower corner of pages viii and ix.

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Title

The Lesson of the Scaffold: The Public Execution Controversy in Victorian England

Publisher

London: Allen Lane, 1974

Publication Date

1974

Language

English

ISBN 10

0821401483

ISBN 13

9780821401484

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

1st Edition

Dust Jacket Condition

Dust Jacket Included

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Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 212 pages; Description: xi, 212 p., 4 leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm. Subjects: Executions and executioners --Great Britain --Capital punishment --Hanging

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