A Book for all Reasons
Hartshorne, Albert, FSA HANGING IN CHAINS , T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1891,1st edn., xvi, 120pp, [i] ads., frontis and 10 tipped in line drawings, off-white parchment or vellum covered boards lettered in black at spine, lettered and decorated in black at upper board, publisher's device lower board, upper edge coloured, fore and lower edges uncut, a history of the disposal of the human body after execution, in England the gibbet until it was abolished in 1834, touching on customs in other countries and the modes and methods of execution in England, lightly rubbed at extrems., covers dusty and a little marked, spine rather browned, edges dusty, light foxing to endpapers, some faint marginal marks to ills. and three a little foxed, (Book ref. 39709) £49.50 The payment methods accepted by the seller, A Book for all Reasons , are shown in the right-hand column. |
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