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The New Newgate Calendar


Norman Birkett (editor)


The Folio Society 1960

Binding:  Hardback  |  Condition: Good  | 

Folio Society edition of the New Newgate Calendar, the continuation of the Newgate Calendar. A series of 'edifying' sketches of notorious trials and executions of well known criminals of the 18th and 19th centuries, including William Burke and the Earl of Cardigan plus a bigamist and someone who threw a stone at the King. With contemporary illustrations. Lacks slipcase. Quarter cloth with marbled boards. General shelf-wear. Previous owner's bookplate to ffep. Slight rubbing to edges. Contents clean and binding sound. Good

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