Auction No 405, Tag: Abolition

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William Sandford Phillips "Considerations on the Increase and Progress of Crime, accompanied by documentary evidence ......

Lot: 15

  • Auction Date: Wed 24th Nov 2021 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £150
SOLD £150
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William Sandford Phillips Considerations on the Increase and Progress of Crime, accompanied by documentary evidence as to the propriety and necessity of a revision and amendments of the existing penal statutes. With a View to the Abolition of corporeal punishments; and more particularly The Awful Penalty of Death. Liverpool, 1839. Octavo. Fine 20th Century rebind in gilt quarter-calf, marbled boards; viii, 83pp, lacking prelimary pages v & vi otherwise fine internally