Auction No 421, Tag: Capital Punishment
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[Abolition of the Death Penalty] William Sandford Phillips "Considerations on the Increase and Progress of Crime, accompanied by documentary evidence
[Abolition of the Death Penalty] William Sandford Phillips "Considerations on the Increase and Progress of Crime, accompanied by documentary evidence
Lot 85
Lot: 85
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £50
MORE DETAILS[Abolition of the Death Penalty] 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.