Auction No 370, Tag: Prisons

2 Lots (displaying 1 - 2)

Henry Mayhew and John Binny "The Criminal Prisons of London and Scenes of Prison Life". Griffin, Bohn & Co., 1862,

Lot: 66

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £115
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Henry Mayhew and John Binny The Criminal Prisons of London and Scenes of Prison Life. Griffin, Bohn & Co., 1862, tastefully rebound in fine modern half-leather, gilt, marbled boards, sides cleaned; interior shows some faint stamps of the York Subscription Library, mostly applied to the reverse of the plates; light tanning to text due to paper quality; pp.519/520 in facsimile o/w complete. 

G.T. Crook "The Complete Newgate Calendar", Navarre Society, 1926, set of 5 volumes, original gilt cloth, VG;

Lot: 83

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £58
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G.T. Crook The Complete Newgate Calendar, Navarre Society, 1926, set of 5 volumes, original gilt cloth, VG; some browning to endpapers; uncut, spotting to prelims and edge of text blocks; fine engravings. Together with Gilbert Armitage The History of the Bow Street Runners 1729-1829, Wishart & Co [1932] orig. printed cloth, VG. (6)