Name: The Newgate Calendar Improved: Being Interestin...
SKU: 58799
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The Newgate Calendar Improved: Being Interestin…

The Newgate Calendar Improved: Being Interesting Memoirs of Notorious Characters, Who Have been Convicted of Offences, Against the Laws of England, During the Seventeenth Century; and Continued to the Present Time, Chronologically Arranged. Volumes 1,2,3 [of 6]. Wilkinson, George Theodore Esq. R. Evans.

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SKU: 58799 Category: True Crime

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Modern brown leather, gilt spine titles. small 4to, 21×13 cm. R. Evans. London. 1816, 1814, 1816. 556, iv: 610, iv: 498, iii pp. 14 full-page engravings. Very good, ink name date 1817 to endpapers, some pages lightly toned. A scarce edition of the once popular collection of the accounts of the crimes, trials and punishments of England’s most notorious criminals. This edition was published in 6 volumes, of which we have here the first three. In sturdy modern bindings. Heavy set, weight: 5.0 lb. will require extra shipping.