THE NEW YORK TOMBS. ITS SECRETS AND MYSTERIES.
Charles Sutton
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Verkäufer Marrins Bookshop, Folkestone, KENT, Vereinigtes Königreich
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AbeBooks-Verkäufer seit 14. August 2012
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FIRST EDITION. 8vo. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. 668 + [1] pp., with publisher's advertisement, p.[iv]. Bound in original green cloth, gilt, decorated black; spine rebacked preserving original. Some wear to extremities, edges darkened, and scattered foxing throughout; otherwise a very good copy. Small early ownership stamp on second free endpaper. Illustrated by portrait frontispiece, with facsimile signature, and by numerous wood engravings, and one site map, in text. A well illustrated account of notable crimes, criminals and their punishment in New York State by the Prison Warden, Charles Sutton. The Tombs was the colloquial name given to a prison established on the site of the former Collect Pond in Lower Manhattan, and constructed in the Egyptian Revival style. This structure was formally known as the New York City Hall of Justice and House of Detention, 1838-1902. The site now houses the present Manhattan Detention Complex. CRIME PRISONS CRIME AMERICAS 19TH CENTURY ILLUSTRATED CRIME. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 27418
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Titel: THE NEW YORK TOMBS. ITS SECRETS AND ...
Verlag: United States Publishing Company, 11 and 13 University Place.
Erscheinungsdatum: 1874
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Fine
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