The annals of Wakefield house of correction for 300 years; with notices of ancient prisons & obsolete punishments; particularly the manorial gaols & customs of Yorkshire, the county prisons of York Castle, Northallerton, Beverley, etc., & the township Kidcotes of the West Riding; embracing a general survey of the social & moral history of Yorkshire from the time of Queen Elizabeth to the demise of Queen Victoria.

TURNER, J. Horsfall.

Verlag: Bingley: privately printed for J. H. Turner by Harrison and Sons, 1904

Beschreibung

18cm. 270pp, [6]pp author's works at rear, frontis, text illustrations and table. Original blindstamped green cloth gilt, floral endpapers. Upper margins of first leaves browned - barely affecting text. One of Turner's less common works. With a fine provenance: R Fairfax-Blakeborough's copy with his bookplate and signature. Relevant newspaper clippings tipped onto endpapers and a Horsfall Turner sale list loosely inserted. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 45956

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The annals of Wakefield house of correction ...

Verlag: Bingley: privately printed for J. H. Turner by Harrison and Sons

Erscheinungsdatum: 1904

Einband: Hardcover