The lives of the most Remarkable Criminals, who have been Condemn'd and Execut'd,. either for the Highway, Street Robberies, Burglaries, Murders, or other Capital Offences; from the Year 1720, to the Present Time: Containing Particularly, the Lives of the famous Jonathan Wild, Edward Burnworth, alias Frazier ... Vol. II. To which is Prefix'd a Preface, containing a General View of the Laws of England, with respect to Capital Offences
Arthur Lawrence Hayward (1885-1967)
Category
Books
Date
1733
Materials
Measurements
161 x 103 x 35 mm
Place of origin
London
Collection
Greenway, Devon
NT 3171482
Summary
Full description
Orientation: Vertical Text Substrate: handmade laid paper Ink/Pigment: black printing ink Type: BOUND BOOK Binding Type: Inboard binding, raised supportsDate of Binding: contemporary Binder's Name: British End Leaves: sewn double fold of white, handmade, laid paper with cut under-pastedown and second leaf pasted to board. Structure: BritishEdges: plain cut, decoration unclear, polished Spine Lining: near flat, slight joints, no liningsEnd Bands: worked 1x1 L-R in white and red thread of cord cores Bookmark: NoneBoards: 2mm rope fibre boards, no back cornering, slips 1, 3 and 5 of 5 laced, angled up in front board, down in back.Covering: full, brown, tanned, hairsheepTooling Spine: gold-tooled 2-fillet at head and tail of each panel, arabic vol. number 2 direct in panel 3, lettering piece (missing) in panel 2 Tooling Sides: gold-tooled 2-fillet border, blind-tooled roll on board edges Furniture: NoneEnclosure: NoneBinding Notes: Donation inscription on front flyleaf recto: Agatha / with best Xmas wishes / f. / Mons. Le docteur / Xmas / 1943
Bibliographic description
xxi, [7], 406 p. ;. 8vo.,. 16 cm. Inscription in ink on fly-leaf: `Agatha [Christie] with best Xmas wishes. f. Mons. Le Docteur. Xmas 1943'. Section of fly-leaf cut out, presumably signature of previous owner. On fly-leaf, first title-page, and last printed page is rubber stamp of `I*Davis'. Inscription on last leaf in ink: `Richard Lane his book'. Binding: Bound in full brown leather. Spine cracked and lettering missing.
Makers and roles
Arthur Lawrence Hayward (1885-1967)