Auction No 426, Tag: Law

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William Sandford Phillips "Considerations on the Increase and Progress of Crime, accompanied by documentary evidence....

Lot: 38

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
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William Sandford Phillips Considerations on the Increase and Progress of Crime, accompanied by documentary evidence as to the propriety and necessity of a revision and amendments of the existing penal statutes. With a View to the Abolition of corporeal punishments; and more particularly The Awful Penalty of Death, Liverpool, 1839, octavo, 20th Century quarter-calf, gilt, marbled boards; viii, 83pp, lacking preliminary pages v & vi otherwise fine internally. [An important early work arguing against the use of Capital Punishment.]