Auction No 426, Tag: Law
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William Sandford Phillips "Considerations on the Increase and Progress of Crime, accompanied by documentary evidence....
William Sandford Phillips "Considerations on the Increase and Progress of Crime, accompanied by documentary evidence....
Lot 38
Lot: 38
- Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £60 - £80
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSWilliam 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.]