Engelska (4 results)

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.

Brossura. Condition: fine. English Text.Stockholm, 1999; paperback, pp. 139.(Library of Theoria. 24). Libro.

Nordisk Rotogravyr u.å. (1937). 18,(1) s. Rikt fotoillustrerad. Klammerhäftad. 16,5 x 12 cm.[#\106868].

Condition: Good. Jönköping, direktören Lundströms tryckeri, af S. J. Westberg, 1818. 8:o. (8),234 pp. Nice early 20th-century patterned boards with red label. Spine slightly darkened and with minor cracks at the top and bottom of joints. Traces of removed bookplate on front pastedown. Uncut. First and last pages foxed, occasional foxing, dampstains and minor spotting inbetween. Yellowish dampstain on pp. 65-75. Long and unpleasant tear in the index leaf on pp. (7-8), which makes the text difficult to read, and a tear in the leaf pp. 87-88 and a few tears in the margins. A very good copy. A translation of "Englische Diebs- und Mordgeschichte" parts I and II, published in Copenhagen by J. G. Rothen in 1773-74. Contains a number of short stories about highwaymen and murderers. According to the foreword the stories are mainly collected from the prison chaplain in Newgate and from the court records of Old Bailey. Among the many biographies are: "Benjamin Wilson, en stråtröfware", "John Larkin, en falsk myntare", "Mary King, en otacksam mörderska", "John Simpson, en ertz-tjuf", "John Kidd, en sjöröfware", "Mary Adams, en tjufkona", "Christopher Slaughterford, en föregifwen mördare", "William Gregg, en landsförrädare", "Richard Thornbill, en duellist", "Elisabeth Mason, en trettonårig mörderska" och "James Booky, en femtonårig jungfruskändare".