John Deane Potter (195 results)

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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Former library book. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Binding is moderately loose. Moderate shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Ex-Library.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Black cloth spine with red boards. The pages are in good condition. Illustrated. 235 pages.

Mass market. Condition: Good. Paperback. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show light edge wear.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Dust Jacket. Book has light rubbing at head and tail of spine. Binding sound. Pages clean and unmarked. No ownership or other marks. Lacking DJ. Not a remainder. Includes photographs. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 235 pages.

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Very Good. 1st. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Yamamoto: The Man Who Menaced America. Potter, John Deane. Paperback Library. 1965. 351p. paperback, covers covers bumped/scuffed, binding tight, text clean, solid copy--2.00.

Unknown. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Book Club Edition. Book club edition. Binding is tight and square. Pages are clean. The dust jacket shows wear to edges.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. Tanning; Light overall wear; Signet book; 7 X 4.20 X 0.60 inches; 191 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. A book that is used but still very attractive, with dustjacket; 8.30 X 5.60 X 1.10 inches; 235 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Dust jacket condition: Good. Jacket rubbed with edge wear and tear. Text free of underlining, writing and highlighting. From the earliest records after the Norman invasion, when 'gallows rights' were the prerogative of the Church and the Lords of the Manor, hanging has run like a dark thread through English history. Now that the thread has finally broken, John Deane Potter examines the gruesome facts, the circumstances surrounding executions and the changing national attitudes towards capital punishment. From the mid-twelfth century, when hanging first became the sole right of the king, until 1869 all hangings were in public. Often they were boozy almost jolly affairs, with hangman, victim and crowd roaring drunk. And the reason for abandoning public execution was no humanitarian one, but the danger to public safety through uncontrollable spectators. In the eighteenth century there were 222 offences punishable by hanging; in 1801 Andrew Benning, aged 13 years, was executed for housebreaking; in 1818 the Governor of Northampton County Jail proudly described his new drop scaffold as 'efficient for hanging twelve persons comfortably'. All this may have happened in rougher ages but the record of our own century is not so different. Mr. Potter reveals that in the first half of the twentieth century, over 1,000 death sentences were passed and 600 people executed. This is a gruesome tale, a social commentary, a fascinating aspect of English history and authentic documentation of the British habit of hanging. 196 pages.…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. ex-library.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The true account of how he plotted Pearl Harbor. There are no creases to the spine. Former owner's name is written on the front inside cover. Pages have slightly toned. Bookseller Inventory BS/BS9378 062020.

hardcover. Condition: Good. This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear . This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 235 pp.+ 8 Photo Plts, Blk & Red Hardback, Gilt title, owner pastedown else VG, no DJ, 1st ed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. The book is in pretty nice shape, light use at the corners, clean and unmarked. Photograph center section. The jacket has some rubbing and some edgewear but still pretty decent. Entirely in German Language. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 283 pages. …

Paperback. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 239pp. Clean copy inside & out. No inscriptions. Cracked spine due to internal image pages. All pages remain secure. Includes supply & fitting of new correctly sized protective lyfjacket. Book.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Fair. Underling throughout, but readable. Light edge wear, light stains/discoloration inside front and back covers. Ex-private Collection.