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Published by Brockhapmpton Press, London, 1993
ISBN 10: 1860197957ISBN 13: 9781860197956
Seller: Ed Buryn Books, Nevada City, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Condition: Fine unmarked; in Fine jacket. 1st edition thus. A history of torture from Norman days to the 19th C. Bright tigh clean crisp HB copy with jacket. 5-3/4 x 8-3/4, 243 pp, index, bibliography, timeline, b/w glossy illus section. Hardcover in black boards; in color illus jacket.
Published by Headline, London, England, 1993
ISBN 10: 0747239843ISBN 13: 9780747239840
Seller: LONG BEACH BOOKS, INC., Long Beach, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Paperback Edition. 16 pages of B&W photos and illustrations. A 'bloodcurdling' account of instruments of torture through the ages. Wear at edges, reading creases, some creases on book, rubbed. Size: 4 1/4" x 7". PAPERBACK.
Published by Brockhampton Press, [London], 1997
ISBN 10: 1860197957ISBN 13: 9781860197956
Seller: Black Swan Books, Inc., Lexington, KY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition Thus. As New. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs and drawings. The dust jacket is protected by a Brodart mylar cover and is not price clipped. Not an ex-library copy. No remainder marks. No names or marks in the text. Most books shipped within 24 hours. All books mailed with Delivery Confirmation. Fine condition in fine dust jacket. Selling Used and Rare books on-line since 1998 and from our bookstore in the heart of the Bluegrass since 1984. ; Black-and-white illustrations; 8vo.; 243 pages.
Published by Brockhampton, London, 1993, 1993
ISBN 10: 1860197957ISBN 13: 9781860197956
Seller: Gene W. Baade, Books on the West, Renton, WA, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Pictorial glossy hardbound. 243pp. Illust. Chronology. Index. Bibliography. "the gruesome history of torture, restraint and punishment from the days of the Normans to the late nineteenth century." The author was Yeoman Warder of HM Tower of London. Fine in dj.
Published by Headline, 1993
ISBN 10: 0747239843ISBN 13: 9780747239840
Seller: Loretta Lay Books, London, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Softcover / Paperback. Condition: Fine. First edition. Paperback. A blood-chilling account of torture through the ages. Includes : 'Little Ease': a cell only four feet square and nine feet high, in which it was impossible to lie down. Skull Crusher: an iron skull-cap secured by a metal strap with screws on each side, which were tightened until the strap forced the teeth out of the jaw. 'The Duke of Exeter's Daughter' and 'Skeffington's Gyyes': two of the many excruciating versions of the rack. 'The Pendulum': a crescent-shaped, razor-sharp blade suspended from the end of a pendulum, which relentlessly swung ever closer to the victim below. 'The Gridiron': a low bench of parallel metal bars with a fire beneath them, which grilled the flesh, plus many more gruesome devices. Illus., For the Record, Select Bibliog. and Index. 243pp. p/back. V. lightly browned pp. o/w Nr. F. with no creasing to covers.