Previous owner's rubber stamps. "Central Book Club" rubber stamp on front endpaper. Some foxing. Large 8" tear and 3" tear to dust wrapper, with yellowing adhesive tape on reverse side. Dust wrapper in plastic jacket with adhesive at edges. Dust wrapper is price clipped.; xx, [2], 312 pages + frontispiece + plates. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 216 x 136mm. Selected contents: Murder and its Causation; The Craze for Judicial Killing; The War on Capital Punishment; The State's Responsibility for Crime; Awaiting the Day of Doom; The Executioner; Crucifixion, Pressing to Death, Drawing and Quartering, Breaking on the Wheel, Strangling, "Death by the Thousand Cuts"; Self-Execution by Hari-Kiri, and Shooting to Death; Decapitation; Hanging - Through the Ages; Electrocution and other Scientific Methods; Does the Death Penalty Prevent Murder?; The Slaughter of the Innocents; Can Life Imprisonment take the place of the Death Penalty?; Bibliography. ; 8vo.

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Bibliographic Details

Title: The History of Capital Punishment: Including an Examination of the Case For and Against the Death Penalty
Publisher: Torchstream Books (1950), London
Publication Date: 1950
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: First Edition.
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Poor

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We are located in Dunedin, in the south of the South Island of New Zealand. We are a generalist rare and out-of-print bookseller, selling books in most subject areas. Our stock of over 8,000 titles has particular strengths in the areas of New Zealand history and literature, Maori, Tibet and Central Asia, Travel, Military, and Antiquarian. We are a member of ANZAAB (Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers) and ILAB (International League of Antiquarian Booksellers).

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Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB
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Malcolm Moncrief-Spittle, trading as Renaissance Books. Contact details: Renaissance Books, PO Box 335, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand. Phone: +64 3 4719294. Email: renaissancebooksnz@gmail.com. Website: www.renaissancebooks.co.nz. GST #39 820 209. Terms of Sale: All books may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund of the book price, not including shipping. Return shipping also refunded where books are not as described.

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