A State Iniquity: Its Rise; Extension and Overthrow. A Concise History of the System of State-Regulated and Licensed Vice; Its Pagan Origin; Its Introduction and Extension in Christendom; Its Adoption by the British Legislature; The Struggle for its Suppression and Its Triumphant Overthrow in Great Britain and Her Crown Colonies

Scott, Benjamin

Published by Kegan, Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co, London, 1890

About this Item

12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Orig. green cloth, gilt titling, beveled edges. xii, 401 pp. With a fold-out facsimile of a Registration Ticket for a Common Prostitute. Cloth is rubbed and lightly worn at extremities. Spine slightly cocked. Previously adeptly rebacked, newer endpapers. Interior is age toned, a few stains to first few pages, else a clean and tight copy. A treatise on the regulation of prostitution in Great Britain.

Seller Inventory # 016194

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A State Iniquity: Its Rise; Extension and Overthrow. A Concise History of the System of State-Regulated and Licensed Vice; Its Pagan Origin; Its Introduction and Extension in Christendom; Its Adoption by the British Legislature; The Struggle for its Suppression and Its Triumphant Overthrow in Great Britain and Her Crown Colonies
• Publisher: Kegan, Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co, London
• Publication Date: 1890
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Law
  • Sexuality
  • History