Search Results: a history of the guillotine by alister kershaw

John Calder, 1958. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1958. First Edition. 147 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over red cloth boards. Gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. Price sticker stuck to front free endpaper. Top textblock edge dyed pink. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Unclipped jacket. Panels and spine have light edgewear with tears and creases. Price sticker to panel. Visible wear marks to spine and panels.

John Calder Publishers Ltd 1958. Octavo, hardcover (VG-) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at east reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

The instrument that became associated with The Terror of the French Revolution. On 20 March, 1792 the French Penal Code decreed that every person condemned to death shall have his head severed by means of a machine - a practice that continued to the mid 1900's. 147 pages with 13 pages of illustrations. Book in very good+ condition with previous owners name on first page, some reader wear and small marks.Cover has knocks to corners and minor wear (se photos). No dust jacket.

John Calder, London. Collectible - Good. First edition copy. Collectible - Good. Acceptable dust jacket. (Guillotine, Executions, History)

London: John Calder, 1958. An authentic account of the instrument that came to be associated with the terror of the french Revolution, light wear to unclipped dustjacket, spine discoloured, previous owners name on clipped ffep, otherwise unmarked, illustrated, 147pp, VG/VG.. 1st UK Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good.

John Calder, 1958-01-01. Paperback. Acceptable. in x in x in. Ex-library book, usual markings. Hardback rebound by library. Well read copy with some wear and markings to book covers, a few loose pages (all intact), discolouring of page edges due to age. Otherwise in good condition.

John Calder. 1958 John Calder first edition hardback; good clean condition, just ageing to page edges; with good unclipped dj protected with clear adhesive plastic; UK dealer, immediate dispatch . Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1958.

New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 1993. 147 pages in near fine condition. Pages are clean and unmarked with black and white illustrations throughout. Quarterbound in red cloth and paper with silver titles on the spine. Grey dustjacket in near fine condition with red titles. Lightly faded on the spine, worn around the edges. NF/NF-. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine-.

London: John Calder. 1958. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Rubbing along panel edges. .

London : John Calde, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a good if slightly edge-torn and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xii, 147 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. Subjects: Guillotin, Joseph Ignace 1738-1814. Guillotine history. Genre: History. Language: English.

Couverture rigide. Bon/1958. in-8. London, 1958, in-8, 147pp, reliure éditeur, jaquette, Très bel exemplaire, bel envoi manuscrit de l'auteur! Très bel envoi manuscrit de l'auteur!

John Calder London 1958. First edition. Red cloth, plates, 147pp. A good copy in like jacket .

Calder, 1958-01-01. Unknown Binding. Acceptable. in x in x in. Ex-library book, usual markings. Well read copy with some spine and book cover wear. Colouring of page edges due to age.