The Complete Newgate Calendar (Four-Volume Set)

The Complete Newgate Calendar (Four-Volume Set)

$200.00 AUD

Availability: in stock at our Melbourne warehouse.

NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Photo is of the actual book - please note wear and tear. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.

Author: G. T. Crook - The Navarre Society Limited

Format: Hardback

Remarks on Condition :Condition Remarks: Good, , No dustjacket, Pages intact, no marks, notes or highlighting,


This is a four-volume set of the Newgate Calendar, a collection of biographies of notorious criminals who were executed at Newgate Prison in London from the 17th to the 19th century. The set contains accounts of the crimes, trials, confessions, and executions of various murderers, robbers, pirates, traitors, and other offenders, as well as moral and legal commentary. The set also includes illustrations of some of the criminals and scenes of their crimes. The set was edited by G. T. Crook, a British lawyer and writer, and privately printed for the Navarre Society Limited, a London-based publisher of rare and erotic books, in 1926. Not the whole set, volume one missing. Volume two no DJ.
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Photo is of the actual book - please note wear and tear. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.

Author: G. T. Crook - The Navarre Society Limited

Format: Hardback

Remarks on Condition :Condition Remarks: Good, , No dustjacket, Pages intact, no marks, notes or highlighting,


This is a four-volume set of the Newgate Calendar, a collection of biographies of notorious criminals who were executed at Newgate Prison in London from the 17th to the 19th century. The set contains accounts of the crimes, trials, confessions, and executions of various murderers, robbers, pirates, traitors, and other offenders, as well as moral and legal commentary. The set also includes illustrations of some of the criminals and scenes of their crimes. The set was edited by G. T. Crook, a British lawyer and writer, and privately printed for the Navarre Society Limited, a London-based publisher of rare and erotic books, in 1926. Not the whole set, volume one missing. Volume two no DJ.