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The Complete Newgate Calendar
J. L. Rayner; G. T. Crook [editors]
1926
The Navarre Society Limited : London
9" by 6"
xvi, 335; xxiii, 328; xv, 336; xvi, 336; xvi, 346pp.
SUMMARY
A smart complete set of this historical collection of moralising stories and sin, crime, and criminals.
Illustrated,Limited Edition,Original Binding,Publishers Original Binding
Overall Condition: Good
This book weighs3 KG when packed
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DESCRIPTION
Complete in five volumes.
Two thousand sets of this edition have been printed upon fine quality paper specially made for the Navarre Society.
The Newgate Calendar was a popular collection of moralising stories of sin, crime, and the criminals who commit them in England during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Originally produced as a monthly bulletin of executions by the Keeper of Newgate Prison in London, the title was appropriated by many publishers and collected editions began to appear from the mid-eighteenth century.
Volume one is illustrated with a frontispiece and seven plates. Volume two is illustrated with a frontispiece and three plates. Volume three is illustrated with a frontispiece and five plates. Volume four is illustrated with a frontispiece and four plates. Volume five is illustrated with a frontispiece and four plates. Collated complete.
This edition includes:
General History of the Lives and Adventures of the Most Famous Highwaymen, Murderers, Street-Robbers and Account of the Voyages and Plunders of the Most Notorious Pyrates, 1734. Written by Captain Charles Johnson, a British author whose true identity remains a mystery.
Compleat History of the Lives and Robberies of the Most Notorious Highwaymen, Foot-Pads, Shop-Lifts, and Cheats, 1719; The Tyburn Chronicle, 1768; and The Malefactors Register, 1796. Written by Captain Alexander Smith, a British biographer.
Celebrated Trials, 1825. Written by George Borrow, an English novelist and travel writer.
The Newgate Calendar, 1826. Written by Andrew Knapp and William Baldwin, English writers.
Chronicles of Crime, 1841. Written by Camden Pelham, a British author.
Collated and edited with some appendices by J. L. Rayner and G. T. Crook.
CONDITION
In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light bumping and minor rubbing to the extremities. Light fading to the spine and the odd mark to the boards. Minor loss to the head and tail of the spines with small splits in the cloth. Small splits in the cloth at the joint of volumes one, four and five. A split to the cloth across the rear spine of volume four resulting in cloth coming loose. Front hinge starting to volume five. Internally, firmly bound. Page xv/xvi of volume five detached but present. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd handling mark. Light scattered spotting to the first and last few pages, minor age toning to the endpapers.
Overall Condition: Good
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine- Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed- Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good- Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good- Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under condition
Good Only- Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair- As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor- Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
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