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The Fatal Effects of Gambling Exemplified in the Murder of Wm. Weare, and the Trial and Fate of John Thurtell, the Murderer, and His Accomplices with Biographical Sketches of the Parties Concerned, and; A Comment on the Extraordinary Circumstances Developed in the Narrative, in Which Gambling is Proved to Be the Source of Forgery, Robbery, Murder, and General Demoralization. To Which is Added, the Gambler's Scourge; A Complete Expose of the Whole System of Gambling in the Metropolis; With Memoirs and Anecdotes of Notorious Blacklegs.
by Author not named] (Trial of John Thurtell; Murder of William Weare.)
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- Hardcover
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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About This Item
London: Thomas Kelly 1824. (Hardcover) 512pp. Poor, no dust jacket. Leather binding. Frontispiece with tissue guard, engraved title with vignette, illustrations, notes, appendix. The spine is cracked and chipped, and the boards are detached and heavily worn at the corners. Illustrated by portraits drawn from life, and other copperplate engravings of peculiar interest. Trial of John Thurtell. Murder of William Weare. (Law, Gambling, Law, Trials--England).
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- Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
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- The Fatal Effects of Gambling Exemplified in the Murder of Wm. Weare, and the Trial and Fate of John Thurtell, the Murderer, and His Accomplices with Biographical Sketches of the Parties Concerned, and; A Comment on the Extraordinary Circumstances Developed in the Narrative, in Which Gambling is Proved to Be the Source of Forgery, Robbery, Murder, and General Demoralization. To Which is Added, the Gambler's Scourge; A Complete Expose of the Whole System of Gambling in the Metropolis; With Memoirs and Anecdotes of Notorious Blacklegs.
- Author
- Author not named] (Trial of John Thurtell; Murder of William Weare.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Thomas Kelly
- Place of Publication
- London
- Keywords
- Law, Gambling, Law, Trials--England
- Bookseller catalogs
- Law and Crime;
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Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
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- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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