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London: John Long, 1956. Cloth. Good/Good Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 191 pp. Tightly bound. Top corners lightly bumped. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Good dust jacket is chipped at the head / heel of the spine. Light foxing top fore-edge. There is light tanning to light blue cloth at head / heel of spine. A good, clean reading copy free of markings. This copy is smyth sewn. Smyth sewing is a method of book binding where groups of folded pages (referred to as signatures) are stitched together using binder thread. Each folded signature is sewn together individually with multiple stitches and then joined with other signatures to create the complete book block. This is the traditional and best method of bookbinding.

London: John Long, 1956. 1st edition. hard cover with dust jacket. G/G. Good book in good dust jacket with edge wear and short tears, foxing to page edges and pages a little browned../Good. Illustrated with black and white photographs. 22 cm.

With 9 illustrations The Public and private life of a hangman (from the dust jacket)

John Long, 1956T. hardcover. Good. .

John Long Limited. Black boards with gold lettering. Binding is tight and square. Pages are clean throughout. A crease on a couple pages. No Jacket. Illustrated. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1956.

John Long, 1956-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. in x in x in. Ex-library book, usual markings. Hardback rebound by library. Well read copy with significant spine wear but still useable, colouring of page edges due to age. Tearing on first few pages.