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The Complete Newgate Calendar; Being Captain Charles Johnson's General History of the Lives and Adventures of the Most Famous Highwaymen Murderers Street Robbers and Accounts of the Voyages and Plunders of the Most Notorious Pyrates 1726
1926réf. 683London: Navarre Society 1926. Limited Edition. Near fine. 5 volumes 8vo. 8 5/8 x 5 5/8 inches 213 x 143 mm. Vol. 1: xvi 335 frontispiece seven plates; Vol. 2: xv 328 frontispiece three plates; Vol. 3: xv 336 frontispiece five plates; Vol. 4: xvi 336 frontispiece four plates; Vol. 5 xvi 346 frontispiece four plates; appendixes and index in each volume. Rubricated half title rubricated title page engraved frontispiece in each volume with tissue guard. 3/4 levant morocco bindings with gilt rules and compartments gilt titles raised bands marbled endpapers t.e.g. Pages very lightly and evenly toned some pages unopened 1-inch split to front hinge on vol. 5 all volumes firmly bound. Limited Edition of 2000 copies printed on fine quality paper. A smart complete set of this historical collection of moralizing stories of sin crime and criminals. Complete in five volumes. The Newgate Calendar was a popular collection of moralizing 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. 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 Malefactor's 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. Navarre Society unknown
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