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183144817<p>A CRITICAL VIEW CAPITAL PUNISHMENT - CERTAINTY OF PUNISHMENT MORE EFFICACIOUS THAN SEVERITY - <br />AN ANALYSIS CONCEIVED IN UNUSUAL CIRCUMATANCES</p><p>first edition small 8vo. iii-xii198pp. very attractive modern quarter calf spine panelled by raised bands large gilt tool at panel centres and a plum morocco title label gilt marbled sides no half title scattered minor marks or dustiness else very good. A handsome copy.</p><p>Wakefield 1796–1862 promoter of colonization had in 1816 married a young heiress after eloping with her to Scotland but she died in 1820 from complications after childbirth. "Despite being relatively wealthy from the proceeds of his marriage settlement Wakefield's ambition a seat in the Commons demanded more .and in 1826 with the connivance of his brother William Wakefield and his stepmother Frances he abducted an heiress Ellen Turner from her boarding-school near Liverpool. She was fifteen and the daughter of William Turner of Shrigley a wealthy Cheshire manufacturer. Told that her father was dangerously ill Ellen was bundled into a coach and taken to Gretna Green. A second lie that her father's fortune depended on marriage to Wakefield persuaded her to agree to a marriage ceremony. After they were caught by angry relatives at Calais en route for Paris. . After being tried and found guilty the brothers were sentenced to three years apiece . An act of parliament was needed to annul the marriage because according to Scottish law it had been perfectly legal despite the fact it had not been consummated. The case had attracted immense attention and the reputations of the brothers appeared for ever blighted. . However imprisonment proved ironically to be Wakefield's salvation. Given the time for reflection he began the transition from vain and arrogant gadfly to serious student of society and its ills although he remained arrogant and ill-tempered. Part of his time was spent talking to prisoners and discussing the usefulness of imprisonment and in particular capital punishment. His ideas were later published in Facts Relating to the Punishment of Death in the Metropolis 1831 and in evidence to the select committee on secondary punishments 1831. In both he condemned the use of capital punishment for all but the most serious crimes and sought to emphasize the certainty of punishment as the deterrent rather than the harshness of the penalty. His other occupation a corollary of his studies on the causes of crime was to devise a programme of systematic colonization" O.D.N.B.<br />Commencing in 1829-30 Wakefield became through a series of "brilliantly imaginative" writings an influential proponent of colonization offering "a plan based on six principles to overcome the problems of over-population identified by Malthus. Colonies he wrote were unprofitable because they suffered from a scarcity of labour the reverse of the situation in Britain. Emigration must therefore be encouraged" O.D.N.B. Thereafter he became a leading figure in the British colonization of Australia New Zealand and Canada. He "irrevocably altered the temper and style of the British empire in the nineteenth century. He brought to the subject a spark of imaginative genius the vision of systematic colonization and joined it to a far-sighted emphasis on the merits of colonial self-government" O.D.N.B.</p> James Ridgway hardcover
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225580Stevens and Co. 1868. This volume only this volume was the only volume to be published rebound red cloth boards gilt lettering to spine speckled page edges xvi 352pp VG light browning to page edges & eps heavy foxing to prelims light fading & brusing to spine v.slight soiling to boards Stevens and Co. 1868 hardcover
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1849WRCAM19970London 1849. xxiv512pp. plus 6pp. of advertisements and errata slip. Modern half calf and marbled boards leather label. Very good. A classic work in the theory of colonization the culmination of Wakefield's attempt at a theory of colonization based upon scientific principles. His ideas influenced colonial officials and practices in Canada Australia and New Zealand and in the latter place Wakefield was instrumental in establishing a permanent British colony. "The importance of Wakefield's achievements in colonial matters can hardly be overestimated. The tangible fruits of his labours are the least part of their result for all subsequent colonial development has followed the direction of his thought" - DNB. FERGUSON 5235. DNB XX pp.449-52. hardcover books
1998RO40236482Le Chalet. 1998. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 63 pages. Quelques annotations au crayon dans le texte.. . . . Classification Dewey : 280-Confessions et sectes chrétiennes
1880974Y4London: Blackie and Son 1880. Leather. Very Good. 8.5" by 6". Not Stated . A handsomely presented six-volume collection of various important works across English literature edited by Charles Gibbon. A selection of the prose and poetry of various eminent figures of English literature. Complete in six volumes.Uniformly bound in half calf with decorative gilt to the spines.Each volume here is illustrated with a frontispiece an engraved title page and seven engraved plates. Collated complete.Edited with biographical and literary notes by Charles Gibbon a British novelist who specialised in popular romances. Containing the writings of Thomas Hardy Sir Walter Scott H. Rider Haggard Charles Dickens Nathaniel Hawthorne John Keats Edgar Allan Poe William Shakespeare the Brothers Grimm Lord Byron Jane Austen Petrarch Laurence Sterne Henry Fielding Anthony Trollope and Percy Bysshe Shelley among others. Uniformly bound in half calf with decorative gilt to the spines. Externally smart with rubbing to the extremities and marks to the boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with scattered spotting to the endpapers and the odd spot throughout. Very Good Blackie and Son hardcover
1888003731Edinburgh: Blackie & Son 1888. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Set of six volumes bound in three. These are very nicely bound in half calf with fully marbled coloured edges. Richly illustrated. Set is solid and presents well. Some wear to navy leather and some spotting to fore-edges. No spotting internally there are however on the rear of the illustrations a rubber stamped name "Donald Ross" which appears throughout the volumes see pictures. UK only these are very heavy so postage will be a bit more than the automatic quote Adjusted for approval on processing. All our books at the moment are reduced so the price you see reflects a 33% discount. You may be interested in The Literaticus Book Service. We specialise in tracking down those harder to find editions among other bookish services such as gift fulfilment. Get in touch to send us your Book Wants or ask a bookish question. If this is intended as a gift please email first and I can gift wrap for no extra charge. If you would like special delivery but don't see an option for it just email first and I'll obtain a quote. If you have any questions require more information or if you would like more pictures do not hesitate to get in touch. Blackie & Son Hardcover
195566401New York: Simon and Schuster 1955. Reprint. Second printing specially autographed editon. Hardcover. Good in fair dust jacket. Signed by author. DJ in plastic sleeve has loss of edge material chips wear and soling. 122 p. 22 cm. Translation of La neige en deuil. This book was selected for reprinting by Popular Library Inc. per bookplate on fep and is a specially autographed edition. However this book bears the Simon and Schuster imprint. From Wikipedia: "Henri Troyat 1 November 1911 2 March 2007 was a Russian born French author biographer historian and novelist. Troyat was born Lev Aslanovich Tarasov Russian: Л е в А с л а н о в и ч Т а р а с о в Lev Aslanovich Tarasov in Moscow to parents of mixed heritage including Armenian Russian German and Georgian. According to his autobiography he states that his surname is Armenian Torossian while his maternal grandmother was German and his maternal grandfather was of mixed Georgian and Armenian descent. His family fled Russia in anticipation of revolution. After a long exodus taking them to the Caucasus on to Crimea and later by sea to Istanbul and then Venice the family finally settled in Paris in 1920 where young Troyat was schooled and later earned a law degree. The stirring and tragic events of this flight across half Europe are vividly recounted by Troyat in Tant que la terre durera. Troyat received his first literary award Le prix du roman populaire at the age of twenty-four and by twenty-seven he was awarded the Prix Goncourt. He published more than 100 books novels and biographies among them those of Anton Chekhov Catherine the Great Rasputin Fyodor Dostoyevsky Ivan the Terrible and Leo Tolstoy. Troyat's best-known work is La neige en deuil which was adapted as an English-language film in 1956 under the title The Mountain. Troyat was elected as a member of the Académie française in 1959. At the time of his death he was the longest-serving member. Simon and Schuster hardcover
1827684591827. London 1827. London 1827. Contemporary Account of a Famous English Case of Forced Marriage Trial. Wakefield Edward Gibbon Defendant. Wakefield William Defendant. Wakefield Frances Mrs. Defendant. The Trial of Edward Gibbon Wakefield William Wakefield And Frances Wakefield: Indicted with One Edward Thevenot A Servant For a Conspiracy and For the Abduction of Miss Ellen Turner The Only Child and Heiress of William Turner Esq. of Shrigley Park in the County of Chester. London: John Murray 1827. xv 303 pp. Interleaved with de-acidifying paper. Octavo 7-1/2" x 4-1/4". Recent library buckram white-stamped title shelf number and library name to spine. Text notably fresh some browning to final leaf and title page which has library marks and stamps. $300. Only edition. The first account of the Shrigley Abduction an 1826 British case of forced marriage by Edward Gibbon Wakefield to the 15-year-old heiress Ellen Turner. The couple was married in Scotland and travelled to France before Turner's father was able to notify the authorities and intervene. The marriage was annulled by Parliament. Wakefield and his brother William were convicted and sentenced to three years in prison. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School 1909 II:1217. unknown books
19952091202133209353Chiku ma shobo 1995. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 7 Chiku ma shobo paperback
19392110502150312556Shunju-sha 1939. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 2 Shunju-sha paperback
18-9036Dominguez Hills CA: California State University Dominguez Hills 1983. . Exhibition Catalogue. 4to. 14 pp. Soft stapled white and black and and white illustrated wraps with black lettering. As new. Black and white plates. Includes an essay by John Fitz Gibbon and an artist biography by Kathy Zimmerer-McKelvic. Catalogue created to accompany the exhibition “Michael Todd: Sculpture 1983†held from February 7 through March 7 1983 at the University Art Gallery at California State University Dominguez Hills in Dominguez Hills CA. Scarce. From the Collection of the Art Historian Peter Selz 1919-2019. Dominguez Hills, CA: California State University, Dominguez Hills, 1983. paperback
8vo., First Edition; printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, wrappers lightly dust-soiled else a very good, clean copy.
19593iEf0027Chicago IL: The University of Chicago Press 1959. Book. Very Good. Trade Paperback. 15th Edition/Volume II. 8vo or 8° Medium Octavo: 7¾" x 9¾" tall. 300 pp. Vol. II issue only! Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear and crisp pages. Creased spine. Occassional pencil markings on text. The University of Chicago Press Paperback
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B9781538138533Paperback / softback. New. The most complete sexuality education text on the market for educators social workers and counselors working with or preparing to work with students with disabilities and their families. paperback
