PUNISHMENT An Illustrated History

Hardback. A vivid informal record in words and pictures of punishments meted out for crime through the centuries. Includes the first abolition of capital punishment by William the Conqueror in 1066; the local village punishments of stocks and pillory; the savage mutilations and sadism of medieval times and the desperate search for punishments to fit the crime that has at times been made in the western world. A thought-provoking and disturbing study with approx. 70 Illustrations. With Bibliog. and Index. 159pp. 8vo. h/back. With neat sig. stamp to tp., tiny label to fpd, signs of v. small label removal to ffep. Vg+ in Vg+ dw.