NOTHING BUT REVENGE The Case of Bentley and Craig (SIGNED)

Paperback. 1st pub. by Routledge in 1988 as 'Gangland'. SIGNED. This fascinating inquiry into one of the most controversial crimes - and sentences - of the 1950s weighs up the evidence for and against the death penalty and suggests that, in the words of the hangman (Albert Pierrepoint), it served 'nothing except revenge'. With Author's Note and Select Bibliog. 211pp. p/back. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY FRANCIS SELWYN. V. lightly browned pp. o/w Nr. F. with no creasing to covers.