TWELVE BAD MEN Original Studies of Eminent Scoundrels by Various Hands

Author: Seccombe (Thomas) Ed. by:

Year: 1911

Publisher: T. Fisher Unwin

Edition Details: 2nd edn. 3rd impres. (1st pub. 1894)

Book Condition: Vg+

Price: £12.00

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Hardback. Stories of 12 scoundrels by some noted authors. Chapters include : Sir Edward Kelley - Necromancer, 1555; Matthew Hopkins - Witchfinder (d.1647); George Jeffreys, Unjust Judge (1648-1689); Titus Oates, Perjurer (1649-1705); Simon Fraser - Lord Lovat (1667-1747); Jonathan Wild - Thief-taker (1682-1725); Thomas Griffiths Wainewright - Poisoner (1794-1852); Edward Kelly - Bushranger (1855-1880). Illus. with 16 plates + Index. 373pp. 8vo. h/back. Black covers with red/green dec. and titles. Uncut edges, tiny split to head of sp. o/w Vg+.