Executioner, Pierrepoint

Pierrepoint, Albert

ISBN 10: 0245520708 / ISBN 13: 9780245520709

Edité par Harrap Publishers Ltd, 1974

The jacket is shelf rubbed with tanning along the edges and tanning on the spine of the jacket. The boards are edge rubbed with knocked corners. The binding is secure. Light browning along the edges of the pages. No ink inscriptions or annotations. Protected in cellophane. r*21/11/2024 JHK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. N° de réf. du vendeur 6qgrx

Synopsis :

RO60110459. EXECUTIONER: PIERREPOINT. 1974. In-8. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 211 pages. Photo en noir et blanc en frontispice (portrait). Illustré de quelques photos en noir et blanc hors texte.. Avec Jaquette. . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon

Présentation de l'éditeur: Alvert Pierrepoint resigned in 1956 over a disagreement with the Home Office about his fees. He was the only executioner in British history whose notice of resignation prompted the government the government to write to him begging him to reconsider, such was the reputation he had established as the most efficient and swiftest executioner in British history.

What is true is that, ironically, he was an opponent of capital punishment. But Pierrepoint kept his opinions to himself on the topic until this autobiography:

"I have come to the conclusion that executions solve nothing, and are only an antiquated relic of a primitive desire for revenge which takes the easy way and hands over the responsibility for revenge to other people...The trouble with the death penalty has always been that nobody wanted it for everybody, but everybody differed about who should get off."

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Executioner, Pierrepoint
Éditeur : Harrap Publishers Ltd
Date d'édition : 1974
Reliure : Hardcover
Etat : Very Good
Etat de la jaquette : Good
Edition : First Edition.