THE BRITISH CRIME,
CRIMINALS & CRIMINOLOGY
COLLECTION
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A truly unique and wonderful
collection of over 130 rare, out-of-print and hard-to-find books compiled
together for the first time on DVD DATA DISC covering all aspects of BRITISH
CRIME & CRIMINALS.
Discover the lives of Britain’s most
notorious and daring highwaymen, robbers and murderers. Read about the history
of crime in England
and criminal law. Delve into the infamous Newgate calendar of executions and
explore the stories and last breaths of those villains of the 18th
and 19th century. Read about the prisoners of Dartmoor, The Tower of London
and York Castle and much more. Some of the books
contained within this collection are extremely hard-to-find and will provide a
valuable library of reference material. Overall, an absolute must for anyone
with an interest in crime, criminology and the criminal history of Great Britain.
The full list of titles included speaks for itself….
This superb compilation of
137 vintage books on DVD data disc provides literally 1,000’s of pages of great
content and fabulous photos / illustrations for the reader. All of the books
have been scanned in high quality and preserved forever in pdf format - easy to
read on your laptop or computer, or transfer to tablet, smartphone, kindle or e-reader.
You can also print entire books or select pages.
This is without doubt the
most extensive collection of its kind - compiled over time by
rare-book-collections, and only available here!
The Full List of Titles
Included is as Follows:
A book of
scoundrels - C. Whibley (1911)
A compleat
collection of state-tryals and proceedings upon impeachment for high treason
and other crimes and misdemeanours Vols. 1 - 6 - T. Salmon (1719)
A description
of Dartmoor Prison, with an account of the
massacre of the prisoners - J. Melish (1815)
A digest of
the criminal law (crimes and punishments) - J. F. Stephen (1894)
A general and
true history of the lives and actions of the most famous highwaymen, murderers,
street-robbers, etc. - D. Defoe (1742)
A history of
crime in England
Vol. 1 - L. O. Pike (1873)
A history of
crime in England
Vol. 2 - L. O. Pike (1873)
A history of
the criminal law of England
Vol. 1 - J. F. Stephen (1883)
A history of
the criminal law of England
Vol. 2 - J. F. Stephen (1883)
A history of
the criminal law of England
Vol. 3 - J. F. Stephen (1883)
A narrative
of all the robberies, escapes, etc. of John Sheppard giving an exact description of the manner of
his wonderful escape from the castle in Newgate - D. Defoe (1724)
A notable
discovery of coosnage, 1591. The second part of conny-catching, 1592 - R.
Greene (1923)
A prison
chaplain on Dartmoor - C. Rickards (1920)
A selection
of cases illustrative of English criminal law - C. S. Kenny (1912)
A selection
of leading cases in the criminal law (founded on Shirley's Leading cases), with
notes - H. Warburton (1892)
A sketch of
the criminal law - W. S. Shirley (1880)
A treatise on
crimes and misdemeanors Vol. 1 - W. O. Russell (1910)
A treatise on
crimes and misdemeanors Vol. 2 - W. O. Russell (1910)
A treatise on
crimes and misdemeanors Vol. 3 - W. O. Russell (1910)
A treatise on
the police of London;
containing a detail of the various crimes and misdemeanors by which public and
private property and security are ... endangered - P. Colquhoun (1798)
An account of
the manner in which sentences of penal servitude are carried out in England
- E. F. Cu Cane (1882)
Cases on
criminal law selected from decisions of
English and American courts - W. E. Mikell (1898)
Chronicles of
Bow Street
police-office, with an account of the magistrates, runners, and police; and a
selection of the most interesting cases Vol. 1 - P. H. Fitzgerald (1888)
Chronicles of
Bow Street
police-office, with an account of the magistrates, runners, and police; and a
selection of the most interesting cases Vol. 2 - P. H. Fitzgerald (1888)
Convict
life or, Revelations concerning convicts
and convict prisons (1880)
Crime and
criminals, 1876-1910 - R. F. Quinton (1910)
Criminal
chronology of York castle; with a register of criminals capitally convicted and
executed at the County assizes, commencing March 1st, 1379, to the present time
- W. Knipe (1867)
Dartmoor Prison past
and present - V. Harris (1888)
Days of my
years - M. L. Macnaghten (1915)
Dramatic days
at the Old Bailey - C. Kingston (1920)
English
prisons to-day (1922)
Essayes and
characters of a prison and prisoners - G. Minshull (1821)
Female life
in prison Vol. 1 - F. W. Robinson (1862)
Female life
in prison Vol. 2 - F. W. Robinson (1862)
Five years'
penal servitude, by one who has endured it (1877)
Forging his
chains - the autobiography of George Bidwell. His trial and incarceration in
English prisons fourteen years on a life sentence - G. Bidwell (1899)
Forty years
at the criminal bar; experiences and impressions - E. D. Purcell (1916)
Half-hours
with the highwaymen, picturesque biographies and traditions of the knights of
the road Vol. 1 - C. G. Harper (1908)
Half-hours
with the highwaymen, picturesque biographies and traditions of the knights of
the road Vol. 2 - C. G. Harper (1908)
History of
the maiden or Scottish beheading machine, with notices of the criminals who
suffered by it - W. T. M'Culloch (1870)
How criminals
are made and prevented - J. W. Horsely (1913)
Hughes'
criminal law; the law of crimes, prosecutions, defenses and procedure as
determined by decisions of the courts of last resort in the United States and England - C. Hughes (1901)
Journal of
Joseph Valpey, jr., of Salem, November,
1813-April, 1815, with other papers relating to his experience in Dartmoor prison (1922)
Known to the
police - T. Holmes (1908)
Life and
adventures of Richard Turpin, a most notorious highwayman - W. S. Fortey (1860)
Life on the
road or, Claude, Turpin, and Jack, being
a complete account of the most daring adventures of the notorious highwaymen
(1800)
Lives and
exploits of English highwaymen, pirates, and robbers - C. Whitehead (1883)
Lives of the
most notorious and daring highwaymen, robbers and murderers - C. Whitehead
(1867)
Lives of
twelve bad men, original studies of eminent scoundrels by various hands - T.
Seccombe (1894)
Lives of
twelve bad women; illustrations and reviews of feminine turpitude set forth by
impartial hands - A. Vincent (1897)
London labour and
the London poor
Vol. 1 - H. Mayhew (1861)
London labour and
the London poor
Vol. 2 - H. Mayhew (1861)
London labour and
the London poor
Vol. 3 - H. Mayhew (1861)
London labour and
the London poor
Vol. 4 - H. Mayhew (1861)
Observations
on Mr. Fielding's Enquiry into the causes of the late increase of robbers, etc.
- R. Sedgley (1751)
O'Donovan
Rossa's prison life, six years in six English prisons - J. O'Donovan Rossa
(1874)
Old Bailey
experience. Criminal jurisprudence and the actual working of our penal code of
laws, to which is added, a history of the crimes committed by offenders in the
present day - T. Wontner (1833)
Our prisons -
A. Paterson (1911)
Penal
discipline - M. L. Gordon (1922)
Pictures and
problems from London
police courts - T. Holmes (1900)
Prisoners of
the Tower of London - V. Brooke-Hunt (1901)
Prisons &
prisoners, some personal experiences - G. C. Lytton (1914)
Prisons and
prisoners - J. W. Horsley (1899)
Punishment
and prevention - A. Thomson (1857)
Queer people
- B. Thomson (1898)
Records of York Castle
- fortress, court house, and prison - A. W. Twyford (1880)
Reminiscences
of an ex-detective - F. Carlin (1921)
Romantic
trials of three centuries - H. Childers (1913)
Some
distinguished victims of the scaffold - H. Bleackley (1905)
State trials
of Mary, Queen of Scots, Sir Walter Raleigh, and Captain William Kidd (1899)
State trials
of the reign of Edward the First, 1289-1293 - T. F. Tout (1906)
Stories from
Scotland Yard - M. Moser (1890)
Survivors'
tales of famous crimes - W. Wood (1916)
Tales of
bohemia, taverns, and the underworld - S. Scott (1912)
The
chronicles of crime, or The new Newgate calendar Vol. 1 - C. Pelham (1841)
The
chronicles of crime, or The new Newgate calendar Vol. 2 - C. Pelham (1841)
The
chronicles of crime; or, The new Newgate calendar, being a series of memoirs
and anecdotes of notorious characters who have outraged the laws of Great Britain
Vol. 1 - C. Pelham (1887)
The
chronicles of crime; or, The new Newgate calendar, being a series of memoirs
and anecdotes of notorious characters who have outraged the laws of Great
Britain Vol. 2 - C. Pelham (1887)
The
chronicles of Newgate Vol. 1 - A. Griffiths (1884)
The
chronicles of Newgate Vol. 2 - A. Griffiths (1884)
The criminal
recorder; or, Biographical sketches of notorious public characters Vol. 1 - A.
F. (1804)
The criminal
recorder; or, Biographical sketches of notorious public characters Vol. 2 - A.
F. (1804)
The criminal
recorder; or, Biographical sketches of notorious public characters Vol. 3 - A.
F. (1804)
The criminal
recorder; or, Biographical sketches of notorious public characters Vol. 4 - A.
F. (1804)
The elements
of criminal law and procedure, with a chapter on summary convictions - A. M.
Wilshire (1911)
The English
prison system - E. J. Ruggles-Brise (1921)
The history
and romance of crime from the earliest time to the present day Vols. 1 - 11 -
A. Griffiths (1912)
The History
of the Lives and Action of the Most Famous Highwaymen, Street-Robbers, Etc. -
C. Johnson (1813)
The
jurisdiction, practice and procedure of the Quarter sessions in judicial matters, criminal, civil and
appellate - T. S. Pritchard (1904)
The life of
Dick Turpin (1840)
The life of
Richard Palmer better known as Dick Turpin, the notorious highwayman and robber
- H. D. Miles (1839)
The loom of
the law - J. A. R. Cairns (1922)
The modern
prison curriculum, a general review of our penal system - R. F. Quiton (1912)
The new and
complete Newgate calendar; or, villany displayed in all its branches ... in
England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland Vols. 1 - 6 - W. Jackson (1795)
The Newgate
calendar - Comprising interesting memoirs of the most notorious characters who
have been convicted of outrages on the laws of England Vols. 1 & 4 - A. Knapp
(1824)
The Newgate
calendar improved; being interesting memoirs of notorious characters who have
been convicted of offences against the laws of England Vols. 1 - 6 - G. T.
Wilkinson (1836)
The Old
Bailey and Newgate - C. Gordon (1902)
The
prisoners' memoirs - C. Andrews (1852)
The
punishment and prevention of crime - E. F. Du Cane (1885)
The seven
curses of London
- J. Greenwood (1869)
The seven
deadly sinnes of London
- T. Dekker (1922)
The story of
crime, from the cradle to the grave - H. L. Adam (1908)
The story of Dartmoor prison - B. Thomson (1907)
The substance
of a conversation with John Bellingham, the assassin of the late Right Hon.
Spencer Perceval - D. Wilson
(1812)
The thirde
& last part of conny-catching, with the new devised knauish art of
fooletaking - R. Greene (1923)
The trial,
sentence and confessions of Bishop, Williams, and May, at the Old Bailey,
London, on Friday, December 2, 1831, for the murder of Carlo Ferrari, an
Italian boy (1831)
The
underworld of London
- S. T. Felstead (1923)
Tort, crime,
and police in mediaeval Britain
- J. W. Jeudwine (1917)
Trials from
the Newgate calendar (1908)
Wards of the
state - an unofficial view of prison and the prisoner - T. Hopkins (1913)
An absolute must
for anyone with an interest in the history of British crime, Britain’s most
notorious criminals and prisons – an unbelievable treasure trove of information
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