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Guts and Pity : The Hanging That Ended Capital Punishment in Australia
by Dickins, Barry
- Used
- Good
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Dust Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0868194247
- ISBN 13
- 9780868194240
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Currency Press, Paddington, New South Wales, 1996. First Edition. Softcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Photographic. Signed by Author. 300 g; 104 pages, last four pages blank, includes appendix of resources And, Personalities Involved in the Case, which excludes Ronald Ryan! Inscribed by the author on the title page. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs and some facsimiles of newspapers articles. Barry Dickins, the author of the award-winning play Remember Ronald Ryan, powerfully evokes Ryan the man, the drama of his story and the historical background to the execution, with a rich collection of anecdote and ephemera: recollections by people connect with Ryan's escape, arrest, detention and appeal, as well as supporters and opponents of capital punishment. -- from the rear panel. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. The author has signed the book on the title page.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Sociology; Local History -- Victoria; Legal; Signed by Author. ISBN: 0868194247. ISBN/EAN: 9780868194240. Inventory No: 0218188. . 9780868194240
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- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0218188
- Title
- Guts and Pity : The Hanging That Ended Capital Punishment in Australia
- Author
- Dickins, Barry
- Illustrator
- Photographic
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0868194247
- ISBN 13
- 9780868194240
- Publisher
- Currency Press
- Place of Publication
- Paddington, New South Wales
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- BZDB2 CAPITAL PUNISHMENT AUSTRALIA CRIMINOLOGY LAW History; Sociology; Local History -- Victoria; Legal; Photographic Signed by Author Unbranded ISBN: 0868194247 EAN: 9780868194240 Dickins, Barry Guts and Pity : The Hanging That Ended Capital Punishment
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Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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