Murders and Moralities: English Catchpenny Prints 1800-1860

by Thomas Gretton

$45 · Offered by The Lawbook Exchange

Gretton, Thomas. Murders and Moralities: English Catchpenny Prints 1800-1860. London : A Colonnade Book, 1980 . 128 pp. Illustrated. Softcover. Very good. Scuffing to front cover. Internally clean. 45. * A fascinating and richly illustrated visual history of early 19th-century popular street literature. Gretton examines catchpenny prints and broadsides, showing how sensational murders, public executions, and moral tales were illustrated and sold to the British

• Binding: Softcover

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