{"product_id":"the-newgate-calendars-folio-society-847","title":"The Newgate Calendars","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Newgate Calendars. (2v.) Newgate Calendar, The, edited and introduced by Sir Norman Birkett, with contemporary engravings, 260pp. New Newgate Calendar, The, edited and with an introduction by Lord Birkett, illustrated by Hablot K. Browne ('Phiz'), 265pp. Quarter black cloth, brown paper boards with a repeat pattern in black and gold by Daniel Norman, brown endleaves. Brown two-volume slipcase. A photolithographic reprint of two volumes first published in 1951 and 1960 respectively. 22.7 x 15.1 cm. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Newgate Calendars collect accounts of notorious criminals associated with London's Newgate Prison and the British criminal justice system. The stories describe murders, robberies, frauds and other crimes, usually following each offender from wrongdoing through trial and punishment. Sensational yet historically fascinating, the Calendars offer insight into crime, morality and popular attitudes toward punishment in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Britain.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Folio Vault","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":55216467018067,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"Good","offer_id":55421142532435,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/thefoliovault.com\/products\/the-newgate-calendars-folio-society-847","provider":"Folio Vault","version":"1.0","type":"link"}