ANDREWS, WILLIAM. — Old-Time Punishments.

Hull: William Andrews & Co, 1890. 1st edition. A history of punishment methods. Contents: The Ducking Stool; The Brank, or Scold's Bridle; The Pillory; Punishing Authors and Burning Books; Finger-Pillory; The Jougs; The Stocks; The Drunkard's Cloak; Whipping; Public Penance; Repentance Stool; Riding the Stang; Gilbert-Lore: i) Drowning; ii) Burning to Death; iii) Boiling to Death; iv) Beheading; v) Hanging, Drawing, and Quartering; vi) Pressing to Death; vii) Hanging; viii) Hanging in Chains; ix) The Halifax Gibbet; x) The Scottish Maiden. Pp.x/251, frontispiece + occasional illustrations in the text, owner's name to top of title page, some cracking to inner hinges (but holding). Green cloth, gilt decorated title to front, gilt title to spine, minor wear to top and tail of spine, bumps to corner tips. G+.