Shelfmark
Em.4.17
Author
Title
An authentic and faithful history of the mysterious murder of Maria Marten, with a full development of all the extraordinary circumstances which led to the discovery of her body in the red barn; to which is added, the trial of William Corder, taken at large in short hand specially for this work, with an account of his execution, dissection, &c., and many interesting particulars relative to the village of Polstead and its vicinity; the prison correspondence of Corder, and fifty-three letters, in answer to his advertisement for a wife. The whole compiled and arranged with upwards of three hundred explanatory notes, / by J. Curtis, and embellished with many highly interesting engravings..
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Published by Thomas Kelly, Paternoster-Row., MDCCCXXVIII.. [1828]
Physical description
xvi, 472 p., [1] leaves of plates : ill., port., diagrs. ; 21 cm.
Note
Manufacturer's information on title-page verso (similar in colophon): "Printed by William Clowes, Stamford-Street."
Note
William Corder was tried at the assizes held at Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, August, 1828.
Note
Plates ill. and engraved by W. Panormo.
Provenance
Manuscript inscription on upper flyleaf verso: "Cha[rles] H. Headley / 1829".
Binding
19th-century mottled brown calf over millboard (?sewn on three recessed supports). On both covers, an outer border of a gilt foliate roll ; narrow squares. Spine flat, the panels gold-tooled. Textblock trimmed and undecorated. Endpapers comprised of orange marbled paper (pastedown and flyleaf).
Copy-specific note
Fragments of spine coverings loose in flyleaves.
Copy-specific note
Manuscript note in a 20th-century hand on upper flyleaf verso: "Criminology".
Subject
Subject
Subject
True crime stories Great Britain 19th century.
Subject
Criminology Great Britain 19th century.
Added entry--name
Kelly, Thomas publisher.
Added entry--name
Clowes, William, 1779 - 1847 printer.
Added entry--name
Great Britain Courts of Oyer and Terminer and General Gaol Delivery.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B50934