The Good Doctor Guillotin and His Strange Device by Soubiran, Andre - 1964

Souvenir Press, 1964. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1964. 224 pages. Red pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth with gilt lettering. Inscription to front endpaper. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Tanning to spine and edges. The unclipped dust jacket has moderate edge wear, tears and chips to edges and spine ends. Tanning to spine and edges.

London: Souvenir Press, 1964. HC. good w/good dustjacket (hardcover). B&W illustrations. Believe it or not, Dr. Guillotin did not invent the hideous machine that bears his name. In fact, he only narrowly excaped execution himself and his sole motive in suggesting the use of the guillotine was the prevention of further suffering to the victims of the French Revolution. 224pp.

Souvenir Press. Used - Good. Good condition. Acceptable dust jacket. (Guillotine, French Revolution, History) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Souvenir Press, 1964. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1964. First Edition Thus. 224 pages. Illustrated jacket over cloth. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Clipped jacket has heavy edge-wear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing.

Souvenir Press, 1964-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. FIRST EDITION with dust jacket - rare and collectable - will send out 1 st class post within 12 hours of receipt of order

London: Souvenir Press, 1964. Please email for further details A VERY nice copy.. Not Signed or Inscribed. First English Edition. Maroon Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good. Illus. by 19 Illustrations. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Hardback.

London England: Souvenir Press, 1964. Hardback. Slight foxing to edge. Wear and a couple of tears to edge of D/J. Price clipped. Translated by Malcolm MacCraw. Guillotin, one of the great monsters of history. Such - by one of the supreme ironies of fate - is the popular conception of the man who gave his name to the hideous machine of the French Revolution. The truth is that Guillotin was an honest, upright and highly taleneted humanitarian, who only narrowly escaped execution hilself and whose sole motive in suggesting the use of the guillotine (which he did not even invent) was the prevention of further suffering to the victims of the revolution. In this book the author sets this astonishing man in his true perspective. The remarkable part he played in the establishment of freemasonary in France; his astonishing duel with Mesmer and his exposure of that charlatan; his growing interest and influence in politics and the decisive part he played at the beginning of the French Revolution - all this is… Read More

souvenir press london 1964. first edition proof copy 224pp.VG+(sl.shelf-wear and browning to edges,prelims.mod.foxed, draft of meredith money's review tucked in rear) in VG wraps(tape repair to top edge at spine,sl.foxed,soiled and browned,mod.shelf-wear to extrems.)

Souvenir Press, 1964-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. in x in x in. Clean copy, sound binding.

London: Souvenir, 1964 DW has some tears along folds of spine, rubbed and slightly chipped corners, 224pp + plates. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.