THEY HANGED MY SAINTLY BILLY: The Life and Death of Dr. William Palmer.
Pp. 312; beige cloth, spine lettered in silver and decorated in red; top edges red, fore-edges uncut; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split, the backstrip slightly discoloured; free endpapers faintly offset; Doubleday & Company, Inc., New York, 1957. First U.S. edition. Higginson & Williams A82b. *Historical novel about Dr. William Palmer, who was hanged in 1856 for poisoning John Parsons Cook. 'A novel filled with sex, drink, dope, horse racing, incest, suicides, murders, scandalous legal proceedings, cross examinations, inquests and a good public hanging' [wrapper blurb]. Item #145442
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