Sydney: Currency Press, Date: 1996. 100pp, notes, appendices, bw ills. Or card covers. Near new. The story of the hanging of Ronald Ryan, the last man to be hanged in Australia.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Small 4to. 1996. Currency Press ISBN 0868194247 9780868194240 [AU]

Paddington, NSW: Currency Press, Date: 1996. Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. There is a small ownership label on the front end paper and next to it another signature has been covered with whiteout, beneath that "2005" in blue biro. A clean, solid copy. 1996. Currency Press ISBN 0868194247 9780868194240 [AU]

ISBN10: 0868194247, ISBN13: 9780868194240, [publisher: Currency Press, Paddington, NSW] Softcover There is a small ownership label on the front end paper and next to it another signature has been covered with whiteout, beneath that "2005" in blue biro. A clean, solid copy.
[Benalla, VIC, Australia] [Publication Year: 1996]
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ISBN10: 0868194247, ISBN13: 9780868194240, [publisher: Currency Press, Sydney] Hardcover First Edition Glossy card cover, 100 pages. (SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by the author on title page, 15 04 1998.) This copy appears unread.
[Skipton, VIC, Australia] [Publication Year: 1996]

Sydney Currency Press 1996 First Edition Soft Cover Near Fine Small 4to. 100pp, notes, appendices, bw ills. Or card covers. Near new. The story of the hanging of Ronald Ryan, the last man to be hanged in Australia.

ISBN10: 0868194247, ISBN13: 9780868194240, [publisher: Currency Press] Softcover First Edition Softcover. On Friday, February 3 1967, in Melbourne, the temperature was 83 degrees Fahrenheit at 8am, rising to a top of 98 degrees at two that afternoon. That same day at 8am Ronald Joseph Ryan was hanged at Pentridge Prison. The night before the execution a force of 250 police, many of them with alsation dogs, was on duty to control a tense but passive crowd of about 800 outside Pentridge. Following the hanging about 100,000 workers throughout Victoria stopped work for two minutes of silence - work on the Melbourne waterfront came to a standstill. The execution had become a last-ditch battle between the old-style Premier, Sir Henry Bolte, and Australia's intelligentsia. The Premier won. But the hanging hardened public opinion against capital punishment and Ryan was the last felon to die at the hands of the State. His death was a punctuation mark in Australian history: a time when Australians confronted by the chilly impact of their own brutality, finally unburdened themselves of that convict inheritance and the gloom of the gallows. The author evokes Ryan the man, the drama of his story and the historical background to the execution, with a collection of anecdote and ephemera: recollections by people connected with Ryan's escape, arrest, detention and appeal, as well as supporters and opponents of capital punishment. Illus. with many photos and press cuttings f ...
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Paddington Currency Press Pty Ltd 1996 Hard cover Good. Some scratches and faded marks to the cover. Light wear to the edges. The content is clean and readable throughout, a decent enough copy. 110 p. Miscellaneous Series . Illustrations. Intended for professional and scholarly audience. Intended for college/higher education audience.