£400 - £600
Crime & Punishment. William Marwood (1820-1883), an autographed copy of his business/trade card, printed in monochrome: Wm. Marwood, Executioner, Church Lane, Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England, the verso of which is signed in manuscript and stamped in ink, 6.5 x 9cm, with a contemporary 1pp ALS in which the anonymous writer described his visit to the public executioner at his cobblers shop, noting to its recipient 'I enclose his card and autograph which I saw him inscribe - don't part with it', a later typescript of the letter, a later bw postcard, etc
Condition evident from image.
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