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1 SCOTT, George Ryley A HISTORY OF PROSTITUTION. From Antiquity to the Present Day
London Werner Laurie 1940 Second Edition Hardcover VG VG 
viii+238pp. Dust-jacket sunned. (1st published 1936). Divided into three parts the author studies The Causes of Prostitution, History of Prostitution and Prostitution Today, with all the underlying causes, attempts at suppression, regulation, the traffic in women, male prostitution, the laws, effects and much more. In his Preface, he assures the reader that he was not connected to any reformative, moralistic or pietistic society or association, it was just that he felt the whole field needed a survey with the dispassionate eye of the scientific observer. (A printed note on the cover states that sale of the book was restricted to members of the medical & legal professions, scientists,sociologists, criminologists etc.). Includes Index. 
Price: 20.00 GBP
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2 SCOTT, George Ryley INTO WHOSE HANDS. An Examination of Obscene Libel, Its Legal, Sociological and Literary Aspects.
London Gerald G. Swan 1945 First Edition Hardcover VG  No Dj 
236pp. Blue cloth with gilt titles, one corner bumped. Endpapers little dusty with minor foxing, o/w clean internally. The author traces the origin and development of obscenity laws, various methods of censorship and the many absurdities that occur and looks at possible means of reform. Includes The Bradlaugh Case, 1877; Vizetelly Prosecution, 1888; Persecution of D.H. Lawrence, 1929 etc. as well as some books which have been banned or withdrawn including Fanny Hill, Lady Chatterley's Lover, Frank Harris autobiography as well as films, plays, radio productions. With Bibliography and Index.  
Price: 12.00 GBP
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3 SCOTT, George Ryley THE HISTORY OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. Including an Examination of the Case for and Against the Death Penalty
Torchstream/Anglobooks, London/New York First US Edition Hardcover VG No Dj 
xx+312pp+illus. Blue cloth with gilt titles. Sig. to endpaper. Minor foxing to endpaper. Although the publisher is shown as Torchstream 1950, there is an overprint of the American edition dated 1951. Divided into four sections this classic work covers Historical and Sociological Aspects of Capital Punishment; Psychological Aspects of Capital Punishment; The Technique of Capital Punishment and the Case for and against Capital Punishment. A detailed study of the whole subject with numerous illustrations, Bibliography and Index. 
Price: 25.00 GBP
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4 SCOTT, George Ryley THE HISTORY OF TORTURE THROUGH THE AGES
London Luxor Press 1959 Reprint. Hard Cover Very Good 
xvi+328pp+illustrations. Nice bright copy in blue cloth with gilt titles.little bumped at corner. A study of torture throughout the world with sections on Psychological Aspects of Torture, The History of Torture, The Technique of Torture and The Case Against Torture. Very well illustrated.Bibliography and Index. 
Price: 18.00 GBP
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