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1943001675Washington DC: United States Prison Service 1943. Softcover. Revised edition; 9 x 6; pp. 55; green textured wraps; small vignette to front wrap; several closed cuts to edges; rubbing to spine; very light foxing to first and last pages only else clean; illustrated with photographs; overall very good condition. An uncommon manual for training prison emploees it was prepared to meet changes in the nature of the personnel of the Bureau of Prisons its turnover advanced age and poor physical fitness. The course outlined in the booklet was divided into sections on Semi-military drill defense holds and calisthenics and illustrated - in photographs and descriptions "Punch to head" "One-arm strangle" "Overhand knife attack" and so on. Washington, DC: United States Prison Service paperback books
19497364Washington DC: United States Bureau of Prisons 1949. First Edition. Full pebble-grained leather; dustjacket; 317pp; illus. Mild rubbing to leather at board edges and spine ends; bookplate to verso of rear endpaper; early presentation to front endpaper to architect Stanley McGaughan with ownership label of McGaughan and Johnson Architects. Text clean complete and unmarked. Jacket rubbed at extremities with shallow chips to spine ends. Scarce monograph including a section on the history of prison design and construction. United States Bureau of Prisons unknown books
193716674New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1937. First Edition. Octavo. Blue cloth cover decoratively stamped in gilt and green; dustjacket; 332pp. Top edge of text block a little dusty else a tight VG copy in the original pictorial dustwrapper worn at edges and with a closed tear to base of front panel; Good or better. Fictionalized account of the author's real-life experiences on San Quentin's Death Row following a wrongful murder conviction. Lamson also published a non-fiction account We Who Are About To Die 1935. Oddly the setting is changed to Washington State Penitentiary for this fictional version. HANNA 2080. Charles Scribner's Sons unknown books
198644769New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1986. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 24.25cm; beige paper and brown cloth-covered boards with titling and author's initials stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; xiv3804pp; illus. Some trivial wear to board edges else Fine in a lightly shelfworn Near Fine dustjacket. Memoirs of a Cuban political prisoner held in Isla de Pinos prison for 22 years detailing the day-to-day conditions he and his fellow inmates lived in tortures they suffered through and his release. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
18474980Troy: Published and Sold by L. Willard 1847. First Edition. 1 - 44 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original printed wrappers uncut and unopened; some chipping at margins sporadic foxing. First Edition. 1 - 44 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contains: The Condemned: A Chapter from Our City Prison: A Tale of Truth and Horror. Wright I 2444 Published and Sold by L. Willard unknown books
193146420New York: Macmillan Company 1931. First Edition. Octavo 22cm.; publisher's maroon gilt-lettered buckram blue-green printed dust jacket; vii7318pp.; photographic frontispiece eleven leaves of photographs printed on rectos and versos. A hint of shelf wear to cloth extremities endpapers toned bottom corner of upper jacket flap clipped though upper corner retaining original price of $3.50 shallow chips along jacket extremities most notably at spine ends spine additionally a bit toned with brief soil spot at foot not affecting cloth binding else Near Fine in a Very Good copy of the scarce dust jacket. This work the result of a year-long study of penological practices across the globe from the criminal tribes in India Japanese penal institutions and the Parchman prison farm in Mississippi. John L. Gillin 1871-1958 was president of the American Sociological Association and showed little qualms at Parchman Farm's use of the strap as a disciplinary practice. Macmillan Company unknown books
183339519Paris: Au Dépôt de Lois Chez Gustave Pissin Imprimerie de P. Dupont et Laguionie 1833. Pp. 1-32 49-128 lacking part of "Nouvelle lois actes rendues en Angleterre" and much of Victor Foucher's "Code pénal de la république de Bolivia". 1 vols. 8vo. Disbound accompanied by upper cover some light spotting inked underlining of a few pages else very good. Pp. 1-32 49-128 lacking part of "Nouvelle lois actes rendues en Angleterre" and much of Victor Foucher's "Code pénal de la république de Bolivia". 1 vols. 8vo. Penal systems extradition transportation. Intended to provide the readers with recent changes or papers in the international legal and economic fields. Includes Mittermaier's paper on the British Penal System "Renseignemens nouveaux et récens sur l'efficacité du systeme pénal des Anglais et spécialement de la transportation" pp. 7-24 a section on "Nouvelle Publications" the "Chronique" M. Pinnheiro-Ferreira former minister of Portugal's "Observations sur la loi belge du 1er Octobre 1833 concernant l'extridition des réfugiés" pp. 65-80 an extract of the article by M. Wagener on "De l'Administration de la Justice criminelle en Autriche" pp. 113-122. Au Dépôt de Lois, Chez Gustave Pissin [Imprimerie de P. Dupont et Laguionie unknown books
191723145Boston: Little Brown and Company 1917. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Small rubber receipt stamp from the Government of Vermont 1918. Fine book in a near fine dust jacket with one small chip at top edge. 201 pages plus index. Scarce in jacket. <br/><br/> Little, Brown and Company hardcover books
191014969n.p.: State of New York Prison Department 1910. First printing. Black pebbled cloth. Lightly rubbed else very good. Stamp of State Assemblyman on endpapers. Small faint stain to fore edge. Tiny tear to last leaf. A tight clean copy. 461 pp. 8vo. Report covers Sing Sing Prison Auburn clinton Great Meadow Sate Prison for women Matteawan State Hospital Danneomora State Hospital and the Bureau of Identification. State of New York, Prison Department hardcover books
191717764New York: Division of Intelligence and Publicity of Columbia University 1917. Small 8vo. 6 2 pp. <br><br>First edition. Columbia War Papers series 1 number 2. Some notes on the possibilities of internment. "Published with the approval of the Department of Justice. In self-wrappers. Pencilled library call number at bottom edge of p. 1. First leaf torn at bottom margin without affecting text; short tear at outer margins of pp. 5/6 and last leaf not intruding upon text. Division of Intelligence and Publicity of Columbia University unknown books
184127566Boston: n.p. 1841. First edition. Removed. A very good copy browning along extremities. 9 pp. 8vo. The committee reported that prisons were overcrowded the legislature did not reduce the harshness of sentences so prisoners could not be release early to alleviate overcrowding and the mentally ill should be prodided different treatment. Nothing has changed in 160 years. n.p. unknown books
195419322New York: Prentice-Hall Inc 1954. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 22cm; black cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine; brown topstain; dustjacket; 361pp. Base of spine gently nudged else a clean Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped lightly edge-rubbed with a few tiny tears and creases to same; Very Good to Near Fine with the spine notably unfaded. Chessman's classic account of life on San Quentin's Death Row adapted for the 1955 film of the same name directed by Fred F. Sears in 1955 starring William Campbell as Chessman. After publishing three books and exhausting a number of appeals Chessman was finally executed in 1960. An unusually nice copy. SUVAK 57. Prentice-Hall, Inc unknown books
194114614New York: War Resisters League 1941. First Edition. Staple-bound pamphlet 23cm x 10cm. Printed wrappers 11pp. Mild toning & soil to cover extremities else Near Fine. Brief description of life in a federal penitentiary prepared by a convicted C.O. to give others a notion of what to expect. Rather literal - the author discusses routines policies and regulations but supplies no personal impressions - but an interesting and uncommon document. War Resisters League unknown books
195025986Milwaukee WI: Tee-Pee-Gee Company n.d. but ca.1950. Board game consisting of one 1 game board 21.5" x 22" set of two 2 red acrylic dice 41 round and square painted wood pieces in black white green red yellow blue and brown one black piece replaced 17 game cards 2.25" x 3.75" printed on rectos only and original instruction manual 6" x 4". Dice game pieces and cards housed in the original manufacturers two-piece box. Game board is hinged with linen lightly worn at extremities with some occasional board exposure; instruction manual is browned overall folded in half with some splitting along spine fold and holographic notes to front and rear wrappers. Box for entire game not present though it is unclear whether or not one was issued. Presumed complete. "The fascination of this game lies in the variety of ways chances and combinations in which it can be played. For instance - a player may decide to play all the men on the straight and narrow path to freedom by being pardoned or take a shorter but more risky method as a fugitive. The trials of fate and temptation may enter at any time and upset all plans. This novel game which may be played by two to six players illustrates the separation of prisoners from the outside world and their discipline and reformation. It is a game of chance and skill and the possibility of your opponents' chance to win depends upon where and how you make your moves. It will hold you spellbound from beginning to end" - opening statement from instruction booklet.<br/><br/>A prison-themed board game with a phantom manufacturer; our research has failed to reveal much information about either one though in theory and objective it bears remarkable similarities to the much later ca.1990's board game The Slammer produced by Ruppert Games. Tee-Pee-Gee can be played by up to six players and while it appears fairly easy at first glance the dynamics are quite complicated with game pieces representing inmates messengers guards and visitors. The possibility for numerous moves exists dictated by the roll of the dice cards chosen and each players respective positioning on the board. Prisoners can be released or can choose to escape with or without the help of visitors. The winner of the game is the player with all their prisoners outside the walls either as "pardoned" or "fugitives" and their visitors "in good standing" with the prison officials. Rare; we find no example for sale at the time of this writing March 2021 and no record in OCLC. Tee-Pee-Gee Company unknown books
197229341Boston: Little Brown & Co 1972. First Edition. First Printing a review copy with the publisher's complimentary slip laid in. Octavo 20cm; dark gray paper-covered noards with titles stamped in silver and black on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 265pp; illus. Fine in a lightly shelfworn else Near Fine dustjacket. Anthology of prison writings by inmates of the Norfolk Prison Colony in eastern Massachusetts. Foreword by Elma Lewis under whose auspices much of the work was completed. With an introduction by James A. Lang an inmate who presumably shared the editorial credit. Includes a section of biographical sketches of the authors; illustrated throughout with photographs by Ted Pollumbaum. Little, Brown & Co unknown books