In The Belly Of The Beast; Letters from Prison.
8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Random House, (1981). vg. More
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Seven Wives and Seven Prisons: or, Experiences in the Life of a Matrimonial Monomaniac. A True Story, written by Himself.
New York: Privately Printed, 1870. 3 illustrations. 205pp. 12mo, burgundy cloth (worn), gilt spine. New York: Published for the author, 1870. First Edition. Good. More
Prisons, Protest, and Politics.
8vo, cloth, d.w. Englewood Cliffs, NJ, (1972). More
Du Systeme Penitentiaire aux Etats-Unis et de son Application en France; Suivi d'un Appendice sur les Colonies Penales et de Notes Statistiques.
Paris: H. Fournier, 1833. Illustrated at rear with 5 plates depicting prisons and their floor plans, 3 folding. (iv), (viii), 439 pages. 8vo, attractively bound in contemporary 1/4 black calf; marbled boards and endpapers (minor rubbing to extremities; light foxing throughout). Paris: H. Fournier Jeune, 1833. First edition. A very good(+) copy. In 1831 Beaumont and De Tocqueville were commissioned by the French government to examine America's latest prisons, which were renowned for their innovative approaches to penology. Their nine-month..... More
Prison Administration in India; (With special reference to Uttar Pradesh).
1970. 8vo, cloth, d.w. Delhi: S. Chand, 1970.vg. More
The Adventures of Ralph Rashleigh; A Penal Exile in Australia, 1825-1844.
Some facsimiles. 8vo, cloth (chipped at foot). London: Jonathan Cape, (1929). A very good(-) copy. More
Letters from Marion
Milwaukee: Big House Publishing, 2015. Facsimiles. 4to, red boards, d.w. (Milwaukee): Big House Publishing, (2015). As New A deadhead's journey form peace to a super max prison. More
Last Letters; Prisons and Prisoners of the French Revolution, 1793-1794
New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1987. Frontis. 8vo, 1/2 blue cloth, d.w. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (1987). More
The Springing of George Blake.
illus. 8vo, cloth, torn d.w. N.Y., (1970). More
The Animal Factory
New York: Viking, 1977. 8vo, cloth backed boards, d.w. New York: Viking, (1977). First Edition. Fine. More
Hostages to Fortune
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1971. 8vo, green cloth, d.w. lightly soiled and with several small tears. London: Hamish Hamilton, (1971). History of the fall of Hong Kong in World War II and the Japanese captivity of the British soldiers captured in Hong Kong. More
We Were Each Other's Prisoners; An Oral History of World War II American and German Prisoners of War.
illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w. (N.Y.): Basic Books, (1997). Fine. More
Colditz; The Untold Story of World War II's Great Escapes
New York: William Morrow, 2001. Illus. 446pp. 8vo, 1/2 gray cloth, d.w. lightly soiled. (New York): William Morrow, (2001). More
Condemned: Inside the Sing Sing Death House
New York: New York University Press, 2000. Illustrated with b/w photographs throughout. 166 pages. Tall 8vo, black boards, dust wrapper. New York: New York University Press, (2000). A fine copy and fine dust wrapper. More
Condemned; Inside the Sing Sing Death House.
New York: New York University Press, 2000. Illus. 4to, pr. wrs. New York: New York University Press, (2000). Near Fine. More
The Ruhleben Prison Camp: A Record of Nineteen Months' Internment
London: Methuen, 1917. Illus. 8vo, original blue cloth, cloth lightly soiled, ex-lib, corners bumped, scattered light foxing to margins, including margins of some illustrations. London: Methuen, (1917). Author was an British journalist living in Berlin. He was arrested on suspicion of espionage and kept in the Ruhleben Prison Camp. More
Soldiers and Slaves; American POWs Trapped by the Nazis' Final Gamble
New York: Knopf, 2005. Illus. 8vo, two-toned boards, d.w. New York: Knopf, 2005. Near Fine History the American POWs held at the Berga concentration camp. More
The Crime That Never Was.
Tampa: Justice Press, 1980. xiii + 307 pages, 8vo, red cloth, lightly soiled d.w. (Tampa): Justice Press, (1980). A very good(+) copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. More
Two Lives, One Russia.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1988. illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1988. vg. More
Prisoner of the Japs
New York: Knopf, 1943. Folding map of Hong Kong. 8vo, blue cloth, bottom of spine and edges of corners worn. New York: Knopf, 1943. Author was an American journalist who was living in Hong Kong when it was captured by the Japanese in 1941 and was a prisoner there. More
A Prisoner's Duty; Great Escapes in U. S. Military History
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1997. Illus. 8vo, gray cloth, d.w. sunned on spine portion, cloth lightly soiled. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, (1997). More
Readings In Criminology And Penology.
698pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York: Columbia UP, (1966). More
Cahiers de l'ile du Diable
Paris: Editions Artulis, 2009. 280pp., 4to, hand-bound in acid-etched pewter paper with spine exposed; slipcase. Paris: Editions Artulis, 2009. Limited First Edition. 14 notebooks, the only surviving writings by Dreyfus from the days of his imprisonment, are here published in facsimile, printed in serigraphs. They consist of 500 pages of Dreyfus's elegant handwriting, created to keep his mind sharp and as a tool of resistance. One of 300 copies. More
The Trail of the Dead Years.
illus. 8vo, cloth; (cloth lightly soiled). Washington: Prisoners Relief Society, 1932. More
An Account of the State Prison or Penitentiary House, in the City of New-York.
By One of the Inspectors of the Prison. large folding plate of the prison; large folding plate of floor plan of prison; tables, some folding. thin 8vo, orig. wrs.; (foxing throughout, including plates; wrs. chipped and soiled, uncut). N.Y.: Isaac Collins and Son, 1801. Unsigned presentation copy. Thomas Eddy persuaded the legislature to build the Newgate Prison in Greenwich Village. "Thomas Eddy helped superintend the building operations and then acted for several years as an inspector and agent of the..... More