The World's Famous Prisons. An Account of the State of Prisons from the Earliest Times to Present Day, with the History of Celebrated Cases. ( The Connoisseur Edition).

Major Arthur Griffiths

Published by The Grolier Society, 1905

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A RARE AND HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER TWELVE VOLUME SET ON WORLD PRISONS. CONNOISSEUR EDITION. THIS SET BEING NUMBER 117 OF 150. Original three quarter brown goatskin with marbled paper covered boards. Five raised spine bands accented with gilt design. Compartmentalized gilt designs with red leather and gilt onlays. Top edges of the pages are in gilt, the other edges are rough cut. Each volume has two frontispieces done in photogravures with tissue guards and titles in red. There are full pages illustrations as well. The volumes are as follows : English Prisons - Three volumes 324, 312, 349 pages. Oriental Prisons, 284 pages. Italian Prisons, 276 pages. Russian Prisons, 292 pages. Non criminal Prisons (War), 305 pages. Prisons Over Seas, 346 pages. Spanish Prisons, 260 pages. German and Austrian Prisons, 296 pages. Modern French Prisons, 258 pages. Early French Prisons, 317 pages. A RARE STUNNING LOOKING SET. Size: 6.0" x 9.0" Language: eng.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The World's Famous Prisons. An Account of the State of Prisons from the Earliest Times to Present Day, with the History of Celebrated Cases. ( The Connoisseur Edition).
• Publisher: The Grolier Society
• Publication Date: 1905
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fine