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Hardback, cloth. Condition: Good-. No Jacket. y First Edition. Lag's Lexicon: A Comprehensive Dictionary and Encyclopaedia of the English Prison of To-day, compiled by Paul Tempest. Hardback, 1950, first edition, published by Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 234 pages + viii. Measures around 7 1/2" by 5 1/4". Dark green cloth binding, gilt lettering to spine. Some scuffing and a little marking, some signs of shelf-wear, slightly bumped corners. Book has a very slight forward tilt. Binding firm, very slight slackness to upper spine. Page edges browned, a little foxed, marked and scuffed. Some foxing endpapers, the odd mark throughout but page surfaces generally clean with no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information. …

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. NO JACKET. Hardback 1950. 1st edition. Neat inscription is dated 1954. Clean & tight. NO JACKET. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref G100. Lag's Lexicon. A Comprehensive Dictionary and Encyclopaedia of the English Prison of To-day. Compiled by Paul Tempest. Published by Routledge, London.…