Published by D. Appleton-Century Company Inc., New York and London, 1933
Seller: Shoemaker Booksellers, Gettysburg, PA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: USED_VERYGOOD. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. 453 pp. Original red cloth covers w/ title in gilt. Covers moderately soiled and rubbed. Spine a bit sunned. Illust. w/ figures of a Jail Record Card and Punch Card; also includes two fold-out maps and many tables. Contents nice.
Published by New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1933. dj, 1933
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Condition: UNSPECIFIED. SIGNED hardcover first edition - First printing. The University of Virginia Institute for Research in the Social Sciences Monograph No. 16. A very detailed and thorough look at the prisons and jails throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia, with a look at the history, the current procedures for everything ranging from feeding, control, health, and a look towards the future. The introduction makes the point that it is very difficult to make improvements to the system, which is deeply imbedded in our social system and benefits from the often mistaken assumption that things are being well-handled. An interesting association copy INSCRIBED by one of the authors - Delbert Mann - to his son, Delbert Mann, Jr, the Academy Award winning director of "Marty" as well as the director of many other films, including "Dark at the Top of the Stairs," "Separate Tables," and more. Illustrated with figures of a Jail Record Card and Punch Card, two fold-out maps and many tables. Index, xvi, 453 pp. Near fine in a good dust jacket. (some fading to the spine, offsetting to the endpapers from a newspaper review laid in, dust jacket has a loss of approx 1/2 at base of spine, other edgewear).