shearer john d (8 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. Small tears to dust-jacket edges, as photographed; illustrated boards remain very good; previous owner's name to ffep; light foxing to title-page; otherwise unmarked and clean throughout; the book, prepared for use in schools, is divided into two parts, with part one a comprehensive survey of the islands, including the history from prehistoric to modern times, the geology, flora and fauna etc; the second part is a compilation of writings by Orcadian authors, including Eric Linklater, Edwin Muir, George MacKay Brown; endpaper maps + 183 + 18pls.

Zustand: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original illustrated burnt orange paper covered boards, maps to the end papers. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains 183 printed pages of text with colour frontispiece and monochrome photographs throughout. Foxing to the closed upper edges. Near Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with tiny chips to the spine tips and corners, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this preserves and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ORKNEY & SHETLAND.

First Edition. Slight foxing to edges of page block otherwise VG in VG dustjacket. Colour frontispiece of St Magnus cathedral Essays and literature of the Orkneys -include George Mackay Brown poems and also poetry by Robert Rendall and Edwin Muir.

Zustand: Very Good. Very Good condition. Acceptable dust jacket. (pennsylvania, PA, prisons, history).

Teeters, Negley K. Shearer, John D. The Prison at Philadelphia, Cherry Hill: the Separate System of Penal Discipline, 1829-1913. New York: Columbia University Press, 1957. xvi, 249 pp. Hardcover in moderately worn, price clipped dust jacket. Ink stamps to front free endpaper and edges. $50. *Contents: The Pennsylvania system of penal discipline; The building of Cherry Hill; The early days of Cherry Hill; Investigations of Cherry Hill; Charles Dickens and his Cherry Hill prisoners; Prison practices and policies in Cherry Hill; The rise and fall of the Pennsylvania system; Influence of the Pennsylvania system.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong.SIGNED and inscribed by Negley. Physical description; xvi, 249 pages; (8º). Subjects; State Penitentiary for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Prison discipline. State Penitentiary. Criminology. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Presumed first edition/first printing. xvi, [2], 249p., ill., 24 cm. Footnotes. Index. Published for Temple University Publications. Very good in very good dust jacket. DJ, in plastic sleeve, has slight wear and soiling.