Lawes Lewis (88 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. B/W Photos with B/W Illustrations, 3 Page Introduction, 2 Staples in the Spine, Light Damp Staining to the Very Page Edges, No Soiling No Foxing No Smells, light shelf rubbings to the corner tips.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 2 Staples in the Spine, B/W Illustrations & B/W Photography.

Paperback. Condition: New. Edited and co-ordinated by Sarah Lowndes, Like The Sea I Think is an enthralling collection of new marine writing from East Anglia gathered from library workshops and open submissions held across the region. It is wonderfully designed, as always, by Emily Benton, and available as a memento and inspiration for all those living by, inspired by, or curious about, the sea. It is our provider, our enemy, our defender, our gateway to the world; it defines our borders, informs our imaginations, it inspires our artists. The anthology features an incredible range of writing styles, subject matter, and authors; the youngest featured is 11, the eldest 87. The perfect companion on a Norfolk coastal walk punctuated by warm coffee shops and local pubs.The volume includes 55 contributions from Viv Allen . Roy Ballard . Molly Bernardin . Neil Bousfield . Erin Bradshaw . Bev Broadhead . Tess Carruthers . David Cochrane . Louise Cole . Ruthie Collins . Mireia Molina Costa . Jade Cuttle . Janet Ellis . Cathy Erlam . Rose Evison . Jessica D'Alton Goode . Rachel Goodman . Mirabel Greaves . Chloe Hambly . Cate McKay Haynes . Sarah Hudis . Barrie de Lara . Jeni Lawes . Imogen Lea . Patricia Jane Lee . Stephanie Lillie . Angie Maddigan . George Mahood . Pip Mattich . Hillary Mellon . Jane Mills . Lloyd Mills . Jess Morgan . Lindsay Nash . Molly Naylor . Eoghan O'Maolain . Anna Opara . Sebastian Owen . Maria Pavledis . Clare Peed . Jon Platten . Simeon Ralph . Thogdin Ripley . Holly Sandiford . Gaia Shaw . Graham Sillett . James Smart . Robert F.W. Smith . Katie Stockton . Ryan Thacker . Rebecca Tough . Sarah Walker . Elizabeth Lewis Williams . Rachel Wood . Suzanne Woolnough.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: None. Staplebound pamphlet. Tanning, rubbing and edgewear. ; 27 pages.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Softcover. Condition: Good with no dust jacket. Illustrated by Adolph Treidler, J. S. Woolf (illustrator). Slightly cocked, sound binding. Pages clean, slightly tanned. Wrappers have edge wear with overall shelf wear, some tattering at spine. Full-page color ad for Lucky Strike cigarettes on back of wrappers. ; Contents: Pringle, Barbecues in Politics. Wilkins, "No Foxes Seen" (log of Arctic flying adventures). Maitland, Knights of the Air. Crowther, Henry Ford Talks about Edsel (and Edsel talks about his father). Lawes, Who Is a Criminal - and Why? Beaverbrook, Political Battles of the World War. Wilhelm, Working with Hoover. MacAdam, Where White Men Travel Alone. Harris, New Styles in Lumberjacks. A British Aviator, With the British Air Patrol in Irak. Thoams, Raiders of the Deep. Reviews. Many black and white advertisements for railroad equipment, automobiles and other items. ; Cover art, frontispiece; 9.5" tall; 231 pages.

Condition: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Man's Judgment of Death: An Analysis of the Operation and Effect of Capital Punishment Based on Facts, Not on Sentiment. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good +. First Edition. Single Issue In Original Wrappers. Light Wear, Bright, Foxing On Edges Of Page Block.

Softcover. Condition: Good with no dust jacket. Sound binding. Clean, tanned pages. Wraps have general light wear, light overall soiling. ; Contents: Frontispiece, Henry L. Stimson. The March of Events. Kent, Maryland - A Perfect State? Thomas, Raiders of the Deep: The Beginning of the War on Allied Commerce. Sullivan, The Presidential Race. Lawes, Life and Death in Sing Sing. Fishbein, Alcohol in the Practice of Medicine. Simons, Christ in the Movies. Hall, New Styles in Paper Money. Tittle, A Champion of Evolution. Wiggam, Science Measures Morals. Taft, So This Is Justice: See What Newspapers and Juries Have Done to It! Graves, The Making of a Conqueror: Lawrence's Preparation for the Leadership of the Desert Hosts. The Workshop. Books. Lawrence Chamberlain, Diversification, the Alchemy of Investment. In addition to the 112 pages of text, there are many pages of advertisements, most in black and white but some in color. ; 10.25" tall; 112 pages.

Softcover. Condition: Fair. Stapled wraps, has bumps with creasing to the spine ends and corners, uneven toning with foxing to the covers, wear to the edges, cross creasing along the spine, foxing with smudging to the pages, a snag torn to the fore edge of p. 7-8, and rusting to the binding staples that affects the pages. Overall, this is a solid, Fair only copy.

Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. No Dust Jacket Former Library book. (true crime, criminal justice, prisons, new york, NY) A reading only copy. Boards/spine/hinges may be broken, detached, or missing. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes/highlighting, be heavily stained, or detached. May be missing non-text pages (e.g. end pages, half title, title, frontispiece.).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. pp: 412. Bound in pictorial dust jacket over red cloth boards trimmed in black, all in trimmed red. The book is noteworthy for a number of reasons. It was the basis of a movie by the same name starring Spencer Tracy and Bette Davis. It was the only film in which these two appeared together. The author was the warden of Sing Sing for more than twenty years. He began the book with a description of the operation of the electric chair. It was intended as an argument against capital punishment, not a common opinion at the time of publication, particularly in the United States. And, the author had some influence on the script, at least during the early days. The book is very good, or a bit better. The jacket is complete but has a number of chips and tears along the edges, and at the spine ends. Laid in is a newspaper clipping of the obituary of Lewis. This has left a light brownish stain on part of the title page. The jacket is now protected with a Brodart cover.

Unknown. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Dust jacket in acceptable condition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Boards betray fading and nicks and other signs of wear and imperfection commensurate with age. Aesthetic fraying at the top of the spine, but the binding remains structurally sound. Pages unmarked. New mylar added to ensure future enjoyment. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Paperback. 35p., 4.5x6.5 inches, illustrated with drawings and b&w photos, front wrap stained else very good first edition in stapled wraps with die-cut design of prison bars. A collection of true stories from the infamous prison.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1932. 1st Edition. Very Good hardback book. No dust jacket. A square, tight and clean copy in original blue cloth covers. Spine ends just lightly bumped. 412pp. Sm 8vo. (E).

hardcover. Condition: Good.

Wraps. Condition: very good. Stapled wrappers.16mo (6 1/2" x 4 1/2") 35pp. with drawings and photographs. Some chipping at bottom edges of front cover.

Paperback. 35p., 4.5x6.5 inches, illustrated with drawings and b&w photos, staples rusted else very good first edition in stapled wraps with die-cut design of prison bars. A collection of true stories from the infamous prison.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Original publisher's light green paper wrappers with staple binding. 4 3/4" x 6 3/4." Twenty-seven pages, complete. A few black-and-white illustrations, complete. Pages are very clean and intact except for the occasional small mark. Covers are clean and intact overall but have age toning along the edges, slight offsetting on back, a few minuscule foxing spots at top edge on front, and rust stains from the staples on the spine. A Very Good copy. A unique publication about life at Sing Sing Correctional Facility in New York by Lewis Edward Lawes (1883-1947), who worked at Sing Sing as a prison warden for twenty-one years. Lawes oversaw the executions of 303 prisoners but was also an advocate of prison reform. In this pamphlet, Lawes makes his case for the importance of prison reform and proceeds to summarize what life is like at Sing Sing.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1942 reprint. Hardcover w/dust jacket. NF/VG. Book has only minor shelf rubbing and some age toning marks on endpapers. Jacket has edge rubbing wear, short tears, reverse side tape repairs on some parts of the edges, but is basically whole. 412 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Assumed first edition. Ex-library with the usual markings. No jacket. Covers and spine are quite battered and worn. Some pages slightly wrinkled from moisture but all pages are in good condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Good inn original wrappers. 267 + xxvi pages. Wrappers soiled, dampstain, some edgewear. Uncommon in any condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. SOLID & CLEAN, NO MARKINGS. THE TRUE INSIDE STORY. LOTS ON PUNISHMENT. SOME UNIQUE ILLUSTRATIONS. FRONT FREE ENDPAPER IS TORN AT TOP. FURTHER SCANS ON REQUEST, THANKS.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 2 preliminary leaves, 27, [1] pages : illustrations (including portrait) ; 17 cm. A brief sketch of Sing Sing Prison in New York, its personnel, the men who comprised its population, and the methods and policies used to aid in their rehabilitation. This is the first, and most rare, of the books which Warden Lawes wrote about the New York prison which he supervised. Light toning to the cover and a name scrawled at the top of the cover.

Pamphlet. Condition: Good. [2], 27, [1] pages. Illustrations. Cover worn and soiled. Scarce. The author was the prison's warden. Lewis Edward Lawes (September 13, 1883 - April 23, 1947) was a prison warden and a proponent of prison reform. During his 21-year tenure at Sing Sing Correctional Facility, he supervised the executions of 303 prisoners. He worked at first Auburn Prison, then Elmira Reformatory. In March 1915 he was named Superintendent of the City Reformatory on Hart Island in New York City. Lawes became warden of the Massachusetts State Prison in 1918. New York Governor Al Smith asked him to take over as Warden of Sing Sing. Lawes took charge on January 1, 1920. He was featured on the cover and in an article of Time magazine issue of November 18, 1929. Lawes wrote several books. Several of his works were made into films. His most famous book, Twenty Thousand Years in Sing Sing, was made into a 1932 movie under the same title, starring Spencer Tracy, and again in 1940 as Castle on the Hudson, featuring John Garfield. Invisible Stripes in 1939, with George Raft, was based on his novel of the same name, while Humphrey Bogart starred in You Can't Get Away with Murder in 1939, an adaptation of Chalked Out, a play Lawes co-wrote. His papers are archived in the Special Collections of the Lloyd Sealy Library, John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Sing Sing Correctional Facility is a maximum security prison operated by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision in the village of Ossining, in the U.S. state of New York. It is located about 30 miles (50 km) north of New York City on the east bank of the Hudson River. In 1970, the name of the facility was changed to "Ossining Correctional Facility" but, in 1985, it reverted to its original name. "Sing Sing" was derived from the name of a Native American Nation, "Sinck Sinck" (or "Sint Sinck"), from whom the land was purchased in 1685. Sing Sing prison confines about 1,700 prisoners. There are plans to convert the original 1825 cell block into a time specific museum. The prison property is bisected by the Metro-North Railroad's four-track Hudson Line. Sing Sing was the fifth prison built by New York State. In 1824, the New York Legislature gave Elam Lynds, warden of Auburn Prison and a former Army captain, the task of constructing a new prison. Lynds decided to build a prison on Mount Pleasant, near (and thus named after) a small village in Westchester County named Sing Sing, whose name came from the Native American words "Sinck Sinck" which translates to "stone upon stone".[9] The legislature appropriated $20,100 to purchase the 130-acre (0.53 km2) site, and the project received the official stamp of approval. Lynds hand-selected 100 inmates from the Auburn prison for transfer and had them transported by barge via the Erie Canal and down the Hudson River to freighters. When it was opened in 1826, Sing Sing was considered a model prison, because it turned a profit for the state, and by October 1828, was finally completed. A notable warden was Lewis Lawes. He was offered the position of warden in 1919, accepted in January 1920, and remained for 20 years as Sing Sing's warden. While warden, Lawes brought about reforms and turned what was described as an "old hellhole" into a modern prison with sports teams, educational programs, new methods of discipline and more. Several new buildings were also constructed during the years Lawes was warden. Lawes retired in 1941 after 21 years as warden and died six years later. The original 1825 cellblock is no longer used and in 2002 plans were announced to turn this into a museum. In total, 614 men and women-including four inmates under federal death sentences-were executed by electric chair in the death row house with "Old Sparky", at Sing Sing. High-profile executions include Julius and Ethel Rosenberg on June 19, 1953, for espionage for the Soviet Union on nuclear weapon research; and Gerhard A. Puff on August 12, 1954, for murder of an FB.

First Edition. Fine in original wrappers. Front-page essay.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. May have underlining, highlighting, margin notes, remainder marks, inscriptions, book plates, tears, significant wear, and/or a missing dust jacket, box, or discs. Damaged item.

Wraps. Condition: Very Good. First edition. 12 mo. 17 by 11.5 cm. 31, [5] pp. Five pages of photo illustrations of prison. Pamphlet with stories of prison life. Wraps with rectangular die-cut cut-out windows simulating the appearance of prison bars. Only three institutional holdings listed on OCLC First Search. Light wear.