Smith Collaboration Harris (2 results)

Hardcover / Hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First edition. Hardback. Foreword by Sir Basil Blackwell. An authentic account of the daily life and conditions in prisons at the time, by someone who spent a generation in the Prison service. He covers amongst other things, hanging, whipping, and homosexuality. He had the confidence of the prisoners, who recognised his authority in applying with fairness and full knowledge the rules and conditions of the prison system. Some of the stories are grim, but all those in which the author was concerned reveal his fundamental kindness and his understanding of the sadly imperfect people with whom he spent so much of his life. Illus. 192pp. 8vo. h/back. Sl. faded sp. o/w Vg.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition hardback, 1962, with unclipped jacket. In overall good-to-very good used condition with minor signs of age, handling and storage - dj rubbed to edges with a couple of nicks tiny nicks and chips (now protected); red cloth boards generally clean and crisp. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read; no annotations or inscriptions; text and plates bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book.