Do Penance or Perish: Magdalen Asylums in Ireland by Finnegan, Frances

UsedGood. The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact (including the dust cover, if applicable). Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.

New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. 5th printing . Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xii, 256pp. Minor dings and additional light wear to extremities of volume, with light wear to covers, and light soiling to edges of pages. Text clean. Binding sound

New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. Reprint . Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xii, 256pp. Several minor dings and creases to extremities of volume, with a touch of soiling to edges of pages. Text clean. Binding sound. Overall, a nice, clean, sound copy

New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. Soft cover. Good+. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xii, 256pp. Several minor dings to extremities of volume, with light wear to covers, and a hint of soiling to edges of pages. Text clean. Binding sound

Oxford University Press, 2004-04-08. First Trade Paperback. paperback. Used: Good.

Oxford University Press, 2004. paperback. Very Good. 9x6x0. ***Please Read*** No marks on text - My shelf location ea-b-69*

Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2004 Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Trade Paperback. Large 8vo. xii, 256 pp, b&w frontis, list of b&w illustrations, introduction, 1. "Patented Villains": Rescue Workers and the Penitentiary System; 2. "Never Free From Their Expionage": The Good Sheperd Magdalen Asylums; 3. The Good shepherd Magdalen Asylums, Limerick; 4. "A Citadel of Piety": The Good Sheperd Magdalen Asylum, Waterford; 5. The Good Sheperd Magdalen Asylum, New Ross; 6. "Do Penance or Perish": Prostitution, The Contagious Diseases Acts and The Good Sheperd Magdalen Asylum, Cork; 7. The Good Sheperd Magdalen Asylum, Cork (part 2); epilogue, bibliography, index. First Trade Paperback, 2004. "The author traces the development of Ireland's Magdalen Asylums--homes that were founded in the mid-nineteenth century for the detention of prostitutes undergoing reform. The inmates of these asylums were discouraged-and many forcibly prevented-from… Read More

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. First edition. paperback. very good/no dustjacket. 8vo. pp.256.

Paperback. Acceptable.

Oxford University Press, 2004. 1st Edition . Soft cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. (1st Oxford) Very large, sturdy softcover, glossy black wrappers with a statue of sitting woman holding rosary beads on front, gold spine, tiny photo on back of author, 256 pages including a photo section, charts. Mint.