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John Long, 1958. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1958. First Edition. 188 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over black cloth. Black and white photographic plates to centre of book. Binding remains firm. Pages and plates are lightly tanned throughout. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Very slight crushing to spine ends. Clipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Wear marks overall.
THE WALL IS STRONG - The Life of a Prison Governor by Clayton, Captain Gerold Fancourt - 1958
by Clayton, Captain Gerold Fancourt
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THE WALL IS STRONG - The Life of a Prison Governor
by Clayton, Captain Gerold Fancourt
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- Hardcover
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London: John Long, 1958. 188 pp. Black boards decorated in gilt and white on the spine. Wear at the corners of the dustjacket with a few small nicks and chips around the edges; price intact; no interior markings. The Contents are: New Wine in Old Bottles; Then and Now; A Door Closes; Appointed to Prison Service; The Grim Grey Prison in the City; Should a Man Hang for Murder; The Dorchester Experiment; Bottomley - The Man Who Hypnotized a Prison; The Army Man; The Gentleness I Found in Dartmoor; Mutiny; The Anatomy of Escape; Pity the Vanquished; The Dartmoor Mutineers; Governor on the Spot; The Awkward Years; The War and 18b; and Looking Back; followed by an index.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.
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- Format/Binding Hardcover
- Book Condition Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition Very Good
- Edition First Edition
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher John Long
- Place of Publication London
- Date Published 1958
- Keywords prison jail; crime; punishment; warden; criminals;
- Size 8vo
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The Wall Is Strong: the Life of a Prison Governor
by Captain Gerold Fancourt Clayton
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- Hardcover
- first
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- Hardcover
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The wall is strong: The life of a prison governor
by Clayton, Captain Gerold Fancourt
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Binding
- Hardcover
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John Long, 1958. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1958. First Edition. 188 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over black cloth and white lettering. Binding remains firm.Pages are moderately tanned. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and noticeable rubbing to surfaces. Unclipped jacket. Moderate tanning to jacket spine and edges. Jacket has moderate edge-wear with chips, tears, and creasing.
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