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New York: Exposition Press, 1950. 144 pp. A first hand account of the brutality and incompetence in mental hospitals faced by patients and attendants alike. Jesse Walter Dees, Jr., was the head of the Sociology department at University of Tampa, Florida and spent much of his time writing about the down-trodden of society. Cracking and wear to the dust jacket.

Winsor, VT: Alden Spooner, 1807. 144 pp., full calf. About Fair; page 23-24 lacking and supplied in photocopy, pages tanned and worn lacking rear end papers and front and rear pastedowns. McCorison 926, Sabin 36327.

New York: Castle Books, 1958. 180 pp. Kay Johnson describes herself as a "square" writer trying to "express the thoughts, feelings, hopes, and drives of lesbians in prison. Early work of lesbian fiction. Some rubbing to the dust jacket.

London: C. Bathurst, J. Buckland, W. Strahan, et al., 1783. Third edition Spines replaced An attractive set Third edition in four volumes.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1937. 337 pp. James A. Johnston was the warden of Folsom, San Quentin, and Alcatraz prisons in California. This copy is inscribed and signed by the author.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1962. Very good condition. A first edition of this classic novel of the fight for Guadalcanal.