United States Bureau of Prisons. Handbook of Correctional Institution Design and Construction. Washington DC: United States Bureau of Prisons 1949. First Edition. Full pebble-grained leather; dustjacket; 317pp; illus. Mild rubbing to leather at board edges and spine ends; bookplate to verso of rear endpaper; early presentation to front endpaper to architect Stanley McGaughan, with ownership label of McGaughan and Johnson Architects. Text clean, complete and unmarked. Jacket rubbed at extremities with shallow chips to spine ends. Scarce monograph, including a section on the history of prison design and construction. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.
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