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Life in Sing Sing State Prison, As Seen in a Twelve Years' Chaplaincy
New York: N. Tibbals & Co., 1860. First Edition. Publisher's blind-stamped cloth; gilt spine titles; viii, 375pp; double engr. frontispiece. Spine gilt a little dulled; spotting & wear to covers; corners bumped; brief fraying at upper spine; quite fresh internally, with faint foxing to double frontispiece plates; Very Good. SABIN 42631.
Scarce pre-Civil War account of American prison life, with descriptions of the prisoners' daily routines and sketches of various criminals' careers. The author was Chaplain of Sing Sing State Prison from 1843-1856, a period during which a number of novel reforms were initiated at Sing Sing, including the practice of sorting criminals on the basis of phrenological diagnosis.
Price: $125.00
