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A Just Measure of Pain: The penitentiary in the industrial revolution, 1750-1850
by Ignatieff, Michael
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 0394410416
- ISBN 13
- 9780394410418
- Seller
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Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Item Price
A$105.67A$95.11
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About This Item
Pantheon Books, 1978. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. Fine or better copy in like dust jacket. Stated First edition, no printing stated. Protected by archival BrodArt cover. 257 pages with Notes, Bibliography of Manuscript Sources, Chronology, List of Illustrations and Index. Illustrated in B/W photos and facsimiles. Subtitled 'The Penitentiary in the Industrial Revolution 1750-1850', 'A Just Measure of Pain' describes the moment in 18th century England when the modern penitentiary and its ambiguous legacy were born.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Modern First Editions Boston (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001817
- Title
- A Just Measure of Pain: The penitentiary in the industrial revolution, 1750-1850
- Author
- Ignatieff, Michael
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394410416
- ISBN 13
- 9780394410418
- Publisher
- Pantheon Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1978
- Pages
- 257
- Keywords
- History, Industrial revolution, Prisons
Terms of Sale
Modern First Editions Boston
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About the Seller
Modern First Editions Boston
Biblio member since 2016
Boston, Massachusetts
About Modern First Editions Boston
Growing collection of 900 + books, mostly from 60s, 70s and 80s. Vast majority of books are first editions, many of them first printings and signed. All books are from a private collection and are being sold now for the first time.Unless noted otherwise: books are without marks, original prices are not clipped and there are no former library books.Please contact me directly for commission free sales.
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Fine
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- New
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- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...