Mildred m ward morrell ed (4 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. Second printing revised. The binding is Clean and tight with minor shelf wear. Light wear & soiling on edges of text block. Tanning & small markings on pastedowns & endpapers. Text and images unmarked. Dj quite shelf worn with scuffs, creases, toning & small tears repaired with clear tape in a mylar cover.…

Hardcover. Second printing, revised edition. Octavo, 373 pages. In Fair minus condition with a Fair dust jacket. Spine is brown and black with white and black print. Dust jacket has edgewear with small tears at spine ends and flap corners, smudging/shelf wear. Price unclipped: "$3.75". Boards in blue cloth. Light wear to spine caps and corners, soiled and faded, warping. Text block has spotting to edges, chipping to fore edge of front flyleaf. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece and plates. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column L. 1384315. FP New Rockville Stock.…

Cloth. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good Dust Jacket. Second, Revised Edition. 373 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Dust jacket not price clipped. Rubbing along the edges of the dust jacket.

8vo. 373, [1] pp. Photo frontisp., plates. Blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine, w/ d.j. (minor toning to fore-edges, light toning to endpapers), still NF/VG copy. Revised edition of this brutal memoir which served as the basis for Jack London's Star Rover. This autobiographical account provides an invaluable first-hand look at the brutality that characterized the American prison system in the West at the beginning of the 20th century, including the extensive uses of torture devices such as the strait jacket and the derrick which were later banned. Jack London began corresponding with Morrell before his release from prison, and drew much of Morrell's experiences with astral projection during his brutal imprisonment for his 1915 novel. Mildred McEwan Ward left the Univ. of California in order to publish accounts of Morrell's ordeal, and the full story of his life as a member of the Evans-Sontag California Feud Bandits.…