Librería: Dearly Departed Books, Alliance, OH, Estados Unidos de America Calificación del vendedor: 4 de 5 estrellas
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First edition bound in dark blue patterned cloth with gold lettering. A VG+ copy in a VG- dust jacket. Some dusting to the book's covers and light tanning to its pages. The dust jacket has chips to its corners. Fraying to the head and heel of its spine. Dust soiling to the jacket's spine and panels. The author's name is stamped on the front fly along with a printed four page letter from the Prisoners Relief Society explaining the Society's goals, a four page promotional printed sheet with praise for the book, and a reproduction of a West Virginia 'Cabell Record' that features an article on the book and it's author. All three promotional items have been folded and laid inside the book. Dudding founded The Prisoners Relief Society after spending five years in prison for manslaughter. N° de ref. del artículo 68349
Título: The Trail of the Dead Years
Editorial: Prisoners Relief Society, Huntington, WVA
Año de publicación: 1932
Encuadernación: Paperback
Condición: VG+
Edición: 1st Edition.
Librería: Burm Booksellers, Beckley, WV, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Hard Cover. Poor/Poor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 342 p. Many poetical selections, photos, etchings, appendix, index. Foxing to endpapers. Shaken. Shelf wear, & stain to tail of front cover near spine joint. Dust jacket heavily soiled; 4" tear to rear DJ spine joint; 1/2" piece missing at head of DJ spine. Dr. Dudding, founder of the Prisoners Relief Society, gives his theories about crime, punishment, prison reform, marriage, divorce, birth control, the future life, and other subjects - following research, investigation, experience, and personal contact with convicts, both in and out of prison. Nº de ref. del artículo: 1117
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Librería: Burm Booksellers, Beckley, WV, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 342 p. Many poetical selections, photos, etchings, appendix, index. Tear to tail margin of page 201. Foxing. Soil & wear to cover; spine chips. Dr. Dudding, founder of the Prisoners Relief Society, gives his theories about crime, punishment, prison reform, marriage, divorce, birth control, the future life, and other subjects - following research, investigation, experience, and personal contact with convicts, both in and out of prison. Nº de ref. del artículo: 1115
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Librería: Burm Booksellers, Beckley, WV, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 342 p. Many poetical selections, photos, etchings, appendix, index. Soil & edge tears to dust jacket. Dr. Dudding, founder of the Prisoners Relief Society, gives his theories about crime, punishment, prison reform, marriage, divorce, birth control, the future life, and other subjects - following research, investigation, experience, and personal contact with convicts, both in and out of prison. Nº de ref. del artículo: 1116
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Librería: Virginia Martin, aka bookwitch, Concord, CA, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Fine. No Jacket. Royal octavo, hardcover, fine in treated black boards with gilt lettering. Collectible. No dj. Illustrated from Photographs and Etchings. Dudding's Gripping Story.Illuminating and Startling are his Theories of the 'Chemistry of Sin', Crime, Punishment, Birth Control, 'The Land of Eternal Dreams'. He gives his theories about crime, punishment, prison reform, marriage, divorce, birth control, the future life, and other subjects - following research, investigation, experience, and personal contact with convicts, both in and out of prison. 342 pp. with index. Book. Nº de ref. del artículo: 57550
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Librería: Blacks Bookshop: Member of CABS 2017, IOBA, SIBA, ABA, Argillite, KY, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Collectible - Near Fine. 1st Edition. 6.5"x9.25"x1.25". 342 pgs. Navy cloth boards with gilt letters on front and spine. No DJ. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean with mild tone. Wear to bottom edges. Illustrated from photographs and etchings. Foreword by William Winfred Smith, Editor 5/20/1932. Poem pages have been dog-eared. List of poetical selections. Appendix-Prison Directory. Reference Index. Dudding's gripping story of his own life experience is stranger than fiction, truer than life, sadder than death, more triumphant than fame and fortune. Illuminating and startling are hs theories of the chmeistry of sin, crime, punishment, birth control, the land of eternal dreams, and numerous other vital subjects. Dudding was founder of the Prisoners Relief Society. Nº de ref. del artículo: 71
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Librería: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, Estados Unidos de America
Edited by William Winfred Smith. x, 342 pp. Illustrated from Photographs and Etchings. 8vo, publisher's embossed cloth in dust jacket. First edition. Fine in a dust-soiled jacket some shallow chipping and edgewear. Nº de ref. del artículo: 60066
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Librería: Boyd Used & Rare Books, Portland, OR, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Inscribed by Dudding on ffep (see note below). Boards in blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front cover. Spine ends a bit frayed. One inch sections on top and fore edges of front board have been chewed. Inner hinges cracked, but firm. Pages clean. About 60 photographs and a few other illustrations. Index. x, 342 pages. 9.25 x 6.25 inches. A scarce inscribed and signed copy. Dudding's personal account of his conviction and imprisonment and his efforts, following his release, to reform the penal system and prison management for the benefit of the inmates and for their financially impacted families. He also puts forth his theories of criminality (including biochemical predilection for crime) and discusses topics like alcohol, prohibition, and birth control. Earl Ellicott Dudding (1871-1973) was the head of the Prisoners Relief Society and which he founded in 1914. A wealthy merchant of West Virginia, he was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in 1910 and sentenced to five years incarceration. He served three years of his sentence at the Moundsville Penitentiary, and having made his own first-hand study of prison conditions, as well as through the testimony of others, he established the Prisoners Relief Society in order to further prison reform in the United States. Includes the Official Directory of the Principal State and Federal Prisons and Penal Institutions in the U.S. (which includes state schools for girls and boys, convict farms--colored, industrial schools, workhouses, etc.). The inscription reads, "This book is given / to my friend G R. Buskirk / in memory of Doctor / E. S. Buffington / E. E. Dudding / Oct 4 - 1933". Doctor Edward Stanard Buffington (1847-1929) was a close friend of the Dudding's. He is mentioned multiple times in the book, including where it is noted that he was the one who suggested the name Prisoners Relief Society. He was the son of Huntington's first mayor, and was himself mayor in 1879-1880. After serving in the Confederate Navy during the war, he studied medicine at Jefferson College in Philadelphia and graduated in 1872. He then practiced medicine in Huntington as a family doctor. Signed by Author(s). Nº de ref. del artículo: 011854
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Librería: Zephyr Used & Rare Books, Vancouver, WA, Estados Unidos de America
8vo. x, 342 pp. With numerous photo plates, text illustrations. Textured blue publisher's cloth, gilt lettering stamped on front cover & spine (very minor shelfwear), w/ d.j. cover art image of the West Virginia penitentiary gate (minor chipping head & foot of spine, wear to corners), VG/VG copy. First edition of this gripping memoir by former prisoner convicted of manslaughter describing the deplorable conditions of West Virginia Penitentiary which Dudding describes as a vermin-infested "damnation." Of particular interest are his extended essays on metabolic imbalances, poor brain chemistry, and drug abuse as contributing factors to crime, along with unwanted pregnancies, and marrying too young, often resulting in delinquent progeny. Nº de ref. del artículo: 54896
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Librería: ARD Books, Cleveland, OH, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: NoNE. PHOTOS Ilustrador. FIRST. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE A VERY RARE SIGNED COPY SIGNATURE HAS AUTHORS ADDRESS AND DATE OF APRIL 17 1933 THIS IS THE STORY OF EARL DUDDING TRIED AND SENTENCED TO 5 YEARS IN MOUNDSVILLE STATE PRISON HE TELLS OF HIS TIME THERE AND HIS WORK STARTING THE PRISONERS RELIEF SOCIETY INCLUDED ARE HIS THEORIES OF THE CHEMISTRY OF THE BRIAN , CRIME , PUNISHMENT BIRTH CONTROL AND NUMEROUS OTHER VITAL SUBJECTS ONE OF THE EARLIEST WORKS ON AMERICAN PRISON REFORM BOUND IN BLUE WITH COMPLETE GOLD LETTERING. BY AUTHOR. Nº de ref. del artículo: 008657
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Librería: Bauer Rare Books, San Diego, CA, Estados Unidos de America
First edition. 8vo. [x], 342 pp. Illustrations. Cloth binding, gilt embossed lettering, no jacket, owner signature, good condition. (75089). Edited by William Winfred Smith. Nº de ref. del artículo: 9957
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