After Prison -- What? by Maud Ballington Booth - 2009-04-10

Paperback. New.

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New York: Fleming H. Revell Company. Good. (c.1903). First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [worn but still solid copy, some exterior soiling, white lettering on spine and front cover rubbed but still readable, rear hinge cracked but not separated; school library property label (see description) on front pastedown, unused circulation slip affixed to rear pastedown, no other library markings]. (B&W photo frontispiece) An impassioned plea for the humane treatment and rehabilitation of prisoner inmates, the author's attitude pretty much summed up by her dedication: "Lovingly dedicated to our boys in prison by their Little Mother who believes in them and looks with confidence to a bright, victorious future when they shall have lived down the old, sad record, stormed the walls of prejudice, wrested just recognition from the skeptical and answered convincingly the question, 'can a convict be reformed?'" The author (1865-1948) went to work for the Salvation Army as… Read More

NY: Fleming H Revell Co, 1903. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.

Fleming H. Revell, 1903. Blue hard cover has white spine/cover lettering, 290 rugh cut pgs. Binding is firm, Interior pgs are clean w/previous owner pencil dedication fep, along w/cut out photo of Author. Covers have spine edge/corner rub, pencil line. Prison Reform/Salvation Army/Social Studies Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.