On doing time
by Sobell, Morton
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 0684139383
- ISBN 13
- 9780684139388
- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1974. Hardcover. x, 525p., illus., first edition, corners bumped else very good condition in an unclipped, slightly shelfworn dust jacket. "An electrical engineer with access to classified documents, Sobell was convicted along with the Rosenbergs as an 'atom spy.' He writes of the injustice of his conviction, largely influenced by his erstwhile membership in the Communist Party. He thoroughly describes his daily existence and preoccupations during the first half of his imprisonment (up to his release from Alcatraz), then summarizes the remaining time in ten pages." *Suvak 445.
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- Bookseller
- Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1229
- Title
- On doing time
- Author
- Sobell, Morton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 2
- ISBN 10
- 0684139383
- ISBN 13
- 9780684139388
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1974
- Bookseller catalogs
- Labor - American; Communist Party USA; Prisons; Espionage, Spy, spies; Rosenberg Case;
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About the Seller
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
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San Francisco, California
About Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
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