Book #80991
Penal Servitude.
W.B.N. (William Beauchamp Nevill). Penal Servitude. New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1903. viii, 308 pp. Original cloth with penal number decorations. Light shelfwear. Previous owner's inscription "H.E. Hamlin/ Nov 1914" to front pastedown. Internally clean. $25. * Published anonymously under the pen-name W.B.N, William Beauchamp Nevill details his prison experience in early 20th century Great Britain and its need of reform. The owner who signed as "H.E. Hamlin", may well be Hannibal E. Hamlin (1858-1938), Attorney General of Maine and son of Vice-President Hamlin.
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