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[Great Britain]. Gurney, J.J. Notes on a visit made to...

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[Great Britain]. Gurney, J.J. Notes on a visit made to some of the prisons in Scotland, and the North of England, in company with Elizabeth Fry; with some general observations on the subject of prison discipline. Norwich, J. Fletcher, 1847, 2nd [= 3rd] enl. ed., IV,162p., contemp. cl. - BOUND WITH: Idem and Fry, E. Report addressed to the Marquess Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland by -, respecting their late visit to that country. Ibid., idem, 1847, 3rd ed., 99,(1)p.

- Spine sunned; spine-ends sl. worn/ dam.; portion of backstrip loose(ning).

= Important work by Joseph John Gurney and his sister Elizabeth on prison reform. Cf. Goldsmiths' 22574.

The Black Book; or, Corruption Unmasked. Being an account of Places, Pensions, and Sinecures, the Revenues of the Clergy and Landed Aristocracy; the Salaries and Emoluments in Courts of Justice and the Police Department (...). London, J. Fairburn, 1820, (4),480p., later hcl.

- Sl. foxed and fingersoiled.

AND 1 other: THE MAXIMA CHARTA OF 1832, for England, Ireland, and Scotland (...) (London, 1832, engr. frontisp., contemp. hcl.).

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[Great Britain]. Gurney, J.J. Notes on a visit made to some of the prisons in Scotland, and the North of England, in company with Elizabeth Fry; with some general observations on the subject of prison discipline. Norwich, J. Fletcher, 1847, 2nd [= 3rd] enl. ed., IV,162p., contemp. cl. - BOUND WITH: Idem and Fry, E. Report addressed to the Marquess Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland by -, respecting their late visit to that country. Ibid., idem, 1847, 3rd ed., 99,(1)p.

- Spine sunned; spine-ends sl. worn/ dam.; portion of backstrip loose(ning).

= Important work by Joseph John Gurney and his sister Elizabeth on prison reform. Cf. Goldsmiths' 22574.

The Black Book; or, Corruption Unmasked. Being an account of Places, Pensions, and Sinecures, the Revenues of the Clergy and Landed Aristocracy; the Salaries and Emoluments in Courts of Justice and the Police Department (...). London, J. Fairburn, 1820, (4),480p., later hcl.

- Sl. foxed and fingersoiled.

AND 1 other: THE MAXIMA CHARTA OF 1832, for England, Ireland, and Scotland (...) (London, 1832, engr. frontisp., contemp. hcl.).

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