Author: Merrow Smith, L. W. in collab. with James Harris:
Title: Prison Screw.
Description: London, Herbert Jenkins, 1962 1st Ed., Hard cover red cloth bds, light crease down centre of spine otherwise VG+, rear bd a bit bowed, unclipped dust jacket, VG, a little chipping tiny closed tears to tip of spine and rear top edge, contents clean and tight, v. occas. age-mark, with foreword by Sir Basil Blackwell, pp192. Experiences of a prison officer who claims to have encountered every type and degree of criminal. "Murderers, blackmailers, thieves and robbers, cracksmen, charlatans, pilferers and pickpockets all have passed through his hands..."

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