San Francisco: Connections Guidance Center, 1970-72. The Connections Guidance Center was established in San Francisco in 1969 by and for prisoners and their families and served as an information exchange center, provided transportation (to San Quentin, San Bruno, Santa Rita, Vacaville, and Soledad), housing and legal aid, disseminated information to..... More
Washington, D. C. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, [1977]. A publication of criminal justice reform for young female offenders that was originally published by the Female Offender Resource Center. Includes data and statistics concerning juvenile female offenders, the paucity of resources offered to them, the differential treatment of..... More
[Chapel Hill, NC]: Chapel Hill Prison Books Collective, n.d. A poster commemorating the April birthdays of imprisoned political activists Mumia Abu Jamal, MOVE members Chuck Sims Africa, Janet Holloway Africa, and Janine Phillips Africa, and Black Panthers Romaine ‘Chip’ Fitzgerald & Marshal Eddie Conway. With instructions for properly corresponding with..... More
[Chapel Hill, NC]: Chapel Hill Prison Books Collective, n.d. A poster commemorating the November-December birthdays of imprisoned political activists Ed Poindexter (Oklahome Black Panther), Tsutomu Shirosaki (Japanese Red Army), Zolo Agona Azania (Black Panther Party), Fred Burton, and Jerome White-Bey. With instructions for properly corresponding with prisoners to reduce the..... More
[Bronx]: The Bronx Coalition, [1971]. A “wanted” poster produced by the citizenry and aimed at the state. This flyer attacked Governor Nelson Rockefeller for his handling of the Attica Rebellion and demanded justice for the murders and violence his management caused. The Bronx Coalition was a short-lived New Left..... More
[Elmira, N. Y.]: The Summary Press, 1927. Octavo (23.5 cm); 92 pp of text; 80 pp. of plates; large fold-out plate of New York State Reformatory Inmate Military Organization measuring approximately 48 x 18.5". Red, gilt-stamped cloth; corners bumped and a trifle worn. Previous owner's name stamped to bottom edge..... More
New York: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1890. First American edition. 12mo. Khaki cloth boards decoratively stamped in silver and burgundy; 199 pp.; five illustrations. A morality tale about the evils of gambling. A better-than-average copy with some soiling to cloth and gift inscription to ffep; VG+. More
Philadelphia: American Friends Service Committee, 1963. Third printing. The third printing of this seminal text of the civil rights movement: an open letter penned by Martin Luther King, Jr. to a group of white clergymen from solitary confinement in a Birmingham, Alabama jail. King was arrested on Good Friday, 1963..... More
Concord, N. H. D. L. Guernsey, 1873. First edition. Octavo. Brown cloth with gilt-titled spine; vi, [1], 8-198 pp. Rev. Quinby's experiences as chaplain of the New Hampshire State Prison from 1869 until his dismissal in 1871. Although he accepted the position reluctantly, he quickly became deeply involved in his..... More
Charleston, West Virginia: West Virginia Anti-Saloon League, [ca. 1932]. A flyer published by the West Virginia Anti-Saloon League arguing that “the deliberate disobeying and scoffing at law,” not prohibition, is responsible for the Lindbergh baby kidnapping. The flyer primarily reprints an editorial, “This Man-Bred Monster,” from the St. Louis Star..... More