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PARTIAL JUSTICE: A Study of Bias in Sentencing.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974. dj. Hardcover first edition - A study of four judges - all complex men, ethical and thoughtful -two liberal, two conservative - which reveals how unconscious biases are so pervasive in the US "justice" system, resulting in a broad and arbitrary disparity in the sentences given to those convicted of crime.. Notes, index. xvii, 244, vi. ISBN: 0-394-485939.
Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket.
Book ID: 58120More details Price: $20.00 -
DEATH ROW.
Edition: First printing.
Boston: Beacon Press, (1980) dj. Hardcover first edition - "A Devasting Report on Life Inside the Texas Death House" based on interviews with the inmates on The Row at the Texas State Prison at Huntsville - a shocking portrait of the living dead. Includes a Glossary of the Row. xvii, 292 pp plus 24 pp of inserted photographs. ISBN: 0-807032026.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 67807More details Price: $40.00 -
TATTOO THE WICKED CROSS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Grove Press, 1967. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - First book by this important Chicano writer, a highly praised novel condemning the cruelty found in juvenile institutions in this country,
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (some light offsetting to the endpapers)
Book ID: 28952More details Price: $50.00 -
TATTOO THE WICKED CROSS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Grove Press, 1967. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - First book by this important Chicano writer, a highly praised novel condemning the cruelty found in juvenile institutions in this country, SIGNED and dated by the author on the title page. Winner of the Joseph Henry Jackson award. 351 pp.
Condition: Very good in near fine dust jacket (some offsetting to the endpapers, toning to the pages)
Book ID: 21088More details Price: $45.00
