Warden Ragen of Joliet

by Crime, The Underworld

$150 · Offered by Lorne Bair Rare Books · No longer available

First edition · Signed

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1957. First Edition. Octavo 21cm ; red cloth boards, lettered in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 248pp. Lengthily inscribed on front endpaper by the author, dated 1957. Mild rubbing to bottom board edges, else a tight, Near Fine copy in a bright, unclipped dustwrapper.Biography of Joseph E. Ragen, long-time warden of the Illinois State Penitentiary at

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