State Prisons, Hospitals, Soldiers' Homes and Orphan Schools Controlled by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Embracing Their History, Finances and the Laws by Which They Are Governed (2 Vols)
Harrisburg, PA: The State of Pennsylvania, 1897. The uncommon 1897 1st edition, bound in the publisher's 1/2 leather over marbled boards and complete in 2 dense, octavo volumes. Both volumes very solid and easily VG+, with no writing or markings internally and all edges gilt. Vol. I heavily illustrated, with hundreds of black-and-white photos (many on insane asylums and penitentiaries) and a number of impressive fold-out maps and charts; Vol. II all text. This report was "Compiled Under Authority of an Act of Assembly Approved July 2nd, 1895, by Direction of Amos H. Mylin, Auditor General of Pennsylvania". Printed by Clarence M. Busch, State Printer of Pennsylvania. Item #21611
Price: $250.00