first edition Contemporary tree calf.
1808 · London
by Neild, James
London: J Nichols & Son, 1808. Third Edition - first edition of the complete report.. Contemporary tree calf.. Very good; rebacked; backstrip leather somewhat lighter in color.. 8vo, [2], ix, 10 - 601, [3] pp. + frontispiece, additonal portrait of Lettsom, and large folding plan of the woman's workhouse
Neild's work with prison reform began in the 1760s. He was responsible for agitating for reform and founding the Society. The book offered here contains a reprint of the account of how the Society was founded and grew but it offers for the first time Neild's lengthy and exquisitely detailed reports on the condition of prisoners and prison/workhouse facilities in general throughout the United Kingdom. Neild appears to have been indefatigable in his inspections; his biographer notes that jailers and wardens were spurred to a, '... keener sense of their responsibilities ...' by Neild. Though the 1808 printing offered here bears the notice 3rd edition, this is the first edition of Neild's complete report containing an additional 400 pp. of text. See DNB XIV, pp. 169-170; Kress B5407. (Inventory #: 90)
Neild's work with prison reform began in the 1760s. He was responsible for agitating for reform and founding the Society. The book offered here contains a reprint of the account of how the Society was founded and grew but it offers for the first time Neild's lengthy and exquisitely detailed reports on the condition of prisoners and prison/workhouse facilities in general throughout the United Kingdom. Neild appears to have been indefatigable in his inspections; his biographer notes that jailers and wardens were spurred to a, '... keener sense of their responsibilities ...' by Neild. Though the 1808 printing offered here bears the notice 3rd edition, this is the first edition of Neild's complete report containing an additional 400 pp. of text. See DNB XIV, pp. 169-170; Kress B5407. (Inventory #: 90)