20,000 Years In Sing Sing

New York: Ray Long & Richard R. Smith, Inc, 1932. First Edition. Octavo (22cm.); black silk-finish cloth stamped in silver and red; dustjacket; 412pp. A little softened at the spine ends; previous owner's mass-produced bookplate, with ownership signature, else Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped, with a few small edge chips and tears, and a larger chip about one inch deep at the base of the spine; Very Good. The Warden's non-fiction account of his twelve year tenure at Sing Sing prison, where he gained a reputation both for reforming prison conditions and humanizing those behind bars. Basis for the 1940 film Castle on the Hudson, directed by Anatole (truncated) Litvak and starring John Garfield, Ann Sheridan, and Pat O'Brien. (Inventory #: 17010)