3 vol. xii, 395 pp.; viii, 415 pp.; viii, 408 pp. Half-titles present. (12mo) 19x11.5 cm (7½x4½"), cloth spine, original boards, paper spine label. First Edition. According to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (ODNB), little is known of his life or work before or after publication of this three-volume reporting on a tour of US penal institutions made with members of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders. The ODNB notes that Abdy had close contact with US abolitionists including Maria Weston Chapman, influenced William Ellery Chapman and Lydia Maria Child; and was involved in the formation of the (American) Anti-Slavery League.
3 vol. xii, 395 pp.; viii, 415 pp.; viii, 408 pp. Half-titles present. (12mo) 19x11.5 cm (7½x4½"), cloth spine, original boards, paper spine label. First Edition. According to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (ODNB), little is known of his life or work before or after publication of this three-volume reporting on a tour of US penal institutions made with members of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders. The ODNB notes that Abdy had close contact with US abolitionists including Maria Weston Chapman, influenced William Ellery Chapman and Lydia Maria Child; and was involved in the formation of the (American) Anti-Slavery League.
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