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[004710] Bernard Shaw, George; Wragg, Arthur. Imprisonment. ill. Wragg, Arthur. Chislehurst: Prison Medical Reform Council, 1944. First Thus. 8vo. Paper Wrappers. Pamphlet With Original Art. Good. [3], 4-50pp, [2]. Original paper wrappers

Slightly rubbed to spine, lightly browned to edges, lower cover very lightly soiled, otherwise fairly clean

With the original upper wrapper artwork by Arthur Wragg, approximately 215mm x 345mm in size, laid into a card folder. Artwork is bright and clean. The card folder notes that the design was “as if scratched into the prison wall by, for instance, a prisoner”

Wragg was a prison visitor who briefly taught art at Wandsworth Gaol. The essay was first published as the preface in the Webbs’ English Prisons Under Local Government

The design is reproduced in Brook’s Arthur Wragg, page 111. Laurence A174b