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Frances Marion : The Powder Keg

Little, Brown and Company, Boston, Massachusetts, 1953

8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. L3 - A first edition (stated) hardcover book in very good condition in fair dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has wrinkling, chipping, crease, and small tears on the edges, corners and some sides, soiled on the back and some edges and corners, scattered scratches, rubbing, scuffing, and stains, light tanning and shelf wear. Book has some bumped corners, wrinkling and chipping on the spine edges, scattered smudges on the page edges and some on the endpapers, tanning and light shelf wear. Although not marked in any way, this copy comes from the personal collection of Otto Penzler, legendary editor and founder of the Mysterious Press, an award-winning icon in the genre. A Story of a Women's Prison. A novel of women in prison - of the crimes that put them there and the conditions they live under as they pay their debt to society. 8.25"x5.5", 303 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. The prison women of Frances Marion's novel had only two choices - to endure Superintendent Watson's harsh discipline, or try to escape. Herded together into a community tense with repression and resentment, as explosive as a powder keg, the prisoners were a dangerous group for anyone to deal with - and Mrs. Watson knew only the rule of force.. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Fair

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