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Prisons.- History of the Press-Yard (The): or, a Brief Account of the Customs and Occurrences that are put in Practice...[in] His Majesty's Goal of Newgate, first edition, title laid down, T.Moor, 1717 bound with The Secret History of the Rebels in Newgate...Taken From a Diary, second edition, J. Roberts, [1717] and Poulter (John) The Discoveries of John Poulter, alias Baxter; who was Apprehended for Robbing Dr. Hancock, of Salisbury, on Clarken Down, near Bath..., eleventh edition, B1 & 2 misbound, Sherborne, R. Goadby, & London, W.Owen, 1754, together 3 works in 1 vol., lightly browned, occasional soiling, cropped shaving a few headlines and pagination, contemporary half calf, red roan label, rubbed § Hunt (Henry) A Peep into a Prison; or, the Inside of Ilchester Bastile, sixth edition, folding etching frontispiece, signature to head of title, 1821; Investigation at Ilchester Gaol. . . into the Conduct of William Bridle, first edition, etched frontispiece by George Cruikshank and 5 plates (probably by Robert Cruikshank), one hand-coloured, 1821, together 2 works in 1 vol., some foxing and offsetting, contemporary marbled boards, uncut, rebacked & recornered, rubbed, [Cohn 421; Goldsmiths' 23262], all rubbed; and 10 others on prisons, some pamphlets, 8vo et infra (12)

⁂ Henry Hunt was a radical politician who had been incarcerated in Ilchester gaol for his involvement in the Peterloo Massacre of 1819. He was released in 1822 and brought a series of complaints against the prison, particularly the gaoler William Bridle, instigating an Inquiry into prison conditions.

The first work is sometimes attributed to Daniel Defoe.

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