Description
Band, Red. A Prisoner of Pentonville. London: Elkin Matthews, 1919. First Edition. Printed Paper Covered Bds.. Very Good. 63pp. The pseudonym comes from the practice of issuing a red band to trusted prisoners. The author who worked in the prison library was an officer who fought at Gallipoli & returned to the army after completing his 9 month sentence (September 1917- May 1918) for a “technical rather than a moral offense”. Boards a little discoloured, edges rubbed & corners bumped with a 6cm split at tail of rear board’s junction with the spine. Now in a protective transparent archival acetate dust jacket. Scarce.
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