Collectible - Acceptable First Edition Signed

INSCRIBED! London: Longman, 1845. 1st Edition. [2]+xvii+[1]+[13]-320pp. + frontis engraving by Cruikshank of the City of London System + folding lithographic external view of Pentonville. Embossed blue-gray cloth with glazed yellow endpapers. Upper half of spine lacking, lacks the color lithograph of an interior view of the Pentonville prison, prelims before errata detached, a fair copy only. Chapters on an extensive critical review of the London Times' coverage of prisons; the fictions of Dickens upon solitary confinement; remarks on the Boston Discipline Society's reports; prison enormities (with sections on Newgate, Bridewell, the Middlesex County House of Correction, the evils of classification, and juvenile offenders); Millbank Penitentiary; Model Prison; continental prison reform. Sadoff Catalog page 17. Weight: 1 pound 7.0 ounces = 655 grams. Size: 9.4 x 6.1 x 1.2 inches = 23.4 x 15.3 x 3cm. Inscribed atop the title-page "M. A. Ladier [?] with the Author's respects". Inquire if you need further information.