[Elmira, N. Y.]: The Summary Press, 1927. Octavo (23.5 cm); 92 pp of text; 80 pp. of plates; large fold-out plate of New York State Reformatory Inmate Military Organization measuring approximately 48 x 18.5". Red, gilt-stamped cloth; corners bumped and a trifle worn. Previous owner's name stamped to bottom edge... More
Belmont, Massachusetts: American Opinion, [1967]. Stapled wrappers; 17 pp.; photographs. Offprint from the John Birch Society's publication, "American Opinion," in which Allen maintains that even though NYC's Thin Blue Line separates its denizens from anarchy, that the "Liberal" establishment is targeting police officers instead of the violent Leftist revolutionaries and... More
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc. 1940. Fifth printing. Octavo. Red cloth stamped in black; blue topstain; 317 pp.; endpapers map of French Guiana; photographic frontispiece of the author; dust jacket. Rene Belbenoit (1899-1959) was a petty French criminal who was sent to a French Guiana prison camp... More
New York: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1890. First American edition. 12mo. Khaki cloth boards decoratively stamped in silver and burgundy; 199 pp.; five illustrations. A morality tale about the evils of gambling. A better-than-average copy with some soiling to cloth and gift inscription to ffep; VG+. More
London: Printed for J. Mawman; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown; et al. 1815. 12mo. Marbled paper over black leather boards; xvii, [2], 2-212 pp., [3] pp., adverts. Paper chipped along board edges; foxing to endpapers and prelims, else a clean and tight copy of this oft-published memoir of an... More
New York: Hodder & Stoughton / George H. Doran Company, 1912. First American edition. Octavo (20 cm). Grey paper boards with paper label to spine; 103 pp. The famed mystery novelist wrote this non-fiction account of Oscar Slater, a Silesian Jew, who'd been arrested and sentenced to death for murder... More
New York City: Sacco-Vanzetti National League, [1928?]. First edition. Octavo (23 cm). Yellow saddle-stapled wrappers; 21 pp. Issued by the Sacco-Vanzetti National League in the wake of the men's execution on Aug. 23, 1927. "This pamphlet presents a brief summary of the facts surrounding the Sacco-Vanzetti case from which a.... More
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[New York]: Freedom Road Socialist Organization, [1999?]. First edition. Quarto-size. Side-stapled, photocopied wrappers; 7 pp.; photographs. Scarce publication by oft-troubled Marxist-Leninist group who advocate a broad-based strategy for freeing Mumia Abu-Jamal. No copies in the trade and we find no listing in WorldCat. Sunning to spine, else Fine. More
Salt Lake City: Press of F. W. Gardiner Co. 1913. First edition. 16mo. (16.5 cm). Illustrated red wrappers; 142 pp.; illus. An account of the crimes and exploits of the Mexican outlaw, Rafael "Red" Lopez who reputedly murdered at least 30 people in Mexico and the Southwest. He was later... More
New York: Munn & Co., Inc. 1937. Second edition. Octavo. Green cloth with gilt-stamped hand print to front board; xiv, 184 pp.; photographs, illustrations, figures; 11 loose plates in rear pocket. Slight rubbing and wear to board edges; gilt dulled to spine; a VG copy. More
n.p. 1963. First edition. Quarto (25.5 cm). Side-stapled, mustard yellow wrappers; 481-525 pp. An offprint from "Kansas Law Review, Vol. 11, No. 4, May, 1963 of Pennsylvania Justice, Michael A. Musmanno's article, "The Sacco-Vanzetti Case, with Critical Analysis of the Book 'Tragedy in Dedham' by Francis Russell." Stamped 'For Sacco-Vanzetti... More
Boston: The Pilot Publishing Co. 1889. Twelvemo (17.5 cm); vii, 315, [1] pp. Publisher's brown cloth stamped in gilt. Some general rubbing and wear to extremities; boards slightly cocked. Owner's name to front pastedown otherwise clean throughout. A very good copy. John Boyle O'Reilly (1844-1890) dedicated Moondyne, his most famous... More
Paris: Charles Carrington. Octavo (22 cm). Green buckram printed in red; xxiv, 679 pp. This is the pirated edition of the 1901 Carrington edition, which was the English translation of "Le crime et le suicides passionnels" [Paris: Félix Alcan, 1900]. A massive work on suicide, adultery, passion, crime, etc. Some... More
Concord, N. H.: D. L. Guernsey, 1873. First edition. Octavo. Brown cloth with gilt-titled spine; vi, [1], 8-198 pp. Rev. Quinby's experiences as chaplain of the New Hampshire State Prison from 1869 until his dismissal in 1871. Although he accepted the position reluctantly, he quickly became deeply involved in his... More
Eugene, OR. Jackrabbit Press, 1978. Second printing. Octavo. Illustrated, saddle-stapled wrappers; 24 pp. A legal primer on grand juries told through comic book panels and meant for left-wing activists. Some rubbing to wrappers, still a Very Good copy. More
Chicago: Police Publishing Company, 1901. First edition. Tall octavo (23.5 cm). Red pictorial cloth stamped in black and gilt; 384 pp.; illus., photographs. Wooldridge, a detective with the Chicago Police Dept. recounts many of the arrests he made, including mug shots of the many criminals he faced and details of... More