Chicago: South Chicago ABC Zine Distro, 2004. Tabloid format printed on newsprint, 8 pp, illus. A single issue of this prisoner support publication first organized in Chicago in 1972. Information on the 2004 prison abolition conference, a workshop for women prisoners, a report from various ABCs, a report back from... More about Anarchist Black Cross Network Newsletter, Winter/Spring, 2004
San Francisco: Connections, 1971. Three 8 ½” x 11” mimeographed leaves, corner-stapled, 6 pp., illustrations of George Jackson to front leaf. A Fine copy. Only eight OCLC institutions purport holding any issue, with half holding this issue. An important single issue of this prisoner support newsletter mimeographed on “prison green paper”..... More about Connections, Vol. 2, No. 2, September 13, 1971
[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 about Hand Book of the New York State Reformatory at Elmira
Bronx: Irish Northern Aid, 1978. First American edition. 8vo; stapled, illustrated wrappers, [2], 17, [1] pp, illustrations. A description of the history and conditions of Irish political prisoners in Long Kesh/H-Block, the notorious prison outside Belfast. Includes illustrations of the squalid conditions and inhumane treatment Republican prisoners are forced to... More about H Block - the British Government's treatment of Irish political prisoners
New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1940. First edition. Octavo. 3/4 illustrated paper over purple cloth boards; gilt spine; red top-stain; 377, xix, [1] pp.; photographic frontispiece + 25 other, mostly, photographic plates; dust jacket. A Near Fine copy with some darkening to gutters from binding glue; bookstore ticket to bottom... More about Gem of the Prairie: An Informal History of the Chicago Underworld
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 about The Fall of the Staincliffes
New York: Angela Davis Legal Defense Fund, [1971]. First edition. Plain, stapled wrappers (5 ½” x 8 ¼”), 16 pp, illus. Some darkening along the spine, else a Fine copy. A support appeal for an imprisoned Davis following her alleged role in the Marin Co. Courthouse debacle. The pamphlet includes... More about On Trial: Angela Davis or America?
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 about Thoughts in Prison; In Five Parts, viz. The Imprisonment, The Retrospect, Public Punishment, The...
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 about There Is Justice: A Summary of the Sacco-Vanzetti Case
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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 about Brick By Brick: Building a Movement to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal [cover title
[Berkeley?]: Khatari Defense Committee, [1976?]. An 8 ½” x 11” flyer a fundraising event for Black Guerrilla Family leader, Jeffrey “Khatari” Gaulden, who was convicted of stabbing to death a prison guard in Folsom in 1971 allegedly in revenge for George Jackson’s death. This particular event took place at the..... More about Benefit for the Jeffrey Gaulden - Khatari - Defense
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1942. First edition. Octavo; cloth boards with red titling to spine; 214 pp.; dust jacket. A Near Fine copy with glue darkening under endpapers in a Near Fine dust jacket, which is lightly worn with a few tiny nicks to the edges. Koestler's harrowing philosophical... More about Dialogue with Death
Nampa, Idaho: Golden Rule Press, 1931. First edition. Stapled, yellow wrappers (5” x 7 ½”), 16 pp., photograph. Light wear and dust-soiling to wrappers, bottom corner creased, VG. None others in commerce (March, 2019) and only one copy located in WorldCat at Northwest Nazarene Univ. in Nampa, Idaho. Scarce. From... More about The Hickman Crime
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 about The Sacco-Vanzetti Case
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 about Passion and Criminality: A Legal and Literary Study
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 about The Prison Chaplaincy, and Its Experiences
Buffalo: Martin Sostre Defense Committee, 1969. Second printing. Tall 8vo (24 cm); stapled wrappers; 75, [1] pp.; photographs. A compilation of letters written from jailed black nationalist-turned-anarchist, Martin Sostre, to his supporters and family members. Also includes a short biography of Sostre along with family photos and a contextualizing introduction... More about Letters from Prison: A Compilation of Martin Sostre's Correspondence from Erie County Jail,...
[Memphis, Tenn.]: [Southern Committee to Free Angela Davis and All Political Prisoners], [ca. 1971]. First edition. Illustrated, unbound wrappers (7” x 8 ½”), [12 pp. - including covers], photographs, illustrations. A Fine copy. Seven copies in WorldCat institutions. An uncommon item. Profiles the cases of the prominent black prisoners mentioned... More about Political Prisoners: The Cases of Angela Davis, Ruchell Magee, and the Soledad Brothers
Toronto: Arm the Spirit, 2002. Later printing. Stapled, photocopies wrappers, 70, [2], illus. A Fine copy. Six copies in WorldCat institutions. First published by the leftist affinity group, Resistance in Brooklyn, in 1998, this pamphlet collects interviews with so-called “anti-imperialist political prisoners” David Gilbert, Laura Whitehorn and Marilyn Buck. All three... More about Enemies of the State
Belmont, Massachusetts: Support Your Local Police Committees, [1968?]. First edition. One sheet folded to make 4 pp. A support appeal from the Support Your Local Police Committees organization, a front group for the John Birch Society. Argues that police are the recipients of brutality and that a war on police... More about Policemen