Crime & Punishment

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The Story of Edward Hines, Who Is Falsely Accused of Having Secured By Bribery the Election of William Lorimer to the Senate of the United States; A Discussion of the Remarkable Testimony Given at Various Times By Clarence S. Funk and Others, as Derived from the Official Records. Frederick Upham ADAMS.

ADAMS, Frederick Upham

The Story of Edward Hines, Who Is Falsely Accused of Having Secured By Bribery the Election of William Lorimer to the Senate of the United States; A Discussion of the Remarkable Testimony Given at Various Times By Clarence S. Funk and Others, as Derived from the Official Records

n.p., [ca. 1912]. First edition? Stapled wrappers; 79 pp. Adams, a social reformer and journalist who would also go on to invent the electric light post, provides evidence exonerating Edward Hines, a lumberman, accused by the Chicago press of buying the election for Congressman William Lorimer. Small stamp to front... More

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Anarchist Black Cross Bulletin, Vol. 1, No. 1, July-Aug., 1972. Chicago Anarchist Black Cross.

Chicago Anarchist Black Cross

Anarchist Black Cross Bulletin, Vol. 1, No. 1, July-Aug., 1972

Chicago: Chicago Anarchist Black Cross, 1972. First edition. Paperback. 4to.; stapled, illustrated wrappers, 13, [1] pp., one illustration. The first issue of this short-lived anarchist publication, which publicized the cases of imprisoned anarchists around the world in order to collect and send material support. Includes a brief introduction of the... More

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The Fall of the Staincliffes. Alfred COLBECK.

COLBECK, Alfred

The Fall of the Staincliffes

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

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Thoughts in Prison; In Five Parts, viz. The Imprisonment, The Retrospect, Public Punishment, The Trial, Futurity. To Which Are Added, His Last Prayer, Written in the Night Before His Death; The Convict's Address to His Unhappy Brethren; and Other Miscellaneous Pieces: With Some Account of the Author. L. L. D. DODD, William.

DODD, L.L.D., William

Thoughts in Prison; In Five Parts, viz. The Imprisonment, The Retrospect, Public Punishment, The Trial, Futurity. To Which Are Added, His Last Prayer, Written in the Night Before His Death; The Convict's Address to His Unhappy Brethren; and Other Miscellaneous Pieces: With Some Account of the Author

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

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The Case of A. L., Aged 56. Otto EISENSCHIML.

EISENSCHIML, Otto

The Case of A. L., Aged 56

Chicago: Privately Printed for the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop, 1943. Limited ed. Thin octavo; burgundy, gilt-stamped cloth; 55 pp.; frontispiece, plates. Limited to 500 copies and signed by the author to the colophon. Author’s presentation inscription on ffep to Fred[rich] Olsen, “fellow chemist and fellow lover of history.” A compilation... More

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There Is Justice: A Summary of the Sacco-Vanzetti Case. William FLOYD, Sacco-Vanzetti National League.

[FLOYD, William]; Sacco-Vanzetti National League

There Is Justice: A Summary of the Sacco-Vanzetti Case

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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Brick By Brick: Building a Movement to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal [cover title]. Freedom Road Socialist Organization.

Freedom Road Socialist Organization

Brick By Brick: Building a Movement to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal [cover title]

[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

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Excerpts from Famous Kentucky Tragedies and Trials: A collection of important and interesting tragedies and criminal trials which have taken place in Kentucky. L. F. JOHNSON, David B. WALLACE.

JOHNSON, L. F.; WALLACE, David B.

Excerpts from Famous Kentucky Tragedies and Trials: A collection of important and interesting tragedies and criminal trials which have taken place in Kentucky

Elkhorn, WV: Elkhorn Press, 1995. Reprint. Orange, stapled wrappers; 47 pp. one photograph. A facsimile reprint of the 1916 edition. The author chronicles several violent, late 19th/early 20th century feuds in Kentucky including, The Tolliver-Martin or Logan Feud, the Hargis-Cockrell Feud, & the Thompson-Daviess Tragedy. A Fine copy. More

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Dialogue with Death. Arthur KOESTLER.

KOESTLER, Arthur

Dialogue with Death

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

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Religious Education and Crime: 1: "The Catholic Church vs. The Public Schools" 2: "Catholic Education and Crime" J. J. MURPHY, L. H. LEHMANN.

MURPHY, J. J.; LEHMANN, L. H.

Religious Education and Crime: 1: "The Catholic Church vs. The Public Schools" 2: "Catholic Education and Crime"

New York: Agora Publishing Co., [1945]. First edition thus. 8vo; stapled wrappers printed in red, 12 pp, one photograph, one facsimile document. Includes two articles reprinted from “The Converted Catholic Magazine,” including J. J. Murphy’s “The Catholic Church vs. The Public Schools” and L. H. Lehmann’s “Catholic Education and Crime.”... More

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The Sacco-Vanzetti Case. Justice Michael A. MUSMANNO.

MUSMANNO, Justice Michael A.

The Sacco-Vanzetti Case

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

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Black Prisoners Face Execution: The Case of Malcolm Jefferson & James Washington. Prisoners Solidarity Committee.

Prisoners Solidarity Committee

Black Prisoners Face Execution: The Case of Malcolm Jefferson & James Washington

Norfolk, VA: Prisoners Solidarity Committee, [ca. 1973]. First edition. One sheet folded to make 4 pp. A support appeal for black prisoners, Malcolm Jefferson and James Washington, who were sentenced to death for the controversial death of prison guard, Raul Monte, at the Powhatan County Courthouse on Nov. 22, 1971... More

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Passion and Criminality: A Legal and Literary Study. Louis PROAL.

PROAL, Louis

Passion and Criminality: A Legal and Literary Study

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

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The Prison Chaplaincy, and Its Experiences. Rev. Hosea QUINBY.

QUINBY, Rev. Hosea

The Prison Chaplaincy, and Its Experiences

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

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The Kefauver Committee and the Pete Panto Murder. Michael SINGER.

SINGER, Michael

The Kefauver Committee and the Pete Panto Murder

New York: Freedom of the Press Co., Inc. 1951. First edition. Stapled, illustrated wrappers (19 cm) printed on newsprint; 16 pp. Scarce CPUSA publication concerning the unsolved murder of Italian-American longshoreman, Pietro “Pete” Panto (1911-1939), at the hands of Albert Anastasia’s Murder Inc. for attempting to expose the corruption that... More

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Letters from Prison: A Compilation of Martin Sostre's Correspondence from Erie County Jail, Buffalo, New York and Green Haven Prison, Stormville, New York. Martin SOSTRE, State University of New York Philosophical Society, Martin Sostre Defense Committee.

[SOSTRE, Martin]; Philosophical Society, State University of New York; Martin Sostre Defense Committee

Letters from Prison: A Compilation of Martin Sostre's Correspondence from Erie County Jail, Buffalo, New York and Green Haven Prison, Stormville, New York

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

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Policemen. Support Your Local Police Committees.

Support Your Local Police Committees

Policemen

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

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Penal Colony, Nov. 1971. The Committee on Poverty.

The Committee on Poverty

Penal Colony, Nov. 1971

Amherst: The Emergency Defense Committee, 1971. First edition. Tabloid newspaper format printed in black on newsprint; 8 pp.; illus. This appears to be a one-off publication by a Univ. of Mass. student group called 'The Committee on Poverty' for the Emergency Defense Committee at the Black Cultural Center. The author's... More

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Letters to Mother from Prison. Inez WILLIAMS, The Friends of San Quentin Adjustment Center.

[WILLIAMS, Inez]; [The Friends of San Quentin Adjustment Center]

Letters to Mother from Prison

n.p.: The Friends of San Quentin Adjustment Center, [ca. 1972]. First edition. Stapled wrappers (21.5 x 13.5 cm); [16] pp.; illustrations. A support appeal issued by Inez Williams and the Friends of San Quentin Adjustment Center, on behalf of Williams’ son, Fleeta Drumgo, one of the Soledad Brothers, and other... More

Price: $75.00

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